The Stitchscape Swap!
Welcome to the Stitchscape Swap gallery! The Stitchscape Swap is a monthly challenge whereby members sign up and create two 'Artist Trading Cards', or ATCs, a month on a different theme. One of these will be for you to keep, and the other will be sent by post to Dotty Textiles to be swapped with someone else's beautiful creation for you to receive back as happy mail. We are now in our fourth year of swapping so have a look through the gallery pages for an insight into the wonderful work created last year.
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For more details on how to sign up to the monthly swap, please email sales@dottytextiles.com so that we can return an email with further information.
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Origins of the ATC
The concept of Artist Trading Cards was first developed in the late 1990s by Swiss artist, M. Vänci Stirnemann, who created a catalogue of small artworks for an exhibition and invited other artists to create similar pieces in their own style to ‘trade’ at the end of the exhibition.
They are always a set size; 2.5 x 3.5 Inches and are often more usually made as a paper item, either painted or collaged for example, but, for the purposes of this swap, they must include fabric and embroidery.
Monthly Galleries
Click on the images to see the full month's collection
featuring the beautiful work that has already been swapped
2025 Themes
November: Doorways
Open doors, doors to different rooms, fantasy doorways, weathering, arches, stone surrounds, door frames, handles or panels, peeling paint, door curtains, figures within a doorway
December: Fireside Crackle
Burning logs or coal, fireplaces, flames under a mantlepiece, sitting room scenes, items hung by the fire, toasting tea cakes, flame details
2026 Themes
January: Robin Red Breast
Gardener’s friend, Robins, habitat, bird song, feather close-up, storybook Robin representations
February: Cyclamen Carpet
Cyclamen Flowers, petals, woodland floor, leaf patterns, flowerbeds
March: Quilted Traditions
Patchwork blankets and quilts, traditional designs, log cabin, flying geese, piles of folded quilts, quilted jackets or aprons, process
April: Geometry in Nature
Honeycomb cells, symmetry of butterfly wings, radial symmetry of flower petals, cell structures, sunflower seeds, shells, snowflakes
May: Around the Maypole
​Maypole dancing, ribbons, plaiting/entwined ribbon, summer fetes, maypole dance costumes
June: Summer Solstice
Summer traditions, holidays, longest day of the year, pagan festivals, midsummer, Stonehenge sunrise/sunset
July: Gone Rambling
Countryside walks, paths, hiking routes, public rights of way, maps, rambling roses, rambling vines, ambling
August: Garden Harvest
Allotments, crops, baskets of fruit and vegetables, growth in a greenhouse, harvest festival, jams and chutneys
September: Crop Circles
Wheatfields, UFOs, tractors working, bird’s-eye-view, circles
October: Mudlarking
Riverbanks & shores, tidal beaches, lost treasure, finds among pebbles, London’s riverbanks, path of the Thames, archaeological finds
November: Ancient Landscapes
Seven Wonders of the World, Dinosaurs, Pre-history, sights of the ancient world, Romans/Tudors/Vikings etc, rock strata (layers), fossils, ruined remains
December: Apricity
“The Warmth of the Sun in Winter”, sun through trees, basking in sun, melting snow, golden light
2022 Themes
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2024 Themes
