Eliza is an actress and started stitching in the theatre dressing rooms. She has written a book on 'Traditional Beadwork' and has now bee exhibiting and lecturing all over the UK. Eliza told us of her time as an actress and how she saved small pieces of fabric from the various costumes that she or her fellow actors had made for their stage work. From this she made a memory quilt. The pieces she liked the most where the beaded sections which lead her to start collecting beads and creating images on canvas. She spoke to the group about her beadwork on canvas, how her designs are inspired from historic houses that has visited round the country along with a few theatrical anecdotes. She also gave lots of information on beads, where to find them, how to break them down and how they can enhance your work to create things that will last for ever.
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