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            Textile art books: Explore machine embroidery

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            A machine embroidered field of lavender and flowers in the foreground and the sea beyond

            Textile art books: Explore art quilt techniques

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            A close-up of an art quilt with a stitched red and yellow flower on a purple background

            Seven of the best textile art magazines

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            |A collage of great textile art magazines|Embroidery Magazine|Embroidery Magazine|Selvedge Textile Art Magazine|Crafts magazine|Textile Forum Magazine|Stitch Magazine||Crafts magazine|Embroidery Magazine|Selvedge Textile Art Magazine|Stitch Magazine|Textile Forum Magazine|Fiber Art Now is one of the best textile art magazines available through print or digital versions.|Surface Design Journal|Embroidery|||||||Fiber Art Now|Fiber Art Now|Quilting Arts|Quilting Arts|Quilting Arts|Quiltfolk|Quiltfolk|Quiltfolk|Surface Design Journal|Surface Design Journal

            Textile art books: Culturally stitching

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            Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo

            Textile art books: Printed surface design techniques

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            Leah Higgins

            Textile art books: Learn from the experts

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            Nneka Jones

            Choosing embroidery & fabric scissors

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            (General image of scissors)|Embroidery scissors|Stork embroidery scissors. Photo: Karolina Grabowska (Pexels)|Merchant and Mills wide bow scissors. Photo: Merchant and Mills.|Hannah Mansfield

            Textile art books: Bring sustainability and wellbeing into your art practice

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            Artwork featured in Textiles Transformed (2020). Mandy Pattullo

            The best hand embroidery reference books

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            Sharon Boggon

            Stitch Picks: The best sewing machines for textile art

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            Bobbi Baugh’s Pfaff Portable Select 1536 sewing machine.|Bobbi Baugh’s Pfaff Portable Select 1536 sewing machine.|Katie Essam