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

embroidery loves…

news

Revisiting The Dundee Tapestry

A CELEBRATION OF WOOL

Stitch by Stitch is back!

Responsible fashion

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

Creativity in menopause

out and about • PLAN YOUR STITCH HOLIDAY

AHEAD OF THE CURVE • A new commission in The Curve at the Barbican by Citra Sasmita defies categorisation, making it all the more compelling

THE wow FACTOR • BRITAIN’S OLDEST EMBROIDERY ATELIER, HAND & LOCK HELD ITS ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING ON 13 NOVEMBER AT GALLERY ROSENFELD, LONDON – WITH MORE THAN A FEW SURPRISES IN STORE

Made in the middle • ANNEKA FRENCH REPORTS ON A TOURING EXHIBITION THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE TALENT OF CREATIVES FROM THE MIDLANDS

back to the future…

LISTED STATUS • The to do list has taken on great importance for Anthony Stevens and although playful, each one carries a message. By Anneka French

A PLACE OF ABSORPTION • Sian Martin takes her cue from her surroundings of Somerset marshland. By Ellen Bell

Tender hearts • REBECCA DEVANEY RELATES THE SEDUCTION OF EMBROIDERING WORDS ON TO FABRIC

Wondrous creatures • Blair Martin Cahill is an American artist with a hint of mystery and a vivid imagination, finds Claire Waring

Smile, YOU’RE ON CAMERA – AND IN CROSS STITCH • Francine Leclercq’s practice plays with notions of the digital and real world, the permanent and impermanent, private and public.

Meet the 2025 Guild Grads • WE THINK YOU’LL BE HEARING MORE FROM THE THREE GUILD GRADS FEATURED HERE

AS GOOD AS GOLD • Liz Cooper finds a reverse alchemy in Hanny Newton’s transformation from working with gold threads to straw

CREATIVE ACTIVISM • Sami embroiderer Britta Marakatt-Labba is an activist who stitches her lament but also her rallying cry for the environment in minimalistic compositions.

Bloom & bust • CAROLA VAN DYKE TAKES DELIGHT IN THE DROOP OF A PETAL, FINDS LIZ COOPER

COVER to COVER • Bethan M. Hughes has gone from librarianship to creating quilts, with more similarities than you might think

CELEBRATING the art of EMBROIDERY

take 5 books • Embroider canvas shoes or Swiss darn your knitwear

MEET BATH TEXTILE ARTISTS

Pushing the nostalgia button • An Embroiderers’ Guild member, Aneeta Seshan looks to yesteryear as she creates a childlike fantasy world, but one that has its roots in her home county of York shire

between the covers

Beat the Winter Blues • WITH OUR PAY AS YOU GO SUBSCRIPTION OFFER

exhibitions

what’s on

WOMEN PIONEERS OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT