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Ombre Chiffon Rose Kits

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Our community seems to have loved the easy to make Chiffon Roses Online Class since its launch last year, so we thought it deserved some extra love for 2021. We now offer an Ombre Chiffon Rose Mini Kit option which adds an element of softly blended colour to these fabric embellishments.

Each kit still contains 3 pieces of chiffon, to make 3 roses with. Thanks to the ombre fabric, each piece of fabric blends from one colour into the next with all three being different from one another and making for a beautiful pastel palette. Once made up into the roses, the colours merge into one another seamlessly adding definition and interest to your piece.

Follow the link here to choose your mini kit and chiffon rose online class and start making your chiffon roses.

They look so pretty even before you get started!

March’s Student of the Month

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Feels like Spring is here and with that a new student of the month. So for their lovely works during March the winner is…@rhea_krcmarova

It is so fascinating and inspiring to see what each of you like to do in your spare time and how you manage to work embroidery into your lives. Taking Rhea for example- describing herself as a writer and transmedial text artist, we were delighted to see how our chiffon rose class came out for her and how effective they are when built up in this way.

As a text artist, she also wrote this wonderful poem to go along with the piece which we think is just beautiful:

”my needle

floating

in a field of fingers 

my pulse explodes

in silky-spoken strands

my blood is bound

my knots are softly breathing

my thread is rising

where my lashes bend”

Rhea Krcmarova 2021

 

Do have a look at her instagram page if you would enjoy seeing more of her works and seeing how her other artistic mediums all fit together.

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.

All Images courtesy of @rhea_krcmarova

Mother’s Day 2021 Organdie Roses

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With Mother’s Day just around the corner, we though we would share some of our favourite ways to style up the Organdie Rose to best suit her:

Attach it to Long Bar Pin for an easy way to add your gift to any outfit

Perhaps add to a sun hat as the weather starts to improve

Apply it to a Hair Barrette for a striking hair accessory

The French Twist is optional 🙂

Or grab a piece of ribbon and fashion it into a Corsage

A beautiful addition for any special occasion you might have coming up as things start to relax once again

The Organdie Rose Mini Kits are available in 5 colours so there is something to suit the taste of every mum.

 

Mother’s Day in the UK is Sunday 14th March this year, so don’t delay and get your kit and online class on its way so you have time to make her a thoughtful handmade present this year.

The Blooming Peony Class has Arrived

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A brand new class to the London Embroidery School, never before taught in the studio, is now Online. The Blooming Peony Class is the most robust of the silk flowers we teach, making them ideal for any project where the flowers need to be able to ‘hold their own’. Outerwear, accessories and costume are just a few of the outcomes that spring to mind as the blooming peony is a silk flower that is made to be both seen and touched.

Deluxe and mini kits are available to go with the class, unusually for us though this class is not just hand embroidery based. Therefore it requires access to a couple of items that are not included in the kits- such as a sewing machine. So do check those out before purchasing to avoid disappointment. (Please note there are a copy of items you will need access to, to make these peonies which are not included in the kits: Sewing machine, pins, ruler, pencil/ dissolvable pen)

When you have made your purchase, the link will be sent to your email and kits through the post. You can use the video as many times as you like, watch, rewatch, rewind and pause us as you please. At the end of the the class you should have your beautiful peony along with the unlimited skills to cut and make your own from whatever takes your fancy.

Want to see what all the fuss is about first? Watch the video below to see a taster version of the class.

Organdie Roses Online Class

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Today we are really excited to be launching our Organdie Roses Online Class where you will learn to make these stunning sculptural flowers. Ideal for use in bouquets, millinery, table settings you name it and these flowers will be there ready to make a big impression. By harnessing the unusual properties of the organdie we will talk you through preparing your fabric, shaping your petals and constructing your rose.

Kits are also available to go alongside this class which will provide you with the materials needed for us to guide you in making your rose.

Once purchased, the link to the class will be delivered to your email, taking you directly to the full class. You can watch the video as many times as you like, wherever you like, whenever you like.

Head over to the Online classes pages, where you can purchase this class and kit to get started and browse through the other online classes we also have available.

Once purchased, the link to the class will be delivered to your email, taking you directly to the full class. You can watch the video as many times as you like, at your own convenience, in the comfort of your home.

Head over to the online classes section to purchase this class and kits to get started.