For Scottish designer Laura Lees, more is definitely more. Lees creates in a wide range of modes, from fashion to furniture to custom pieces and collaboration — but the one thing her work has in...
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If you've never heard of Gothic Lolita, Wikipedia has the broad but somewhat underwhelming definition of a "fashion subculture originating in Japan that is based on Victorian and...
It's a good moment in history for machine embroidery. As you may have noticed, patches (along with their tinier, shinier cousin, the enamel pin) are everywhere right now. And here, in this...
The embroidery of Tulip Cake (which is an anagram for Katie Culp, in case you were wondering the source of the somewhat adorable name) is pumped full of attitude, sass and a whole lot of...
Embroidery and embellishment are all over Fall 2016 fashion -- see: Alexander McQueen, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, et cetera. Hand-stitching has been a mark of luxury and prestige for centuries --...
Threadsteading – The Sewing Strategy Game Played on an Embroidery Machine
Threadsteading is a unique fusion of machine embroidery and tabletop gaming, turning embroidery into a territory-control board game. In it, players deliver commands to the machine to take control of...
