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… • Oliver Bliss likes to make a statement…

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ones to watch • Meet two more of the eight graduates selected by the Embroiderers’ Guild in the summer of 2022 as exciting prospects. The graduates received a grant and free exhibition space at the Knitting and Stitching Shows

COLOUR RUSH • Covid lockdowns persuaded Willemien Downes-Wechgelaer it was time to show her true colours

HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD • Gabriel and Fernanda are two artists who have built their artistic practice around their home

QUEEN BEE ESME YOUNG • Inside The Great British Sewing Bee presenter’s studio of‘ordered chaos’

AN INDIGO SUMMER • Ellie Evelyn Orrell’s An Indigo Summer is an evocative book about a mother and daughter’s summer spent indigo dyeing in Wales while mourning their father and grandfather. The following is an extract

the woven womb • REZIA WAHID TAKES MOTHERHOOD AS HER THEME FOR HER CURRENT EXHIBITION, WHICH IS WOVEN THROUGHOUT HER WORK

PRISM TEXTILES • Meet the artists of Prism Textiles and better still, enjoy their diverse works at their forthcoming exhibition

April in Paris • Rebecca Devaney, a former haute couture embroiderer in Paris ateliers, now spends her time conducting tours of the city’s remarkable haberdasheries, dating back to 1827

HOUSE OF JOY • Meet Lissy and Rudi Robinson Cole who have ambitions for crochet on a huge scale but all with joyful intentions

DAVID MORRISH’S TV TIMES • Digital embroiderer and Embroiderers’ Guild scholar, David Morrish takes a bow after managing to propel his art on to mainstream television

out of the blue • Textile artist Amanda McCavour creates large-scale installations that cut to the very definition of thread and its assumed properties

in good hands • STUDYING FOR HIS PHD, STEWART KELLY IS AS OBSESSED WITH HANDS AT WORK AS HE IS WITH THE PROCESS OF SEWING

picking up the THREADS • Mixed-media artist LesleyWood explains how a box of threads inherited from her mum led to her creating deeply personal works

reading list • Mixed Media Textile Art, in three dimensions

BLOOMING MARVELLOUS • Nestled in the corner of an 18th-century walled garden, Sunbury Embroidery Gallery shares the news that it is set for growth

ariadne’s thread • AN EMBROIDERY GROUP IS TAKING A STAND AGAINST RUSSIA’S INVASION OF UKRAINE, USING NEEDLE AND THREAD

MY KINGDOM FOR A ROBE • Historical costumier Ninya Mikhaila reveals her work on the film The Lost King, making clothes for Richard III, ahead of her online talk for the Embroiderers’ Guild

a trip down memory lane… • The Embroiderers’ Guild collection at Discover Bucks Museum represents an important and multi-faceted memory bank of textile art which is still being added to

GRAYSON’S ART CLUB THEEXHIBITION III • Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham 2 December 2022 – 16 April...