Category: embroidery
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Experimental Embroidery for Fashion and Textiles
Starting from Wednesday 27th February until Wednesday 3rd April, I’ll be tutoring at City Lit. Classes are from 6pm until 9pm. A creative and non-traditional approach to hand embroidery, exploring stitch techniques and materials in your own personalised way to leave an impression on an existing garment or textiles piece.…
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Embroider a Patch with me!
On Thursday 19th and Friday 20th July, I’ll be hosting an embroidery patch workshop at CityLit, Covent Garden. Over the course of two evenings, you will get your hands on the tools and techniques you will need to embroider your very own embroidery patch! You will then be able…
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Upcycled Zipper Pouch
Here’s a short video of one of the up-cycled zip pouches that are currently on sale on my etsy shop right now. I wish etsy would consider plugging in a new video tool for sellers, so that buyers could see a listing in action. The ‘Solar infusion’ zipper pouch is…
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Dairy is Scary – World Vegan Month
Happy World Vegan month! I’ve been wanting to share my view on wearing gentle activism and why it is important to me. We should not wear anything that scares people away from the message you want them to consider thinking deeply about. We must wear our cause with the…
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What on earth are you carrying??? Inside my travel embroidery kit!
What on Earth are you Carrying?! As textiles artists, makers or designers we have a one common trait. We carry a lot of stuff!!! This can be anything from sketchbooks, pencil cases, magazines, notebooks and embroidery hoops! Today I’m going to show you what’s inside my travel sewing/embroidery/embellishment kit. I…
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Embroidery Lust 001
Some pickings from the latest embroidery trends on and off the high street. Christian Louboutin New Look Matalan Zara Marks and Spencers
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Vegan Craftivism – Cute Enough to Eat?
Here is an ongoing project of mine. A series of embroideries bringing awareness to veganism. It is not a movement that is exclusive to just the few. Our connection to dead animals on supermarket shelves has been disconnected.
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Inspiring Video about Karen Nicol, Textiles Designer/Artist
I came across this video on Youtube some time ago. As an aspiring Textiles Designer I was left a little envious but totally inspired and motivated after watching it. Check out Karen Nicol’s website to see more of her work.
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Please Don’t Grind me!
A bit of craftivism. This piece has acted as a bit of embroidery therapy after discovering some horrible truths of the egg industry.
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Embroidery for Cottweiler
Subtle Digital Embroidery created for Cottweiler‘s Spring/Summer 2017 Collection, seen in this years LCM.
Sonia B Textiles 