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Pages Mushroom Pin Cushion Online Class Now Available

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mushroom pages gills with tree

Pages is a lesser known couture technique where layers upon layers of fabrics are built up on top of one another and stitched down to fan out and look like the pages of a book. Because this technique is all about the approach, we wanted to find a way to teach pages for a practical outcome. Therefore during the pages mushroom pincushion online class you will learn about how pages technique is usually used when creating for a couture outcome, and then apply our knowledge and practice the pages technique whilst building our own luxurious pin cushion.

Mushroom Pin cushion with hand

With a bright red, velvet top scattered with pearl details, a sturdy weighted woolen stem skirt and one hundred pages technique gills, this class and kit will leave you with an understanding of this high fashion technique and a lovely new sewing project companion to boot. The kit will take approx 2-4 hours to complete and your mushroom will be about 10cm high with 10cm diameter.

3 red velvet mushrooms at base of tree

Click through the images to get your kit on its way.

Make it Extra Special This Father’s Day

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With Father’s day falling on the 20th June this year, you still have a little time to work on adding a small personalisation to his gift with our Monogramming Online Classes.

Monogram, Monogramming, Embroidery, Sewing, thread, Online Class, Green Lettering, Lettering
Monogramming Online Class Part 3 ABCD Green Design In Progress Hand

What’s more, you could start working on a piece for him today as the monogramming online classes are delivered to you by email following your purchase so there’s no need to wait for a kit to come.

Monogram, monogramming, lettering, stitch, stitching, embroidery, textiles, tie, black tie, accessories
Tie Monogram

Here are a few ideas on items you might like to work on and make extra special for your Dad, this Father’s Day with the London Embroidery School.

Shirt Monogram

May’s Student of the Month Winner

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May is gone, summer has arrived and with it we have our new student of the month…@paws_and_thread

@Paws_and_thread has been furthering her already rich embroidery repetoir with our Beaded Coral Online Class and Kit

”Really enjoyed starting this beaded coral course with @londonembschool , best way to start the bank holiday!”

Silk shading on T-shirt (design by @trishburrembroidery)

Having a look through her instagram, you can see that the passion for embroidery is very much present we lovely silk shading works on show and a willingness to try out all the techniques. We’re delighted to be part of the mix and hope to see more from this promising embroiderer.

Do have a look at her instagram page to see for yourself.  If you would like to be the next #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 classes.

 

 

Tambour Embroidery Learning (design by @ateliersaintclaire)

All Images courtesy of @paws_and_thread

What could you learn for £20? (or less!)

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Tambour, Stitching, Embroidery, Tambour beading, Beaing, Sewing, Design development, Work In Progress, Textiles, Tambour Hook
Tambour Beading Online Class Part 1
What could you learn for £20 or less with the London Embroidery School?
We want to make embroidery more accessible to more of you enthusiastic people. Firstly by taking our classes online so our community is not longer limited by their proximity or ability to get to London. Secondly, with the price. Whereever possible we try to make our classes attainable so we thought we would give you a little run down of the classes we think are the best bang for your buck.
Lace, Jewellery, Beading, Sequins, Leaves, Fabric Leaves, Online Class, Design Outcome, Fish Hook,Hook, Earring,
Lace Jewellery Online Class – Leaves Design In Hand
There are so many options to choose from, but here are just a few to tickle your fancy:

Valentino Roses- £0
Lace Jewellery and Mini Kit- £5
Darning Online Class- £10
Tambour Beading Online Class Part 1- £10

Darning, darning online class, online class, darn, repair, sewing, textiles, stitch, denim
Darning Repairs Online Class
Follow the links to start learning a new embroidery technique today.

Beaded Coral Class Part 2 is Live

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As promised, today we have released the second part of our stunning Beaded Coral Online class. We have been blown away by the response and are so pleased to see you all seem to love it as much as we do. If you haven’t got involved yet, don’t delay as the kits are selling quickly and whilst we will work to restock them, we don’t want to keep you waiting. If you bought a bundle on the release then you will have had the second class delivered to your email address already.

We are most excited to see what you go onto do with these 3D beading techniques once learnt as I’m sure you will agree, there is so much that can be done with these unusual and eye catching approaches.

Find the Classes, kit and combination bundle options exclusively on the London Embroidery School website and join our stitching community by making something beautiful with us from where ever in the world you are.

Beading on a Whole Other Level

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As you can probably see from our recent posts- we have been really looking forward to sharing our newest and possibly shiniest class yet- the Beaded Coral Online Class. This two part class covers over 20 3D beading techniques to take your embroidery off the surface of the fabric and to a whole other level. Using a combination of beads, sequins and embroidery cotton we will show you various combinations and approaches to these materials to manipulate them and create really interesting, eye catching effects.

As we will be using some specific materials, you will also need one of our Beaded Coral Class Mini Kits which includes all the materials you need to make your own glittering coral reef. As this class is at an intermediate level, it is those who have done some embroidery or beading so you may already have some of the below that you will need equipment while to complete the class:

–8’’ or slightly larger Embroidery hoop– ideally self supporting seat or clamp frame but a regular will suffice if you prefer

-Wax

-Scissors

–Velvet board – or bead tray or mat

If you dont have any of these items- find them in the specialist equipment section of our website.

The second part will be released next Friday 30th April which will complete the design.