London Embroidery School

Central London Embroidery School

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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.

Fancy Trying your Hand at Goldwork?

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We hope you are ready for this, we have been working away in the background to bring a longer class series out for our more established stitchers, so today we have the Goldwork Pear Class Series to bring before you. In this 4 part series we will be teaching you a range of traditional goldwork techniques, focusing on the process and getting into the fruity details of the wide variety of materials goldwork has to offer .

This class is aimed at stitchers with some embroidery experience, but who may or may not have necessarily done goldwork specifically before. If you have already taken our Introduction to Goldwork Cherry design then you are pretty much in a perfect position, as we will be taking a few of those materials and techniques, building on them and pressing forwards with your skills and finesse. We will discuss working on a multifaceted design starting by building good foundations with padding and raisings, adding smooth surfaces with applique, creating texture with chipping, couching and cutwork, before we work on finishings like plunging and pearle purl edging. 

As always we have prepared kits for you so you can jump right into the fun bit and get stitching. There will be Deluxe and Mini level kits depending on the equipment you may already have at home as someone who has already done a bit of embroidery. We will also be offering bundle packages which brings your choice of kit and all the classes into one transaction with a discount. Or you can buy each class as they are released on Fridays over the course of the month of July in their 40- 50 minute video bite size chunks. 

You know what to do, pop over to the London Embroidery School website and head to the online classes section to make your selection.

January’s Student of the Month

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This month’s student of the month is @elena.grandi00 who has just finished this piece of goldwork, featuring bright check chipping and pearle purl edging.

Elena has taken a few classes with us over the years, one of which was a goldwork course which you can see in these more recent works.

She has a passion for Cosplay and this piece looks like it will go towards one of her stunning costumes, we cant wait to see the finished effect.

Her skills are not restricted to her cosplay though as she works as a seamstress for Ballet and Opera in Rome.

Check out her instagram account for other pieces she has worked on and costumes she has made as you will find some serious inspiration!

If you would like to be the february #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 @elena.grandi00 (Artwork by @hannah_alexander_artwork)

Be apart of our new Weekend Workshops, starting this month with Goldwork

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Our newest range of workshops is starting this month with Goldwork on Saturday 21st March. In this specialist workshop you will learn the basics to the highly coveted embroidery technique, the likes of which you may have seen on Military uniforms or on Frock Coats.

Despite the name goldwork , doesn’t always have to be gold, the example here uses black bullion in the traditional cutwork technique depicting a leaf based design.

Padding is put down first to lift and support the bullion, and then each piece is applied over the top of the padding.

A combination of rough (matte) and smooth purl (shiny) have been used to add texture to this piece

If you’d like to learn more, or join us for the workshop, you can get details using the link below

Booking for Goldwork Workshop here

See you there!

Specialist Equipment & Materials

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The London Embroidery School has more to offer you than just classes as the name suggests. We have a wide range of specialist embroidery materials and equipment to satisfy your embroidery needs. From the basics when you starting up or trying a new technique like table clamp frames and scissors, to specific technique equipment like ari hooks and mellors.

There is also a wide range of bullion available for goldwork in a variety of colours and quantities for that special project.

New Products for goldwork have been added too, find them under Gold Plate and Passing Thread:

Obviously if you need help in deciding how to use the materials, you can always take a class and pick up some new skills with us too! Goldwork and Tambour continue to run throughout the year but we are already almost half way through our Summer Season of Courses, with Silk Flower making coming to an end in only a couple of weeks, so book in quick before it goes. Following the end of Silk Flower Making we will be starting something new with Tambour with Feathers! Look out for our other specialist series as they come in as we will have some more dates for the Couture Class range and Lace Jewellery making subject to demand.

We hope to see you in a class soon! 

Natasha SP @ The London Embroidery School