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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Embroidery

UNDER THE VAST SKY

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DIARY

INDUSTRIAL ACTION • VALÉRIE WARTELLE’S STUDIO IN A FORMER TEXTILE MILL IS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR HER WET FELT PRACTICE

out and about • COURSES AND EVENTS COMING UP

BOTH SIDES NOW

threads of life • A NEW SERIES OF WORK REFLECTS THE INNER AND OUTER CHANGES SHAPING THE WORLD OF ALICE KETTLE

BORDER CONTROL • The focus of a new solo show in the Netherlands, Tilleke Schwarz’s hand embroidered works are as distinctive as her eclectic subject matter

sound & vision • CLAIRE BARBER’S PRACTICE PICKS BETWEEN THE THREADS OF THE TEXTILE SURFACE IN ORDER TO CAPTURE FLEETING MOMENTS

HISTORY IN THE MAKING • 2022 marks the 90th anniversary of Embroidery magazine, and the launch of our new online digital archive

STITCH BETWEEN THE LINES • References to stitch, fabric and thread within literature, lyrics and poetry are legion. As metaphor or commentary, they reveal the history of cloth and our changing relationship with fashion

painting in thread • IN 2007 ORIEL YNYS MÔN HOSTED AN EXHIBITION OF PATCHWORKS BY EDRICA HUWS, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE LIFE AND WORK OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST

CLOTH & BELONGING • An exhibition in early 2011 at The Foundling Museum in London revealed the heartache and hope encapsulated in a collection of 18th-century cloth swatches unearthed from the London Metropolitan Archives

SASHIKO STORIES THE SMALLEST OF STITCHES • We call it make do and mend but visible mending has a long and honourable heritage in the arts of Sashiko and Boro

BLUE DYE THINKING • The Society of Dyers & Colourists Collection moved to Bradford College Textile Archive in 2009. Among its many treasures are artefacts, recipes and notebooks that reord the transition from natural to synthetic dyeing

The Mending Directory • OVER 50 MODERN STITCH PATTERNS FOR VISIBLE REPAIRS

what’s on

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