Jamie “Mr X Stitch” Chalmers talks with contemporary embroidery, cross stitch, textile art, and mixed media art creators about how they design their work, build sustainable creative businesses, and stay inspired with a needle and thread.
NeedleXChange shares in‑depth conversations with fiber artists, stitchers, and makers so you can discover new techniques, creative journeys, and the modern needlework scene.
In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Haf Weighton, a Wales-based contemporary embroidery and textile artist known for turning place, memory and identity into stitch.
This is part two, where we turn to Wales, starting with Arts Council support and moving into language, cultural identity and what it means to be an artist who happens to be Welsh.
Haf reflects on bilingualism, creativity and belonging, then we get into the practical side of her work: painting on recycled fabric, hand and machine stitch, and a fine-art-led approach to making, before finishing with books, music, films and an unexpected David Bowie story.
Links
Instagram: Hafweightonartist (https://www.instagram.com/hafweightonartist/)
Website: hafweighton.art (https://hafweighton.art?utm_source=needlexchange)
Intro music is New Car Smell by Baegel via Epidemic Sound.
About NeedleXChange
An artist interview podcast exploring contemporary embroidery and textile art. Hosted by Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers.
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12 Oct 2026
Haf Weighton - Looking Up [NX154]
In this episode of NeedleXChange I interview Haf Weighton, a Wales-based contemporary embroidery and textile artist whose work is rooted in places, journeys and the details we usually walk past.
We talk about the story behind her High Street exhibition, from Arts Council support to a last-minute route to New Zealand and Australia, and the way travel, memory and architecture feed into her work.
Along the way we get into sketchbooks, unfinished work, borders, looking at familiar places through other people's eyes, and the part artists can play in bringing new energy to overlooked town centres.
Links
Instagram: Hafweightonartist (https://www.instagram.com/hafweightonartist/)
Website: hafweighton.art (https://hafweighton.art?utm_source=needlexchange)
Intro music is New Car Smell by Baegel via Epidemic Sound.
About NeedleXChange
An artist interview podcast exploring contemporary embroidery and textile art. Hosted by Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers.
Stay Connected (http://Connectedneedl.exchange)
needl.exchange (http://Connectedneedl.exchange) | Newsletter: bit.ly/NeedleXChangeNews (https://bit.ly/NeedleXChangeNews)mrxstitch.com (https://www.mrxstitch.com) | xstitchmag.com (http://xstitchmag.com)
5 Oct 2026
Prisma Andrade: Making the Ordinary Sacred Part 2 [NX153]
In this episode of NeedleXChange, I interview Prisma Andrade, a Chicago-based fiber and textile artist and recent School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate whose work turns her family's archive into material and asks what makes something sacred.
Prisma builds her pieces from spinning, jacquard weaving, dye painting and quilting, treating process as a way to make everyday objects sacred.
In Part 2 we trace her path from an arts-magnet high school in Dallas to SAIC, her move from painting into fiber, digital jacquard weaving with laser-cut dyed frames, dye painting and quilting that reads like stained glass, her earlier bodily work, and a quickfire on Sing Street and Magdalena Bay.
Links:
Instagram: prismacolorhell (https://www.instagram.com/prismacolorhell/)
Intro music is New Car Smell by Baegel via Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/3403dx).
About NeedleXChange
An artist interview podcast exploring contemporary embroidery and textile art. Hosted by Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers.
Stay Connected (http://Connectedneedl.exchange)
needl.exchange (http://Connectedneedl.exchange) | Newsletter: bit.ly/NeedleXChangeNews (https://bit.ly/NeedleXChangeNews)mrxstitch.com (https://www.mrxstitch.com) | xstitchmag.com (http://xstitchmag.com)
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