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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out and about • COURSES AND EVENTS COMING UP

CONFESSIONS OF A COLLECTOR • Priscilla Edwards’ mixed media works are born out of an exquisite passion for collecting, this superabundance erupting from her studio to fill her whole home

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THE THREAD OF LIFE • Last year, Embroidery magazine met US artist Cecilia Charlton. Here, we pick up the threads of her story as she wins the Jerwood Art Fund Makers Open

the good luck talisman • A RECENT REDISCOVERY OF A CHILDHOOD PASSION FOR EMBROIDERY HAS ENABLED ONE WOMAN BORN IN THE UKRAINE TO RAISE FUNDS AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

ONE of a KIND • David Morrish seems to excel at everything he does, so with an exciting new venture in the offing, it’s time to sit up and take notice

the subversive stitcher • HOLLY SEARLE HAS MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF, QUITE LITERALLY, BY STITCHING IMPERATIVE AND SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE SLOGANS ON TO TWEE HOUSEHOLD TEA TOWELS

OUT OF THIS WORLD! • The Jenny King Embroidery studio is used to having very special clients, but Eurovision’s Sam Ryder was stellar. Jenny King reveals all

A GROWTH MIND SET • Sue Rangeley’s working life evolved from Swinging Sixties’ style to showing her own organic textile pieces, seemingly growing out of garden plots

70 YEARS, 70 VOICES • Jamie Holman is something of an iconoclast. Not the typical prospect for a royal commission then…

EVERYTHING IN THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF NEEDLE WORK GARDEN IS LOVELY • Meet the chief executive who has been busy cultivating fresh crops of hand-embroiderers and future needlework tutors, growing from the crown

coastal blues • DEBORAH CAMPBELL’S EPIPHANY ON THE SCOTTISH COAST HAS LED HER ON AN A TO Z QUEST

the Kyrgyz matriarchs with golden hands • Iranian artist Firouz FarmanFarmaian is bringing the ancient Kyrgyz tradition of hand-crafting shyrdak rugs to the international stage

10 minutes with… FIROUZ FARMANFARMAIAN

UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL • Influenced by the arts and culture of the Pacific Rim, Susan Doherty’s dressed dolls put humankind in the spotlight

FRAGMENTED STORIES • Elizabeth I possessed nearly 2,000 dresses, but what of them now? This was clearly a case for the history detectives…

capturing hearts & minds • THE WINNER OF A COMPETITION SPONSORED BY THIS MAGAZINE HAS FLOURISHED BY SHARING HER NATURE-INSPIRED WORK ON INSTAGRAM

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