Embroidery

Whether you are a keen embroiderer or simply love fabric and textiles, Embroidery magazine is filled with ideas and features to inspire you. Each edition is packed with colourful features on contemporary and traditional textiles, and keeps you up to date with news of the latest shows and events taking place around the UK. Our diary and what's on pages show you what's hot, while our features delve into the vibrant world of textiles, fashion and embroidery - covering everything from craft to catwalk and more! Our mission is to bring you the best of embroidery and textiles, talking to makers and stitchers who share their passion for embellishing the surface with us – giving our readers a unique insight into all facets of this sumptuous craft. In our book section, you'll find the latest books on fashion, embroidery and textiles.

FROM THE EDITOR

Embroidery

Say cheese!

Biodiversity and the Unstitched Coif project

COMPARE AND CONTRAST

History detectives

GIFTS FIT FOR A KING

GUILD CHALLENGE WINNERS

Out there! • The Australian Wearable Art Festival 2023, held in Queensland in August, was a spectacular fusion of sculptural art and fashion – Gaultier meets Picasso

EYES ON THE PRIZE • Anticipation is building for the biannual exhibition of the Hand & Lock 2023 Prize for Embroidery, with finalists featured here and the winners revealed during the show

HEARTH & HOME • Mandy Pattullo relishes her studio time in a small arts centre, set in a tiny village surrounded by glorious countryside

AN IRON FIST IN A VELVET GLOVE • Feminist textile art pioneer Su Richardson’s symbolic and subversive crochet railed against the expectations placed on women when she began to make it in the 1970s. Her legacy is explored in a new exhibition of feminist art at Tate Britain this autumn, Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990. Here, curator Linsey Young speaks to Richardson about her work

freshly caught mermaids • ANNIE TAYLOR’S NEEDLE AND THREAD PRODUCES FANTASTICAL CREATURES AND, AS CO-FOUNDER OF THE PROFANITY EMBROIDERY GROUP, EXPLETIVES NOT DELETED

’TIS THE SEASON • If it’s November, it must be the K&S Show Harrogate. Here, we find out what’s in store

BRITISH ART TEXTILES • Cas Holmes and Stephanie Redfern, both members of Art Textiles: Made in Britain, discuss their forthcoming exhibition.

STITCHING THROUGH SPACE • Isobel Currie recently won the FATA 2023 Prize for Innovative Use of Textiles. We discover her winning techniques

CULTURAL LAYERS • Batool Showghi’s recent work is centred on the struggle of Iranian and Afghan women

MENDING THE MAKER • Ailish Henderson celebrates how the act of making can be restorative and relishes in repairs that are not perfect

Skills for life • Katy Bevan is the co-author of a new book pushing against the flow for the return of hand-skills, especially among the young, and suggests the hands can feed the brain and even help create new neural pathways

mother of invention • VENETIA DALE IS MUM TO THREE CHILDREN AND A TALENTED MAKER WHO HAS WORKED OUT A WAY OF COMBINING THE TWO SO FAMILY LIFE AND HER ART HAVE BECOME INDIVISIBLE

Inspirational GIFT IDEAS • For friends and family who stitch, or for those who don’t yet, our ideas should prove exciting – and, it’s officially OK to ‘self-gift’

keeping a beady eye on society • Pop artist Sarah Gwyer uses thousands of beads to create portraits of music artistes, but recently felt moved to create work engaging with social issues

PAPER SHAPES • When Jennifer Collier loves the shape of an object, whether camera, typewriter or telephone, she can’t help but recreate it in paper, carefully sewing it together and lovingly embellishing it with heritage...