Collections and Cloth with Anne Kelly

I have learnt so much about myself and my capabilities as a new artist while working through this course – collage has always been a challenge for me so this course has made a huge impact on my artistic practice – I am changing my thinking moving on from feeling challenged and now thinking about the process of recreating in textile - in this way has made creating something of meaning very rewarding.

- Catherine B.

Before starting this course, I hadn't realised how important everyday items are as both a reflection of those I love and of my own journey through life. Sharing the reflections and explorations of the other course participants was a true highlight and I am so grateful for their honesty and openness. We learned and discovered together. Anne's gentle guidance helped keep us in track and was a great source of inspiration.

- Lorell M.

I was feeling "stuck" after not making any art for over a year, and this course gave me motivation and inspiration to get out of the rut. I found myself looking for ideas in places I wouldn't normally look, which took me in a different direction to my usual. I have learned lots as a result of trying new things, and from looking at others' work and seeing their interpretations of the projects.

- Joanna L.

If you value clear instructions on “how to. . .” and good examples, this course is a terrific fit for you. Anne teaches a number of processes that can lead you to ways to work productively, to add personal touches, and to build on skills. Anne’s own work is impressive and inspirational, and she is a calm and reassuring teacher.

- Janet Shier

I am grateful for the personal journey this course has taken me on, its encouraged me to bring together many of my skills and learn new ones, whilst expressing my ideas in my own meaningful way.

- Lou T.

Every artist has a story to tell.

But to tell it well, sometimes you need a little help...

Do you:

Long to create meaningful and personal art?
Struggle to stay focused and find inspiration?
Second-guess what would make a good ‘story’ to tell?
Feel unsure how to incorporate treasured items into your artwork?

Finding your unique voice as an artist can be challenging in a world of fast-paced visual stimulation. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way.

Imagine discovering the hidden gems in your everyday objects and transforming them into compelling textile masterpieces by learning to look at the details, refine your ideas, and tell your unique story through fabric and thread.

... Now you can!

Create at your own pace.

The problem with a live class is that you are limited by time. But Anne’s course invites you to slow down, experiment and enjoy the process of making. With lifetime access, you’ll have the freedom to revisit techniques, refine your ideas and create at your own pace – all within a supportive, structured environment.

Through guided exercises and a nurturing community, you’ll build confidence in your artistic voice and learn how to tell your story through textile art. Whether you’re just starting out or deepening your practice, Anne’s expert guidance will help you create meaningful, personal work.

Chapter 1: Looking at historical collections

In this chapter, you'll explore:

Visiting cultural hubs: Learn how to effectively plan and conduct visits to museums and cultural centres, capturing inspiration from their collections.
Collecting visual notes: Discover techniques for taking visual notes and sketches
that will serve as valuable references for your textile art projects.
Analysing collections: Understand how to identify and focus on specific details
within collections that can ignite your creativity.
By the end of this chapter, you will be well-equipped to start your projects with a fresh perspective and a wealth of inspiration.

Chapter 2: Identifying your collections

Anne will demonstrate how to harness the power of your objects to create inspiring works of art. This chapter focuses on organising your collections, using observational drawing to connect thought and observation, and starting your project planning.

Anne will showcase examples of her own works, such as a suitcase and a house collage, to illustrate the techniques covered in the course. You will learn the importance of themes and how to start by drawing to loosen up and connect with your materials.

By the end of this chapter, you will have a compiled collection of materials, objects, and drawings to begin planning your project.

Chapter 3: Developing a theme

In Chapter 3, you are guided through the process of organising your thoughts and ideas using mood boards, mind maps, and idea trees. These tools are invaluable for planning and arranging your thoughts, providing a visual reference that can spark new ideas and help refine your project as it progresses.

Anne will demonstrate how to create a mood board based on her sample collections, helping you to select and arrange the most important aspects of your own collections. By the end of this chapter, you will have compiled a mood board or mind map that serves as a foundation for your project planning.

Chapter 5: Printing

Explore the exciting and creative world of printing techniques. Printing adds a unique, handcrafted quality to your projects, offering depth and texture that can't be achieved through other methods.

In this chapter, you'll learn how to work with easy print blocks, transfer your designs, and print on fabric and paper. This versatile technique allows you to work in small spaces and use minimal materials. Whether you incorporate printing into one or both projects, you'll find it a valuable and enjoyable addition to your creative toolkit.

BONUS: Textile portraits

In this bonus chapter, we will delve into the intricate and meaningful process of creating a stitched portrait. This chapter is dedicated to exploring how we can honour and remember someone special by transforming their likeness into textile artwork. Anne will guide you through detailed steps, from the initial stages of preparing your portrait to the final touches that bring your piece to life.

You will learn how to effectively use photo transfer techniques, free motion stitching, and fabric applique to create a portrait that captures the essence of your subject. This chapter emphasizes creativity, personal expression, and the emotional connection we can convey through textile art. By the end of this chapter, you will have a unique and personalised portrait that combines artistic skill with heartfelt sentiment.

Such a beautifully organised course. professionally and clearly presented. Such a lot to inspire and enjoy. Thank you Anne Kelly and Fibre Arts Take Two

- Lorell M.

I'm really enjoying the course so far. I like anne's calm and clear teaching style and the way the action tasks are framed as questions to encourage you to think about how to develop your work in your own way.

- Kate R.

Prior to starting the course I found myself lacking direction in my work. This course has given me so many ideas and I look forward to exploring them in greater depth. The course is both challenging and inspirational. It teaches delightful new techniques to explore and develop in your own individual style.

- Margaret E.

Having dabbled over the years into many techniques I wanted to move on and create my own work. This course gave me the courage and more techniques to produce this.

- Margaret E.

Up until this point, my subject matter has been mostly landscapes and florals. This course helped me to create different pieces with new subjects, using my collections and memories. I also have always stayed away from portraits and even though I have not done any yet, I plan on trying my hand at portraiture next. This class has taken me out of my comfort zone into a place full of new ideas and inspiration.

- Joanne T.

Discover the hidden potential in your everyday collections and create meaningful textile masterpieces.

Enrolment is now open.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

7 chapters, plus a bonus chapter, with cinematic video lessons
Two live Q&A sessions with Anne
Eight weeks of engagement with Anne
Lifetime access to all course materials
Access to a private student community
Comprehensive resource guides
Private online learning portal
Learn at your own pace
Professionally filmed content

Today's Price

$349 USD

Yes, Enrol Me Now

Payment plans
available at checkout

The format reminded me of how I like to learn and allowed me to do so with being able to watch and rewatch the lessons at my own pace so I could ponder how I wanted to create. Full of ideas and some execution but still wanting to learn more. I now have more techniques to add to my skills and a greater understanding of what direction I wish to go with future creations.

- Kerry-Anne M.

This course was so instrumental in helping me to reminisce the good times with the special people in my life through the collections we gathered. Anne's course was so fulfilling in the way she presented her wide range of techniques and is so valuable for textile artists to extend their skills in ways that they might not imagine.

- Pam F.

I have found it most helpful to be given a way to find a focus for my artwork. There is so much content in every aspect of the lessons and I have watched and rewatched the videos learning something new each time.

- Alison J.

Think you don’t have a collection? Look again.

What’s in your drawers, on your shelves, or tucked in your heart?

Shells and stones. Thimbles and threads. Photos and even friends. Memories that never end.

If you’ve gathered, saved, or cherished more than one of something, guess what? That’s a collection.

With Anne Kelly’s guidance, you can transform everyday collections into meaningful textile art and tell your story through fabric and thread.

How Lou Found Her Confidence (and Community) Through Stitch

Lou Threapleton always loved making – from hand-stitched dresses to building an allotment garden. But for years, she struggled to see herself as an artist.

That changed when she discovered Collections and Cloth with Anne Kelly. Through the course Lou expanded her practice, embraced process-led work, and found the courage to share her art with others.

In this Student Success Story, Lou shares how sketchbooks, stitch, and community helped her move from quiet creativity to exhibiting in galleries and opening her own studio.

Hello, I'm Anne Kelly!

My artistic journey began with traditional art training, delving into photography, printmaking, and painting. Despite this foundation, it was the everyday objects - shells, toys, fabrics - that truly sparked my creativity and helped me find my authentic voice.

I have spent years transforming what many may consider clutter into meaningful textile masterpieces, focusing on the details that often go unnoticed. My approach is about looking deeply, organising thoughtfully, and creating art that reflects who you are.

Join me as we explore, create, and connect, turning your treasured collections into beautiful works of fibre art. I look forward to sharing this creative journey with you and seeing how your story unfolds through fabric and thread.

What's Included?

Over 9 modules, 3 exclusive bonuses, and over 12 hours of footage, Harriet covers an equivalent of 6 live classes, including her most requested workshops – Open Weave Fish Trap Style Basket and Random Weaving.

Together with Harriet, you’ll be learning what materials you can explore, and starting with baby steps, learn some easy techniques, including making cordage, random weaving, knotless netting/looping, coiling, open paired twining and dyeing plant materials.

Throughout each module, you’ll discover how to intermesh techniques with found and handmade objects to create art.

Keep scrolling for a detailed description of each module, and watch the video below.

Here’s a reminder of what you’ll get inside Collections and Cloth:

Enrolment is now open.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

7 chapters, plus a bonus chapter, with cinematic video lessons
Two live Q&A sessions with Anne
Eight weeks of engagement with Anne
Lifetime access to all course materials
Access to a private student community
Comprehensive resource guides
Private online learning portal
Learn at your own pace
Professionally filmed content

Today's Price

$349 USD

Yes, Enrol Me Now

Payment plans
available at checkout

Our promise of excellence

You’re here because you are searching for tools and techniques to unleash your creativity by transforming everyday objects into textile treasures. You want to learn the skills to take your inspiration and develop themes whilst learning the skills to make textile collages and mixed media-covered objects whilst engaging within a worldwide community of fibre lovers. We promise to deliver nothing short of that.

We take great pride in our commitment to excellence. In fact, we have a name for it in our office: FATT Fabulous! Our productions are professionally crafted to the highest standards. We collaborate with leading artists and thought leaders, and deeply respect the decades of knowledge they pour into their courses. In turn, we aim to attract creatives who share those values.

To protect your investment, our money-back guarantee offers a full refund if you’ve watched less than 10% of the course within 7 days and are not satisfied. See our terms for details.

Our friendly team is here to support you before, during, and after your course. Reach out anytime at support@fibreartstaketwo.com – we’re always happy to help.

I would highly recommend this wonderfully structured course to everybody.

As a teacher Eva is very generous with her demonstrations making learning new skills very easy and stress-free. The accessibility of materials and the course work notes is also outstanding and the video modules are amazing.

- Megan Edwards

I loved Eva's reflective style of teaching.

It encouraged me to let go and be guided by my feelings as I experimented with the various mixed media techniques. This is a course for anyone looking to breathe new life into their art practices. It will encourage them to tune into their feelings and potentially lead them in new and exciting directions.

- Carmen Manning

You will learn a lot of new things.

It’s been an absolute treat to experience the abundance of materials and techniques that Eva has shared with us in her thoughtful and generous ways. I feel both more resourceful seeing the possibilities of the materials I have at hand, as well as humbled by the complexities of combining these diverse set of materialities.

- Katarina Wetter-Edman

It will impact your inner rhythm and connection to your art practice in a wonderfully positive way.

My collage work was more about geometric shapes before I enrolled on the course and it now feels like a more organic process, pulling together a variety of organic materials and shapes. If you embrace Eva’s approach it will impact your inner rhythm and connection to your art practice in a wonderfully positive way. It will encourage you to be both still and fully stimulated in the same piece of work.

- Louise Richards-Green

Take the class! You'll learn many new techniques and strategies for your art.

This course was meant to be for my transition to retirement. My work life had taken over my time and Eva's course kick started my artistic practice again after a long hiatus. Eva’s way of revealing connectivity to nature, to slow down, to observe, to create beauty was very powerful.

- Katherine Lindahl

A beautiful shift happened during this course...

Eva's approach; poetic, gentle, introspective, intuitive and melodic were the guiding qualities that inspired and motivated me to try new things with courage and grace. As a professional sewist wall art has been a therapeutic healing tool I have utilized during trauma recovery. I have fully embraced the newfound freedom in the practice of a variety mediums as I surrender to my creative self.

- Susan Fleming

Helpful FAQs
Have another question? We’re here to help! Please contact the Take Two team at support@fibreartstaketwo.com

: Enrolments close on 4 August 2025.
: Enrolment in Collections and Cloth will be...
AUD $499
USD $349
GBP £257
EUR €298
NZD $549
CAD $468

If you prefer, we also have two and five month payment plans available.

Note: the prices above are indicative and may be adjusted according to exchange rates at the time the course is open for enrolment.
: You probably do, even if you don’t realise it yet! A collection doesn’t have to be grand or organised. It can be a handful of shells from a walk on the beach, a box of old photographs, buttons in a tin, scraps of fabric, or even memories and stories tucked away in your heart.

Anne will guide you step-by-step in uncovering the hidden treasures in your home, garden, or even your mind, and show you how to transform them into meaningful textile art.

If you have more technical questions or are unable to join the student group, please don’t hesitate to contact support@fibreartstaketwo.com.

“I am so glad I found FATT. Everything is so well put together and the support is wonderful.” Jeniffer H
: We’ve included a list of the tools Anne uses during the course below. We always recommend using your existing tools and supplies before purchasing new materials.

Materials list

Photocopy of a portrait

Black marker to outline photocopy

Heat erasable pen

Glue stick

Hand-sewing needle and thread

Straight sewing pins

Small fabric and paper scissors

Lightweight white cotton fabric (Anne uses

an old handkerchief that is quite transparent)

Backing fabric (Anne uses linen to stabilise the portrait for machine stitching)

Small scraps of fabric

Notions such as buttons, lace, ribbon, cord, haberdashery supplies etc.

Optional:

Sewing machine and thread

Free motion sewing machine foot

Alphabet letter stamps (and stamp

pad with fabric ink)

Fabric paint to add colour to the

textile portrait

Photo transfer paper (for printer)
: Not at all. This course was created for creatives who want to watch in their own time, hit pause, re-watch, take a break, and then return for more!

While you will receive live support during the first eight weeks of enrolment, there is no set schedule to complete this course. Plus, you’ll have all the material for life!

“Before the pandemic I could not have imagined an online art course but now I am a complete convert. I think the freedom to take your time and disappear down your own rabbit hole is such a joy!” Wendy G
: As many as you’re comfortable with! One to two hours per week will have you keeping pace with the content of Anne’s Q&A sessions, but you can’t fall behind, and you won’t miss out on anything if you take the course at a slower pace.

Anne and the Take Two team will be there to support you during the first eight weeks of enrolment, but you have lifetime access to all course materials.
: Anne will be available in your private student community group on Facebook during the live tutor interaction period. For your course, this period will be between 4 August and 26 September 2025.
: At this stage, we choose to host our student community groups on Facebook as it’s a free, accessible platform that allows ease of communication for both students and tutors.

To ensure an inclusive experience, we live stream our Q&A sessions through YouTube and send regular updates via email for those unable to create a Facebook account.

We also have multiple moderators actively engaged within the group to ensure our communities remain safe and welcoming learning environments.

This community is not compulsory, but it’s highly recommended – and our students love it!

“FATT have put together this fabulous format that nurtures the interactions among us. I didn’t even do Facebook before!” – Chris Carlson
: That’s okay - you don’t need to be a tech whiz to enjoy our online fibre art courses!

Our students regularly report (with much relief 😉) how easy it is to use our online learning platform. We’re also proudly well-known for our top-notch customer service and are always just a message away if you need support.
: Absolutely. Our course content is fully responsive, so you can access your course wherever you feel most comfortable – your computer, phone, or tablet. All you need is an internet connection.
: Because we have students from all around the world, we have set up geolocation to accommodate your local currency where we can. We currently accept USD, AUD, GBP, Euro, CAD and NZD… with more to come! If your currency wasn’t mentioned, your bank will still automatically convert it to your local currency once the charge goes through.

(And on the topic of being international, the Take Two team are based in Australia… hence the spelling of things like fibre, realise and enrol!)
: You can post your questions about the course in our private Facebook group; either someone from the community, Take Two or Anne herself can help you.

If you have more technical questions or are unable to join the student group, please don’t hesitate to contact support@fibreartstaketwo.com.

“I am so glad I found FATT. Everything is so well put together and the support is wonderful.” Jeniffer H

I’m so pleased to invite you into my signature online course!

As you begin to gather materials and experiment, I hope you'll find inspiration all around you—whether in the hidden corners of your home or the familiar sights of your neighbourhood.

Consider finding a special box or file to store your newfound treasures. Let's uncover the magic in everyday objects and turn them into something beautiful together.

Happy hunting!

Transform everyday objects into textile treasures.

Here’s what you’ll learn in Collections and Cloth: