Starting from Wednesday 27th February until Wednesday 3rd April, I’ll be tutoring at City Lit. Classes are from 6pm until 9pm.
A creative and non-traditional approach to hand embroidery, exploring stitch techniques and materials in your own personalised way to leave an impression on an existing garment or textiles piece.
More info can be found on the City Lit website.
On Thursday 19th and Friday 20th July, I’ll be hosting an embroidery patch workshop at CityLit, Covent Garden.
Over the course of two evenings, you will get your hands on the tools and techniques you will need to embroider your very own embroidery patch! You will then be able to attach this onto your favourite denim jacket, hat, tote bag or anything else you like!
Click here for course booking and more information.
Here’s a short video of one of the up-cycled zip pouches that are currently on sale on my etsy shop right now. I wish etsy would consider plugging in a new video tool for sellers, so that buyers could see a listing in action.
The ‘Solar infusion’ zipper pouch is made up of cotton and silk that would have otherwise been thrown away. These salvaged materials, have then been hand dyed and silk screen printed by myself. Then I’ve introduced my other love… some digital embroidery, to the outer fabric.
Over the last few months I have been thinking hard about my impact on the environment. Mainly through my impulse purchases of desirable beads and sequins that I’ve accumulated but not yet used. This year might just be the start of me just using everything I have already, and only paying out for absolute essentials in order to create new pieces,
Happy World Vegan month!
I’ve been wanting to share my view on wearing gentle activism and why it is important to me.
We should not wear anything that scares people away from the message you want them to consider thinking deeply about.
We must wear our cause with the understanding that: the older you get the more conditioned you are to the years of background programming within us that determines how we individually connected with this world. Deep set ideologies are not simply undone from one conversation or interaction. It’s a slow process, and it requires individuals to do their own research and make their own realisations. This isn’t easy for most, it might mean letting go of friendships that do not serve them well or being the odd one out for a little while. Change is inevitable, and if we don’t embrace it we will become victims of a harbouring traditions that do nothing to serve our wellbeing. Meanwhile destroying the lives of sentient beings that this world has chosen to exploit for nothing but money.
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Some pickings from the latest embroidery trends on and off the high street.
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| Christian Louboutin |
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| New Look |
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| Matalan |
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| Zara |
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| Marks and Spencers |
Here is an ongoing project of mine. A series of embroideries bringing awareness to veganism. It is not a movement that is exclusive to just the few. Our connection to dead animals on supermarket shelves has been disconnected.
I came across this video on Youtube some time ago. As an aspiring Textiles Designer I was left a little envious but totally inspired and motivated after watching it. Check out Karen Nicol’s website to see more of her work.
A bit of craftivism. This piece has acted as a bit of embroidery therapy after discovering some horrible truths of the egg industry.
Subtle Digital Embroidery created for Cottweiler‘s Spring/Summer 2017 Collection, seen in this years LCM.
Sonia B Textiles 