Take part in cross stitch workshops with Mr X Stitch at this year’s Handmade Fair – check out the discount code to save some money!
Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum
Coloured silks and metal threads, white-work and needle lace… Over 120 beautifully embroidered samplers, some hundreds of years old, have gone on display in Cambridge in the exhibition Sampled Lives: Samplers from the Fitzwilliam Museum. Each one meticulously stitched by a girl or young woman, the samplers and accompanying book give a glimpse…
The Funk Files: Embroidery Frontiers – Meet Suzanne Treacy
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. This year, sponsors added Textile Art categories to the traditional Fashion categories. The 2016 brief challenges participants to create quality design that consumers…