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.

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COLOURS OF THE CARIBBEAN • While Tihara Smith was researching the legacy of the Windrush generation for her BA in fashion, she came up with a whole new way of working

SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW • HIGHLIGHTS IN THE 2024 CALENDAR

Concrete realities • INCORPORATING CONCRETE INTO HER EMBELLISHING MACHINE PRACTICE HAS ALLOWED NERISSA CARGILL THOMPSON TO HIGHLIGHT THE HEAVY IMPACT OF OUR THROWAWAY SOCIETY

HANDS ACROSS THE WATER • THE HAND & LOCK PRIZE FOR EMBROIDERY 2023 REVEALED A RICH SEAM OF STUNNING ARTWORKS, INSPIRED BY EVERYTHING FROM INDIVIDUALITY, TO PETALS AND PEACE

MY HOUSE OF DREAMS • Stephen Wright lives in quite possibly the most anarchic interior in London. While his upstairs studio is a little more restrained, it’s a place where he can indulge his love of untidiness

FASHION & EMBROIDERY – 35 years • FASHION & EMBROIDERY, NEC BIRMINGHAM, 14–17 MARCH, HALL 20

A head for heights • VIEWING SEVERINE GALLARDO’S NARRATIVE ARCHITECTURAL ARTWORKS IS A LITTLE LIKE TRAVELLING THROUGH TIME AND MATTER TO ARRIVE IN THE ARTIST’S MIND, AN ECLECTIC AMALGAM OF ALL THAT SHE LOVES

LIBERTY EQUALITY… EMBROIDERY • An exhibition at the Barbican highlights not only the rise in popularity of textile art but artists’ power to make political comment to resist, protest and repair

‘METEOBOTANY’ we’re lichen it • Bettina Matzkuhn loves the opulent surface created by machine and hand embroidery, which she describes as fitting to portray the magnificence of the natural world. But just what is ‘meteobotany’?

out and about • WINTER BLUES? BOOK A RETREAT…

Living Sculpture • AN ISRAELI ARTIST BASED IN THE UK, ANNA PERACH CREATES BOTH STATIC SCULPTURES AND SURREAL, WEARABLE ART FOR PERFORMANCES IN A GALLERY SETTING

Flying colours • Martha Sielman’s book on avian textile art is a beauty

TALON SHOW • Karen Dziuba lives in Lincolnshire and is never happier than when thread painting birds

Back to nature • Caroline Hyde-Brown, a former Guild Graduate, has a ‘back to the future’ ethos and recommends reconnecting with nature for a more fulfilling life and practice

A BLESSING IN DISGUISE • In a new show at Ruthin Craft Centre, Nigel Hurlstone presents images from his life, inspired by his time as a patient in hospital and ‘disrupted’ by thread

THE NEW FASHION & TEXTILES T LEVEL • THE NEW CRAFT AND DESIGN T LEVEL, TAUGHT AT THE AGE OF 16, OFFERS A PRACTICAL EDUCATION, WITH 20% OF THE COURSE COMPRISING ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. NOW COLLEGES NEED EMPLOYERS TO STEP FORWARD TO OFFER PLACEMENTS

IN SOMEONE ELSE’S SHOES • When Sharon J Brown came across a haul of historic industrial documents it galvanised her to tell the story of the textile and shoe factory workers of the North. But she was not prepared for how poignant a journey it would be

A PROPER JOB • Malcolm Lochhead was the...