London Embroidery School

Central London based Embroidery School

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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. 

Plunging, Pearle Purl and (string) Pad additions to the Pear

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We are getting into the more tricky techniques of the goldwork pear design now, starting off this class with plunging, the rather dramatic sounding way to finish off our couching from the last class.

Furthering our finishing touches, we then will be adding the very pleasing looking pearle purl edging before we explore a new padding method with string. This will bring us to step up the difficulty towards the end of the class as we take our first foray into the challenging technique of cutwork. 

 

Get your copy of this next class on our website or 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. There are now three of the four class parts available with the final one coming next Friday, so plenty of stitching to keep you busy till then! Check back on the 31st July for the final instalment, or have it sent direct to you on it’s release when you buy a bundle option.

Couching into the Goldwork Pear Design

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Moving on from the warm up skills we worked on in part 1, part 2 of the goldwork pear class series is all about couching. Couching is a very well used technique in goldwork pieces you may have seen which involves applying the gold thread to the surface of the fabric with discrete holding stitches. We will be introducing you to 3 types of gold thread to do this with for a variety of effects. The possibilities of couching are pretty endless as the materials are often used in combinations with each other to accentuate how they play with the light and colour. 

So if you are ready to up the challenge, get your copy of this next class on our website or if you are new to the goldwork pear design, get started with your kit and class 1 or choose one of our bundle options to grab yourself a discount on this design.

I’m sure I’ll see you next week for part 3 

Goldwork Cherry Class Launched

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Your attention please, this one is going to be a crowd pleaser!

We are launching our latest online class today which is a introduction to the very sort after technique of goldwork!  In this video we will talk you through the materials, equipment and making of this really cute cherry design in goldwork techniques.

I always think that starting a new technique can feel a bit daunting, especially something as classic and luxurious looking as goldwork. Therefore we have put together this starter class so that you can give some of the basics a try and see if it is for you. Should you fall in love with it (and we think you might well do) we have other more in depth technical classes in planning to take this experience further together when you are ready. For now, we’re just going to focus on getting you started , introducing you to the tools and materials and above all having some fun whilst creating a great looking piece .

As this class uses some quite specialist materials, including bright check and pearle purl which we will be chipping, couching and cutworking so you will need to have purchased either a mini kit or deluxe kit from the London Embroidery School website to take part.

You know the drill, head to the online classes section to purchase the class and your choice of kit while stocks last!

May’s Student Of the Month

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Confession! We have been slacking, we got so caught up in the online classes we forgot about student of the month!

We are here to rectify that as we are delighted to annouce that May’s Student of the Month is….. @valbotham !

 

She has been very busy, getting involved in a whole host of the online classes we have recently shared to stunning results.

Blooming Peony By Val Botham

Her instagram is filled withlots of things she has made so you can see this is a lady of many talents demonstrated in her versitility, switching between skills easily.

Organdie Rose by Val Botham

Pretty impressive, I’m sure you will agree!

Valentino Rose by Val Botham

If you would like to be the June’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 @valbotham