Needle Exchange: A Sampling of Samplers
Welcome Back! This week we’re going to look at the history of samplers. What exactly is a sampler? Well, in the early 18th century it
Welcome Back! This week we’re going to look at the history of samplers. What exactly is a sampler? Well, in the early 18th century it
Today the Huffington Post ran an article about a subject near and dear to our hearts – cross stitch! A few of the pieces were
James Hunting is an embroidery maestro from London, England. A Textiles graduate of Goldsmiths College, James has been producing magnificent embroidery in the fields of
Peter Crawley stitches on paper. Of course it’s never just as easy as that – Peter creates sublime illustrations using embroidery thread and paper. I
Raquel J. Alves is an artist from London who combines cut out paper collages with embroidery to create mixed media pieces that are achingly stylish.
Fibristas and Fibristos, gone are the days when our backsides were neat, our knots buried or non-existent, our stitches and patterns tidy and pro-scribed. We
I discovered the work of Lisa Connolly at the Knitting & Stitching Show last year. She creates stitched illustrations featuring “girls with attitude“. Lisa describes
Louise Riley is an embroidery artist from London. I was fortunate to see her work at Beware of Embroidery, currently showing at the PM Gallery
The folks over at Urban Threads have a free pattern to share – and this one goes all the way to eleven! This freebie is
Megan Canning is an artist from Brooklyn who explores physiology and sensations through her embroideries.
Hi everyone! The talented Curegreed is being kept very busy by The Royal School of Needlework right now, so she’ll be back next year with