Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging embroidery talent. The 2018 brief invited entrants to “celebrate culture, gender and individual heritage in the global atmosphere of transformation.” They were asked to make…
Too Cute Tuesday – Thread Stuff Co
Meet Molly Martin, the brains and embroiderer behind the company Thread Stuff Co. The hand embroiders loads of things, selling them over on Etsy. She’s now made it possible for us to copy her designs….. Check out her other designs over on Etsy!
XStitchers of Instagram – Pootlesmoon
Welcome to XStitchers of Instagram where we share a groovy Instagrammer whose needlework deserves more attention! This month it’s Alison Carpenter-Hughes, aka Pootlesmoon! Her use of free machine embroidery is both dynamic and touching, with threads flowing free from lifelike portraits. The artworks push at dimensions and encourage you to…