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Fresh Coloured Tweed Camellia Kit

Friday 17th September 2021 by Natasha Searls-Punter Leave a Comment

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For Autumn 2021 we have a new colour of tweed to add to our collection for the Camellia Online Class. This lovely aqua tweed easily traverses the inbetween phase with this bright colours but highly textural finish, it makes great accessories for late summer going into the Autumn as the weather cools.

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We particulally love it when given a brooch back so it can easily be transfered between garments or popped onto the strap of a bag. Find it in the drop down of the Camellia Online Class and Camellia Online Class Mini Kits to make your own.

The Camellia class is based on the classic Chanel Camellia shape, with our own take on the infamous design. Our pattern and approach means camellias can be made from any fabric of your choosing and so we have mini kits in a variety of fabrics, or you can use your own fabric and just follow the class online if you prefer.

August’s Student of the Month

Wednesday 15th September 2021 by Natasha Searls-Punter Leave a Comment

I’m afraid we are a little late with it this month but we have a new student of the month @kjsighn_atelier

When you see how well Katarzyna did with her Tambour Online Class Part 2 though, I’m sure you will forgive us for the delay and simply revel in their achievement.

It would seem they have a real flare for couture embroidery techniques as there are a few other great shots of other works on their instagram, you light also enjoy seeing like this jellyfish piece.

If you’d like to be this month’s #student of the month, tag us in your @londonembschool makes so we can see your stitching and be in with a chance to win one of our 10% off vouchers for our website. We’ll be doing it all over again at the start of next month.

All images courtesy of @kjsighn_atelier

Lace Applique Online Class (Remastered)

Friday 27th August 2021 by Natasha Searls-Punter Leave a Comment

Let us introduce you to the beautiful art of lace applique in this stand alone online class from the London embroidery school. Stitching alongside us, we have a stunning new corded floral lace motif to demonstrate on and provide in the kits. You learn how to select from your lace, prepare and apply the lace for a stunning finish every time. With particular emphasis on the stitch techniques and tension of your lace, you can add to and amend the lace to suit the shape you need so you can be confident in using your new applique skills in your own future fashion, bridal, interior or repair projects.

This class has been remastered for this new lace kit design so if you wish to work on the same lace pattern as us you can get a kit from our website. The approach can however be applied to any lace you desire so if you prefer to use your own, you can buy access to the online class on its own and start right away.

Side Note: Those who purchased the lace applique class before Aug 2021 can still access the original class video unaffected.

Pages Mushroom Pin Cushion Kit

Friday 20th August 2021 by Natasha Searls-Punter Leave a Comment

Learn how to make your very own Pages Mushroom Pin Cushion, with our Online Class and Kit.

With a velvet, pearl adorned top and weighted melton cloth base for stability, this little piece is a great way to learn about the couture technique of pages and have a useful item at the end. The pages part of the mushroom are it’s gills, built up of many layers of cloth but we can explain more about that in the class and some other ways you might like to explore pages further, in other arrangements and fabrics.

Ways to use your Beautiful Embroidery Pieces

Friday 13th August 2021 by Natasha Searls-Punter Leave a Comment

We want you to make beautiful things- but what to do with them once you have made something lovely? We think that embroidery should be there to be enjoyed and one way you could make your embroidery more usable and wearable is to apply a freestanding embroidery piece, like goldwork to an alice band.

The Introduction to Goldwork Cherry Design is a great one for this as it sits wonderfully on the band, and is supported and protected by the shape of the band. Equally this technique can be great to salvage a damaged treasured hairband- by appliying the embroidery over the damaged area and giving it new lease of life.

Coral Class Stitch Along up on Youtube

Friday 6th August 2021 by Natasha Searls-Punter Leave a Comment

Our first stitch along for a while- held on the 30th we were working on a small part of the techniques covered in our ever popular Beaded Coral Online Class.

Always a fantastic opportunity to chat with our lovely community members, answer some of your questions and talk about what we have been up to, you can find our stitchalongs when we host them on our instagram channel. But if you missed it, it is now up in video form on our youtube channel as well!