Felting Fashion, Creative and Inspirational techniques for feltmakers by Lizzie Houghton Published by Batsford Introduction Although there are plenty felt making books out there, very few focus on the fashion element, how can be wear our woollen master creations? That’s the subject of this book. Who is it aimed at?…
The Funk Files – Meet Emma Wilkinson
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…
The Rise of Floral Fashion Embroidery – And How to Do It Yourself
If you’ve been paying attention to fashion trends at all, or even just walked into a mall lately, you’ll notice one trend that’s everywhere… floral machine embroidered fashions. Machine embroidery has long been a part of the fashion scene, but never has it quite had a heyday quite like this.…