Love Embroidery

Spring is here and with it, the promise of new life. The air is practically humming with all the exciting potential nature’s waiting to unleash; new shoots, busy insects, fresh petals. If only we could capture all of this beauty in thread… Oh wait, w

Join us as we step into the new season with a spring in our step, and a fresh bunch of patterns for your embroidery hoop! Packed with colourful blooms – and featuring the sweetest bunny – our cover star is a nod to all the new life and hope that this

Emillie Ferris is dropping her first-ever book, Paint with Thread (£24.99) this April and we literally can’t wait. In the book, she is sharing her coveted needlepainting process in the form of five seasonal hoops – we’ve had a sneaky peek at the page

We know the general rule of art is to “look, not touch” but can you really blame us for wanting to fall face first into these textile pieces by artist, Pi Williams? Their squish-factor is off the charts. Her larger-than-life abstract works are create

Cotton fabric: 20x20cm, turquoise Stranded cotton: see Notes Embroidery hoop: 12cm diameter Felt circle: 11cm diameter, white Basic embroidery kit Backstitch, French Knot, Leaf stitch, Long and Short Stitch, Satin Stitch, Straight Stitch What better

An ode to the colour blue, that’s one way of describing Elise Chu Miow Lin’s work. Based in France, Elise is the embroidery artist behind Fukanō Kanō, and she has something of a knack for blending the line between sketching and stitching, making use

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Wool felt: 20x20cm, cream, light blue, pale lilac, light pink and butter yellow Wool felt: 7x7cm, pistachio green and salmon orange Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of black, light blue, powder blue, cream, dark green, pistachio green, pale lilac, dark

Cotton fabric: 25x25cm, 20x20cm, 20x25cm, white Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of blue, dark blue, light blue, copper, dark green, light olive green, olive green, lilac, light lilac, orange, peach, purple, yellow and light yellow Embroidery hoop: 17cm

Cotton fabric: 40x40cm, olive Cotton fabric scraps (for appliqué): magenta, olive, orange and pale pink Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of dark green, light green, magenta, olive, deep olive, orange and pale pink Medium-weight iron-on interfacing: 30x3

Quilting cotton fabric: 33x33cm, natural x2 Egyptian cotton fabric: 33x33cm, white Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of very dark grey, peach and terracotta; 2 skeins of beige Embroidery hoop: 25cm diameter Invisible zip: 30cm Fabric paint: standard set

Cotton fabric: 30x30cm, white Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of frosty blue, muted blue, blush, dark denim, dusty rose and tan Embroidery hoop: 20cm diameter Basic embroidery kit Backstitch, French Knot, Satin Stitch 01 Transfer the design from the te

Cotton fabric: 15x15cm, pale cream Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of brown, grey, dark grey, orange, light orange and light peach Metallic thread: 1 spool of gold Embroidery hoop: 10cm diameter Light gold pendant bezel: 2.5cm Light gold chain: 60cm Me

Baby romper: beige Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of dark blue, light blue, brown, cream, green, orange, pink, purple and yellow Embroidery hoop: 13cm diameter Adhesive water-soluble stabiliser Basic embroidery kit Backstitch, Satin Stitch, Split stit

String shopping bag with space for stitching at top: cream Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of light cream, dark green, light green, yellow and light yellow Embroidery hoop: 15cm diameter Basic embroidery kit Backstitch, Chain Stitch, Fishbone Stitch, L

Damaged garments of choice Scrap of denim or medium-weight cotton fabric: blue Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of pale blue, green, hot pink, light pink, red and white Embroidery hoop: 10cm diameter Lightweight iron-on stabiliser (optional) Basic embro

Ribbonwork might be a traditional technique, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a place in modern stitching for it! With the right pattern, this classic embroidery can add a chic, three-dimensional quality to your designs, and give familiar stitches s

Place light-coloured and fine fabrics over the design and trace over it. For thicker or dark-coloured fabrics a light source such as a window or lightbox makes this process much simpler. Choose a colour that will show up on the fabric. Use a permanen

MATERIALS TECHNIQUES STITCH GUIDE TEMPLATES Embroidery can be worked on a wide variety of fabrics or ready-made items. It’s best to choose fabrics with a fairly smooth surface as heavily-textured surfaces will prevent the stitches from lying flat. Fo

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Afirm believer in seeing both the pretty and the practical of embroidery in equal measure, Dhara Shah (owner of popular Instagram account @chain_stitch) has just released her first book, The Embroidery Handbook, helping others to achieve the same in