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

Craftivist campaigning

Fit for a Gardener King

Threads count in East Anglia!

Guild Scholar: Elnaz Yazdani

RA accepts Aye’s work

A picture paints a thousand words

LIVING COLOUR • Anneka French delves into the colourful mind of young free-motion embroiderer Kaylie Kaitschuck

out and about • SCHOOL’S IN FOR SUMMER

Salad days • From Tokyo, Noriko Kouike has developed an Instagram account of 85,000 avid followers, all waiting for her next whimsical veg embroidery

Stitch your brain • MONIKA AUCH’S STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BRAIN, MANUAL DEXTERITY AND CRAFT HAS RESULTED IN A BOOK AND TOURING EXHIBITION

When the mask slips • ANNEKA FRENCH FINDS US-BASED ARTIST KENT HENRICKSEN SEEKS TO BOTH SATISFY AND UNSETTLE THE VIEWER

RED THREAD FOLLOWS ME EVERYWHERE • Vanessa Marr’s sewing room is everywhere and nowhere. She sews in most of the rooms in her home and her red thread follows her.

KEEPING HERITAGE ALIVE • Anneka French discovers the third edition of the Harewood Biennial, hosted by Harewood House near Leeds, and the artists working in and evolving traditional methods of making

take 5 books • Five thought-provoking titles (which you can win)

THE WOW FACTOR • Social butterfly Megan Zaniewski was attracted to stumpwork because of its wow factor. A popular Instagram persona, she shares her secrets in her new book.

HEARTH AND HOME • CLOTH STORIES BY ALI FERGUSON, £25, Batsford

THE KANTHA TRADITION • KANTHA: SUSTAINABLE TEXTILES AND MINDFUL MENDING BY EKTA KAUL, £22, Herbert Press

Beach bodies • A turning point in Jane Colquhoun’s work came when she joined seam collective, resulting in a series of surprising artworks

Sewing with sand • CAPUCINE BOURCART IS A COLLECTOR OF ODDITIES, MANY OF WHICH FIND THEIR WAY INTO HER WORK, WRITES ANNEKA FRENCH

Relax this Summer with embroidery magazine!

A free spirit • LIZ COOPER LOOKS BACK ON THE CAREER OF THE EXCEPTIONALLY GIFTED ARTIST LOUISE GARDINER, WHO LEFT A LASTING LEGACY OF BEAUTIFUL STITCH AND PERSONAL WARMTH

THE BIGGER PICTURE • Julie Cockburn studied sculpting, and loves working with clay, but it is her love of photography and embroidery that take her imagery to new levels, says Ellen Bell

If the hat fits • EVERYONE NEEDS A FRIEND LIKE SUE WEEKS – A TECH, TEACHING AND ONLINE MARKETING GURU

Festival of Quilts CELEBRATES THE LIFE OF CHRISTINE CHESTER • THE LATE CHRISTINE CHESTER, A HUGELY TALENTED ARTIST, IS TO BE CELEBRATED IN A RETROSPECTIVE ORGANISED BY HER FRIENDS, WRITES LIZ COOPER

In praise of Gran • Curator and researcher Dr Loucia Manopoulou discusses Alison Baxter’s project honouring our grandmothers

All sewn up • THE WINNERS OF OUR MACHINE MADE COMPETITION, SPONSORED BY BROTHER [SEWING MACHINES], REVEAL THEIR PROGRESS AS THEIR FOUR-MONTH SEWING MACHINE...