To continue our series on pouches, here’s another fun design to try out. It looks really lovely in our mid weight’ stripy linen fabric. Great to keep your jewellery in. Another great practice for putting in zips. Make it for yourself or give away as a present to your bestie or family. Materials IL044 875 IL019…
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Most of the embroiderers in this series have been women – it is a traditionally female craft after all, but there are men doing wonderful things as we’ve already seen with Richard Saja. Our next artist is Stewart Easton, a sewing gent who enjoys making unexpected work and adding an alternative viewpoint and dynamism to…
Combining a variety of mediums within a work is definitely an artistic trend of late, but none is quite as striking as Singapore-based Izziyana Suhaimi‘s embroidered illustrations and paintings. Part whimsical, part fine-art, each piece conveys a very different set of emotions, showing off her incredible multi-disciplinary skills. She documents her different projects and the…
The colder weather is here (at least in London), and the thoughts of soon approaching festivities start to creep in. Halloween, Thanksgiving and the mother of all holidays Christmas is on the cards, thus’ gift list’ pressure will soon be on. To ease the stress, and help you prep early,’ we are going to show you some…
In our last artisan embroidery article we explored the work of Rosalind Wyatt, who stitches stories into personal textiles to add new life to a garment and add a further dimension to it. Our next embroiderer has a similar creative process, except her medium of choice is not clothing, but black and white photographs Maria…
Black and white will undoubtedly forever be the best color combination.’ Guaranteed to match whatever accessories you have in mind to wear with it. This dress takes a very simple shape with the added detail of a top gathered skirt panel, and is easy to wear for all occasions. I hope you like the outcome as…
As we explored in our introduction and history of embroidery, using the craft to tell a story or document history has been common practice since its inception, the greatest example being the Bayeux Tapestry, which was created in around the early 11th century. Our next artisan embroiderer produces modern versions of this phenomenon, stitching stories…
Many of our artisan embroiderers started their design life out doing something completely different and then found themselves in embroidery, almost by accident. This is no more true than for Evelin Kasikov who, after completing a Fine Art graphics BA at the Estonian Academy of Art, worked as a graphic designer in advertising for ten…
The next of our artisan embroiderers is Aimee Betts, who describes herself as a “˜Creator of Adornments’. Aimee combines more modern processes, such as industrial sewing and digital embroidery with the more traditional hand-sewn approach to create contemporary embellishment pieces. Her work spans fashion, interior design and visual art and includes modern crafted accessories, jewelry,…
This simple fashion project has been designed for a teenager to make. Firstly, it is right on-trend and secondly, it introduces them to the beauty of linen. This pretty shade in Daffodil IL019 is the ideal base for some embellishment. And hidden on the inside of this cuff is a secret pocket – ideal for…
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