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 […]
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November’s Student of the Month
This month’s student of the month is @stitchinglaurels who purchased one of our goldwork star kits and made up her star. She also has some images up of other projects she has been working on as well as things when she has them in progress She seems to be really getting into the […]
October’s Student of the Month
This month’s student of the month is @by_arianehaas who took our Beginners Tambour Beading Weekend Workshop last weekend. Who shared this photo of her practising what she learnt in one of her signature floral/leaf designs. If you have a few minutes to check out her Instagram she uses it to share images of her working […]
Goldwork Star Class Kits
This year, we have decided to launch the Goldwork Star Class as a kit, for those of you wonderful stitchers that might not be able to make it to a class in London, just before Christmas. So yesterday, we popped the 5 styles up on our website and sent out the notification to our subscribers. […]
The Goldwork 5 Day Course
Have you ever thought about taking one of our 5 day course? Is it really worth it? We thought we would try and share with you a few glimpses into the progress of our recent students from our 5 day Goldwork Course so you can see what it is like to take the course and […]
Crewelwork, what is it anyway?
What is crewel work? Is it not just embroidery? Well, yes and no, the stitches are often the same types so it can be a great technique to give you a good overview into a variety of stitches. However crewelwork usually refers specifically to the wool yarn used to stitch with which gives it is […]