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March’s Student of the Month

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There have been a lot of changes and updates at the London Embroidery School this month, and we would like to use student of the month to highlight one of of far flung students who has taken hold of our #valrosechallenge and made it her own. @mybricole has been stitching her valentino roses from the video as her downtime from making masks for her local hospital.

We count 9 roses to date (but wouldn’t be surpised to find out there were more!) testing out lots of different fabrics with the same design to investigate the differences between them.

As well as being a dab hand at making roses, she makes quilts and other keepsakes which she shares on her instagram  and on her craft journal website so check thouse out if you’d like to see more from her makes.

If you would like to be the April’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 @mybricole

S.E.W’s first Embroidery Exhibition

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Last month, the Society for Embroidered Works held their very first exhibiton dedicated solely to embroidery. The International Contemporary Stitched Art Exhibiton was held in a characterful space in Clerkenwell, the turn out for quite a niche exhibition looked to be pretty good.

‘Despite her strength she remained on guard 1’ 25×21 cm by Christina MacDonald

The exhibition a great cross section of stitched art in its many forms, as you can see from the few photos included here, the range was quite broad so there was a little something to interest everyone.

‘Lady Gaga’ 34×34 cm by Sarah Gwyer

Providing a platform for stitched art is an important step in elevating the stitched art’s status within the artwork as historically it has been downgraded from art and though of more as ‘women’s work’ or ‘home crafts’. Whilst one might argue these terms to be fair, it would be equally fair to say that given the skills and conceptual strenghts of these pieces shown are most certainly ‘art’.

‘A Benediction  from the Old World’ 62×46 cm by Kate Tume

Presenting them in this manner is an important part of S.E.W’s bigger mission to ‘redefine’ the stitched arts to a more apropriate status. If you would like to read more about S.E.W’s mission, have a look at their website.

‘Sisters’ 56x72cm by Bridget Steel-Jessop

Given the level of work on display at this first exhibition, we can’t wait to see what they will present to the art world next year!

‘The girl of the Vale’ 33x30cm by Rowena Liley

Day 5 of our 10k Celebrations

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Close up of hand embroidery using floss threads

We are now half way through! We hope you have had chance to pick up a little treat on us. Today we are feeling a little luxurious as we are giving away packets of our silk floss embroidery thread, for free! The packs are lucky did of 8 skeins with 1 of those skeins being multicolured.

To claim your free bright check go to the ‘Thank you for 10k Instagram Followers’ tab in menu bar will reveal the Day 5: Free Silk Floss Embroidery Thread and click through. Add the item to your basket and process your order as normal.

Have you had a taste of winning and are looking for more? Show us what your used and made with your purchase on instagram, using the #londonembroideryschool to be in with a chance to be our student of the month and win 10% off our website. This can be used on classes, and/or equipment with no minimum spend and is valid for 12 months. What have you got to lose?

One of our in house hand embroiderers working with floss threads

 

T’s and C’s:

The offer will stay live whilst stock lasts only.

Postage and packaging is not included so there will be a delivery cost.

One per customer please, let’s spread the love around.

September’s Student of the Month

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Today we have a new student of the month…Robin Schweitzer (aka. @robinzahood)!

Have a look at the beautiful black work she has been working on in and following her Private Tuition session with the London Embroidery School’s Amy Burt.

This kind of counted stitches work can be very time consuming but the intricacy of the patterns used to create these shading effects is oh so satifying.

If you would like to be our student of the month, next month, use the hashtag #londonembroideryschool when posting the images of your work from class on instagram so we can see your progress and hand out some more discount vouchers!

Beginners Blackwork Day Class

(Image: Amy Burt)

Should this have sparked your interest in Blackwork, our next class is now booking for Saturday 2nd March 2019 10am-4pm…

 

Goldwork Lobster course with Hattie McGill

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Exciting new class alert! Coming soon to the London Embroidery School, Goldwork Lobster class!

Taught over 6 weeks you will be taught traditional goldwork techniques while creating this super fun Lobster!

We have teamed up with Hattie McGill, who creates all sorts of wonderful goldwork creatures! We particularly fell in love with her lobsters!

A sneaky work in progress shot!

The class takes place on Thursday, June 14th, June 28th, July 12th, July 26th, August 9th , August 23rd 6:30-8:30pm at The London Embroidery School, Hawthorne & Heaney Studio, 14 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HT

Even the cat loves the lobster!

For any queries or further information, contact us by emailing info@londonembroideryschool.com or calling 0207 637 5736.

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!