About
I’m Fiona Dix, married to Alan, with two grown up daughters and a Tibetan spaniel. Many years ago I studied English Lit. I’ve lived in Cumbria (several times!), Cambridge, Bedford, York and Stafford. I would love to live on a western coast.
I work in web hosting and design and maintain the TextileArts.net web site. I’m fascinated by internet usage - the connections it generates and the communities it’s created.
I’ve dabbled in textiles and art ever since discovering a passion for textiles after leaving uni. I’ve tried lots of techniques but mainly in butterfly mode. I’m particularly drawn to wearable art, dyeing and surface design, and machine embroidery. I love helping people to discover how creative they are, and once a fortnight I do a craft session at an off the street youth club run by our church.
I’m currently working on the first of two design projects to finish a 7822 City & Guilds certificate in Patchwork and Quilting by distance learning with Linda Kemshall, which I’ve been doing for several years on and off. And I’ve just begun Textiles 1 - A Creative Approach to Textiles - with the Open College of the Arts.
Some of my favourite things: colours, the sea, herbs, dogs, folk and rock music, asymmetry, stone circles, spirals, stars, elephants, hot air balloons.
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