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

Small world FINDING JOY

Makers bloom at RHS Chelsea

A relaxing retreat in France

Remembering Althea McNish

FLYING HIGH • Eliza Gomersall was chosen as a Guild Graduate in the summer of 2022 and what followed was a whirlwind of success for this talented hand-embroiderer

A claim to FLAME • Fresh to the UK art scene, Polina Laamanen has developed a textile art technique using imitation silk and flame

CAN YOU HEAR THE GRASS GROW? • To say nature is a source of inspiration for Bridget Bailey is something of an understatement, with the artist working in a space wrapped by plant life that just occasionally comes in

from finance to fable • When Eppie Thompson swapped a stressful job in finance for a new life designing and selling stitch kits based on fables, first she made sure that the figures added up

a place in the sun • You may not have heard of Carole Dawber, but she’s been busy leading a colourful life, both in academia and the business world, although now she is creating her own kaleidoscopic art

SEWN STONE • American Denise Labadie is to show her evocative megalithic stone quilts at The Festival of Quilts at the beginning of August, but is just as excited to get the chance to visit Stonehenge on a special behind-the-ropes sunrise tour

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ON THE BALL • Science correspondent at The Guardian, Nicola Davis turned to Japanese temari when a close friend died, the all-consuming nature of the art helping with her grief

AT THE CUTTING EDGE • Alice Kettle has worked alongside staff at the Arnolfini, Bristol’s international centre for contemporary arts, to produce a dynamic and ambitious state-of-the-art exhibition

Material power THE BODY POLITIC • An exhibition of Palestinian embroidery gives new meaning to the phrase‘the body politic’, featuring at its core some of the ways women were able to assert their identity during the Intifada

reading list • Record, Map and Capture in Textile Art

outstanding IN THEIR FIELD • THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT EXHIBITION STITCH BY STITCH BRINGS A NUMBER OF RENOWNED AND EMERGING ARTISTS TO A PEACEFUL AND SPACIOUS VENUE IN OSWESTRY

CUT SHIFT REPEAT • Ruthin Craft Centre is exhibiting the arresting textiles of Matthew Harris, a solo show which has at its heart the translation of drawn marks into cloth

fairytales &fungi • For Vivienne Beaumont fairytales and fungi hold a special power, imbuing her artwork with the mycorrhizal‘wood wide web’ and the wisdom of tales told through the ages

out and about • ACTIVITIES TO NURTURE AND INSPIRE

au revoir not goodbye • PROFESSOR LESLEY MILLAR IS PREPARING FOR RETIREMENT WITH AN EXHIBITION OF HER COLLECTION, BUT IT IS AU REVOIR RATHER THAN GOODBYE, WITH A NEW BOOK AND TWO MORE EXHIBITIONS IN THE OFFING

Question marks • Dr Gavin Fry, a lecturer in...