Its been a short while since we had the Tambour Hook and Handle in stock and finally they have landed on our shelves. The Tambour Hook and Handle is a staple piece for any budding embroiderer, making it so much easier to apply beads and sequins to your fabric. If you don’t know how to […]
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London Craft Week Monogramming Classes
For the past 3 years, London Craft Week has become a highlight of the creative calendar with all sorts of exciting workshops, demonstrations and talks taking place across town. These celebrate the most unique and interesting craft skills London has to offer. Ranging from whisky tasting to watchmaking to weaving there is something to interest […]
Hawthorne & Heaney for London Craft Week
For the past 3 years, London Craft Week has become a highlight of the creative calendar with all sorts of exciting workshops, demonstrations and talks taking place across town. These celebrate the most unique and interesting craft skills London has to offer. Ranging from whisky tasting to watchmaking to weaving there is something to interest everyone. […]
Opus Anglicanum
For anyone interested by embroidery, Opus Anglicanum at the V&A museum is a must see exhibition. Despite its somewhat inaccessible name, the exhibition is a rare treat to see historical pieces, some of which are almost 1000 years old or on loan from usually closed archives. The Toledo Cope, 1320-30, England. The exhibition itself has […]
New Dates Added for Couture Beading
If you were hoping for the chance to join our Autumn/Winter Beginners Tambour Beading Course, I’m afraid the course is now fully booked! However, new dates have been added for the course on the 5th and 19th of April, and the 3rd May 2017. If you can’t wait that long we have also recently added dates […]
Progress of the 5 Day Goldwork Course
Padding the base of the design and appliqueing the head. This week, the London Embroidery School was running its 5 Day Goldwork Course for Beginners where our students have been hard at work on their beetles. We thought we would share a few pictures of their progress throughout the week as their beetles take shape. […]