In this episode I’m talking to the brilliant creative textile designer Jayne Emerson, known to many of you as the creator of the No Rules Textile Society – a membership group full of inspiration and creative play. Jayne is also a textile designer for fashion and interiors, she’s written six craft books and creates courses and workshop both online and in person. We have a lot in common and had a great time exploring our shared and differing approaches and projects. I hope you enjoy this conversation much as we did.
Based in rural Gloucestershire, Jayne loves to re-imagine and mix-up
textile techniques including applique, embroidery and patchwork, selling
her conceptual samples to clients ranging from Chanel and Louis
Vuitton to Anthropologie and Boden.
With 30 years of experience in the industry, Jayne started organizing her
ideas into word prompts and filming her experimental, creative process.
Her inspirational library now includes five online courses, Experimental
Needle Felting, No Rules Patchwork, Water Soluble Magic, Gel Printing
on and with Textiles and No Rules Hand Stitching. Her membership No
Rules Textile Society is home to 40+ mini-courses and an incredible
community of textile adventurers.
Links
www.jaynemerson.co.uk
www.norulestextilesociety.com
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Mary Linwood: Art, Stitch & Life
Exhibition open now until 22nd February 2026
Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, New Walk, Leicester.
Explore Mary Linwood’s life and legacy, and extraordinary embroidery alongside artworks by Ruth Singer illuminating aspects of her life. Free to visit!
Mary Linwood exhibition events
Workshops are now open for bookings including Embroidery Masterclass and Meet The Artist Gallery Tour. There are also free events, talks, tours and more. On 22-23 November there will be a whole weekend of embroidery-related activities including mini workshops, demonstrations, historic textile study session, talks and a relaxed time to meet others and stitch.
Ruth Singer 
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