Claire Fell  Textile Artist

Coppice of trees stitched with a combination of free machine embroidery techniques.

Free machine embroidery on canvas of an imaginary fairy tale character "as the wind swept his heart away he knew"

This embroidery is stitched onto layers of organza using metallic threads. It has been embellished with misty fuse and gold foils.

Free Machine embroidery project from my book. Mixed thread including cotton, rayon and wool cobine to create the texture of the fleece.

Machine embroidery on a painted backround fabric. A step by step project from my book. SOLD

This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.

Machine stitched swirls on organza and angelina fibre

Free Machine embroidery on silk roving appliqed to calico. Lady B is one of the first faces stitched by Claire

A combination of free motion embroidery and digitized embroidery. Machine stitch and trapunto quilting add form to the body.

This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.

Free machine embroidery on canvas. Medusa's hair is under wraps, the snakes are annoyed with her because she's in love with Icarus.

This embroidery is a mixture of imaginary and realistic landscape. The leaves and bluebells are created with loose tension bobbin embroidery.

The surace of the velvet is decorated with snips of yarn and thread. They have been secured with a machine embroidery stitch called vermicelli.

Commision of a beloved pet beagle.

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A combination of free machine embroidery and simple hand stitches.

This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.

This layered soldered embroidery decorates an evening bag.

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Fantasy embroidery before frozen was a thing. Free machine embroidery on canvas with hand stitched details.

This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.

This robin is part of a project in my book. After completion claire felt the background was dull so she handpainted into the embroidery and background fabric.

This embroidery is avaiable as a printed greeting card.

Detail of an embroidery created for a competition to celebrate 100 years of the WI. It has probably been seen by the Queen.

This design originated as an etching at college. Here it is created in free machine embroidery.

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This embroidery is a step by step project from my book. It is stitched onto satin lining fabric, metallic lame and cotton fabric.

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This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.

Machine embroidery and applique on a painted background. This dragonfly is stitched with metallic thread, the wings have a layer of angelina film for iridescent sparkle.

This embroidery harks back to my training as an ecclesiastical embroiderer. The machine embroidery mimicks shaded silk stitches.

This version of the bluebell wood has hand embroidered leaves. Painted detail to add shadows to the tree trunks.

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Claire's humour shines in this free machine embroidery. It is stitched onto linen canvas. Hand painted background.

This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.

This robin was a step by step project in my book. He is free machine embroidered with hand stitched details.

Mix of machine embroidery, yarn snips and a hand painted background.

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Abstract machine embroidery using water soluble film to secure the fabric snips whilst stitching.

Machine embroidery of an imaginary character. Hand painted face, gold trees and beaded background.

Machine embroidery of My pet dog Candy. Her brindle coat was fun to stitch.

This is another version of a summer cornfield with painted contrails and cirrus clouds.

Autumnal embroidery depicting an imaginary scene.

This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.

This embroidery is unfinished. Claire does not want to spoil this beautiful face.

Free machine embroidery using loose bobbin techniques and fabric snips. This embroidery is a project in my book.

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This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.

Machine embroidery on wool scraps. Hand painted sky.

This embroidery is available as a printed greeting card.