Following our embroidery tutorials which you can revisit here and here we thought to give you a project which can utilise some of the techniques we have (re) introduced to you. Embroidering ...
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Hand Embroidered Quilt Tutorial
This week learn how to make this beautiful linen hand embroidered quilt. Use it as a play mat for babies, cozy up as a bug in a rug’ in front of the fire, hang it on the wall, throw it on ...
Hand Embroidery II Tutorial
Following on from last week’s embroidery techniques, we have a selection of 8 more embroidery stitches for you to explore and touch upon. Some are more intricate outline stitches, some are ...
Hand Embroidery I Tutorial
Embroidery is a skill, a craft, an art in its own right. As we have previously explored in our’ Artisan Embroidery series, modern artists, designers, crafters have really pushed the ...
Embroidered Wash Bag Tutorial
This week we will make a 7.6 in by 8.4 in’ pouch and take it a little further by’ adding a small personal touch with hand embroidery. It’s a great size to use as a’ small ...
Artisan Embroidery: Stewart Easton
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 ...
Artisan Embroidery: Izziyana Suhaimi
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 ...
Artisan Embroidery: Richard Saja and Historically Inaccurate Decorative Arts
In this series we set out to explore modern embroidery and celebrate stitchers and artists developing the craft, and helping to make it be taken more seriously. One artist, however, is turning it ...
Artisan Embroidery: Maria Aparicio Puentes
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 ...
Artisan Embroidery: Rosalind Wyatt
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 ...
Artisan Embroidery: Evelin Kasikov
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 ...
Artisan Embroidery: Aimee Betts
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 ...
Artisan Embroidery: MaricorMaricar
Sydney-based sisters’ Maricor and Maricar Manalo‘ describe themselves as “˜Makers of Things assorted’. They’re designers, illustrators and animators by trade, but in ...
Artisan Embroidery: Emily Jo Gibbs
The first of our embroiderers is Emily Jo Gibbs,’ a British artist specializing in hand-stitched textiles. A member of the 62 Group, she became internationally known for her exquisite ...
Artisan Crafting and Embroidery: An Introduction
Similar to our exploration of the Bohemian Modern trend, we’ve noticed a revival of artisan craftsmanship across the western world. Young people are stepping away from technology and ...