Margaret Vant Erve, a professional embroidery artist and teacher, lives in Ottawa, Canada. Her work depicts the Canadian rural and woodland landscapes, birds and floral studies. Margaret uses a variety of textile paint mediums and crayons to paint her fabric prior to applying hand and machine embroidery. She studied textile arts at Sheridan College, the Ontario College of Art, and with many renowned embroidery teachers. Margaret is a certified teacher with the Embroiderers’ Association of Canada and gives workshops across Canada.  She has just completed a book, ‘Window Gardens in Bloom’ with C&T Publishing, one of the foremost publishers of quilt and textile art books.  It was released in November of 2005.  Margaret’s work has also appeared in international textile arts magazines such as STITCH, Workbox and Inspirations. Margaret’s work  can be found in many private collections across North America.

 

 

 

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