London Embroidery School

Central London Embroidery School

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An Update regarding Covid-19 (coronavirus)

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There is no doubt about it, these are uncertain times for all of us.

To protect our staff and customers during Covid 19, we have postponed all classes from this Monday 23rd March until the end of May. We will contact you all individually if you have a booking to find dates that suit you, once it is safe to do so.   This may take a little while so please bear with us.

London Embroidery School web shop will remain open.

Here at the London Embroidery School we will continue to innovate and we will hopefully bring you some rays of stitching sunshine over the next few weeks.  We appreciate the outpouring of support from our embroidery community, friends, loved ones and newly met neighbours and are looking forward to making a positive contribution back to our local and stitching communities.

We are also excited to see what our amazing crafting team are getting up to during their social distancing and will be sharing it all via our Instagram and Facebook, so follow to stay up to date.  We would love to see what you’re up to, tag us with your stitching achievements on instagram, facebook or email us.

Stay safe, keep creative let’s make the best of this!

Pro Tips: Open Sided Thimble

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A firm favourite with our inhouse embroiderers, this thimble may not look like your standard thimble but it sure does the job. Looking more like a piece of jewellery than a piece of equipment, the open sided thimble has cage back of this thimble allow it to fit snugly over your finger and allow for size adjustments. This leaves the top open making it great for longer nails and allows it to be flatter across the body of the nail so it cant slip around your finger whilst you use it.

 

The ‘pad’ is dotted to help to catch the needle, with a lip at the top so can add a bit of extra pressure for getting through the toughest bits without the risk of the needle shooting painfully under you nail.

The open sided thimble come in a range of sizes, which are each adjustable as well. Officially they are bronze coloured but get brighter and more goldy with use (gold star to the person with the shiniest therefore most used thimble!)

 

 

New Class Alert! Introduction to Embroidery

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London Embroidery School is thrilled to announce a brand new class!

Introduction to Embroidery, is the perfect class for beginners, for those of you who haven’t had any embroidery experience before, and would love to give it a go.

The class will take you through all the basics, from how to correctly frame up your fabric to some classic embroidery stitches.

You will get to work on this very charming diver design!

Take a look at some other inspiring hand embroidery projects,  which use these classic embroidery stitches.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhnXYjlhPDk/?taken-by=longdawgstitcher

https://www.instagram.com/p/BhoFqwTH4p_/?taken-by=hatchlingmakes

Find out more about our new class here!

 

Learn something new this Easter

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This weekend we have a few spaces left on our Tambour weekend workshop.

This is a beginners class, you will learn the basics of this couture technique.

How to use the tambour hook.

How to apply beads

 

Finally how to apply sequins

 

The class will take place in a Fitzrovia studio on Saturday the 31st from 10am to 4PM.

Creative Customisation Class Now Booking!

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London Embroidery School have a new course which is perfect for anyone who has ever wanted to customise a piece their clothing/accessory but didn’t know how. Our tutor Sonja, will go over how you can jazz up an item by stitching, beading and printing on to it. You can take an old garment and give it a new life!

Course Outline:

– Create a design to embroider

– Locate placement for design

– Realisation of design

For this course you will require to bring something with you to work on. It can be a dress/top/jeans or even a hat. You will learn how to create a design and see it through to actualisation.

All materials to participate are included in the price and additional materials and equipment are available to purchase at the class.

This class is great for those who have basic sewing skills but no design experience is required!

Book your place now.