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15k Giveaway Time!

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This week we have reached some new milestones as there are now 15,000 of you following the London Embroidery School on Instagram and 1,000 on our new YouTube channel. To celebrate with you our community we have some embroidery goodies to give away and we’d love to be sending one of these ten parcels to you! 

It will be a lucky dip as to who gets which bundle, but there will be embroidery frames, cotton, cross stitch fabric, tapestry wool and machine threads up for grabs.

To be in the running to win one of these bundles and join in our celebrations, head over to Instagram, like the post, follow the London Embroidery School on Instagram and tag a friend in the comments below the post before 12pm UK time on Friday 28th August. You can tag in as many friends as you like for multiple entries, just one tag per comment though please. Winners will be selected at random and will be contacted by Direct message on Monday 31st Aug.

See the full t’s and c’s below:

This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram. Entries will only count on the original post on instagram. Over 18’s only, no purchase necessary. Items will be sent out by Post so if you win, your address will be required to receive your prize. Open Internationally where we are able to ship. Void where prohibited. 

Part 2 Broiderie Anglaise Is Out!

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Part 2 of the Broiderie Anglaise Online class series is now out. Moving on from the circular shapes of the first class, we will be trying our hand at the other cut work shapes in our traditional whitework design and creating contrast to our piece. After focusing on taking away fabric to create the design, we will offset this by adding satin, raised satin and outline stitch elements for some extra texture. 

If you purchased a bundle for this course then part 2 will be waiting for you in your inbox. If not, or if you are new to the course, flow the link for the second and final part of this series.

Could this be your new mending method when you get a hole or tear in your favourite garment? Does that piece really need mending in the traditional sense, or could you make a feature of its flaw? In today’s ever increasingly aware culture of conspicuous consumption and slow fashion movements, the techniques included in Broiderie Anglaise online class series can be put to great use with a little creativity. It is a beautiful art in its own right, but it’s safe to say, the skills used to create it have some transferable and handy applications.

With skills like these, holes and eyelets have never looked so good, when you know what to do with them. 

Adding to our Embroidered Lace Online Classes- Broiderie Anglaise

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Adding to the lace embroidery online classes, today we have the Broiderie Anglaise series to bring you. This distinctive technique focuses on creating a lace effect onto woven fabric with lots of different textures offset against one another. Bridging the gap between embroidery and lace, this whitework technique has been harnessed for fashion, lingerie, home ware and childrens’ wear to name a few. 

During this two part series we will walk you through a classic Broiderie Anglaise design where we will try out six different stitch finishes and learn to safely remove the necessary parts of the design. We will also get to know our star tool for this technique, the stiletto. 

Regulars to the London Embroidery School will already know that this series can be bought as your choice of single products or as a bundle; getting the classes and either the deluxe or mini kit with a discount. The second class will be released next Friday so you haven’t long to wait and there is plenty of stitching to be done in the meantime. 

Pop over to the Online Classes section for all the details and to make your selection, or find our other online class options if this one doesn’t quite tickle your fancy as there are lots of techniques to master with the London Embroidery School.

July’s Student of the Month

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Happy August everyone! A month coming to an end means it is time to announce that July’s Student of the Month is….. @ceinwenrees !

Introduction to Goldwork Cherry Design by @ceinwenrees

Having completed the Introduction to Goldwork Cherry Design as seen here, she now has plans to level up to the goldwork online class pear design with her Mum. Such a nice though to spend some time with others occupied by shared interests!

Homemade cakes by @ceinwenrees

This talented ladies skills seem to have no bounds as she turns her hand to other crafts as well as sewing and embroidery.

Homemade dress by @ceinwenrees (made in 2 hours!)

We are sure their pears will be just as lovely as Ceinwen’s Cherries, looking forward to it already.

 

If you would like to be the August’s #studentofthemonth, use the hashtag #londonembroideryschool or tag us when sharing your photos from your London Embroidery School class or the things you have gone onto make following one of our class.

All Images courtesy of @ceinwenrees

 

All Good Things Must Come to an End

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Our current online class series is coming to an end with this final part of the goldwork pear design. The class will focus on cutwork, developing and expanding on the skills we touched on in part 3 to create patterns and elegant tapering sweeps to the shape.

After that all that will be left to do, will be to decide how to display your pear as it deserves pride of place!

Get your copy of this class on our website or if you purchased the set, it will be waiting for you in your inbox. If you are new to the goldwork pear design, get started by choosing one of our bundle options to grab yourself a discount on this design. As all the parts are out now you view them all at your own speed, binge them all over a couple of days or savour the stitching, the choice is yours!

Don’t be shy and share your pears with us when you are done @londonembschool on Instagram and London Embroidery School on Facebook

Lucky Dip Organdie Rose Mini Kits

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Due to their popularity, we have launched a new product for the Organdie Rose Online Class family in the form of a lucky dip mini kit.

These packs will be made up of the off cuts and include 4 colours of organdie to make 4 roses with, the fabric for each colour will be in 2 or 3 pieces rather than the usual 1 piece of 30x30cm, but will still of course we more than enough to make a rose from. The colours included will be a random selection from our main range of colours; sunshine yellow, seafoam green, lavender lilac, rosewood pink and terracotta orange.

The icing on the cake is that these packs which make 4 roses will be only £15, a saving of 25% on the regular single colour packs which means one of your roses is free!

Snap up yours while stocks last by selecting the lucky dip packs from the drop down of the Organdie Rose Mini Kits product.