10” Table Clamp Frame When you are purchasing your embroidery equipment, there is often a lot of emphasis put on the exciting and more unusual looking tools like the tambour hooks and stilettos (see the specialist equipment section if you are not sure what these are). However, your trusty frame is just as important if […]
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A new design and day to learn Silk Shading
On Friday 5th October, we have a new silk shading course taking place where we will be working on this gorgeous honeysuckle design. This technique, sometimes known as ‘painting in stitches’ allows you to create fades and colour changes through the body of the embroidery by working with multiple threads. This is particularly useful for […]
Limerick Lace Fills
The limerick lace class can be considered to be one of the more technically challenging needlework classes we run as the designs are created using the structure of the tuelle itself and the fills can be very complicated. During the class we introduce you to how to create the outlines used for this technique and […]
New Classes coming up in August
We have a whole host of brand new courses avaialble this August for you to try something different and take your stitching knowledge into a different technique. With various skill level classes available, there is something to suit anyone who fancies taking up the needle. The ‘Introduction to Embroidery Class’ does what is says on […]
Lace Jewellery Class
On last Wednesday we had our DIY make your own gifts: Lace Jewellery class. In this class the students work onto the freestanding pieces of lace, embroidering through the lace itself and learning how to work ‘invisibly’ so as not to upset the asthetic of the lace itself with the embroidery additions. The students made […]
Ellen Von Unwerth at the Opera Gallery
We seized the opportunity to visit the new photography exhibition at Opera Gallery in May. Featuring German photographer Ellen Von Unwerth, titled ‘Ladyland’, whose fashion work has been published in American, Italian, and British Vogue, Interview and Vanity Fair. Stepping into the gallery, we were greeted by a series of playful yet sensual photographs, which […]