Embroidery

Whether you are a keen embroiderer or simply love fabric and textiles, Embroidery magazine is filled with ideas and features to inspire you. Each edition is packed with colourful features on contemporary and traditional textiles, and keeps you up to date with news of the latest shows and events taking place around the UK. Our diary and what's on pages show you what's hot, while our features delve into the vibrant world of textiles, fashion and embroidery - covering everything from craft to catwalk and more! Our mission is to bring you the best of embroidery and textiles, talking to makers and stitchers who share their passion for embellishing the surface with us – giving our readers a unique insight into all facets of this sumptuous craft. In our book section, you'll find the latest books on fashion, embroidery and textiles.

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Embroidery

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out and about • EXPERIENCE 10 OF THE BEST…

A WISTERIA-CLAD HAVEN • A textile artist and carer, Cas Holmes ensures her work is always close-by so not a minute is wasted, finds Ellen Bell

MOONLIT MEMORIES • Anneka French chats to fresh talent Laetitzia Campbell, whose art questions time, memory and our sense of self

Threads of wonder… • London Craft Week in May promises a textiles extravaganza

Fantasy island • ClaireWaring chats to Gwyneth Melling about her creative make-believe world

THE STITCH THAT BIT BACK • Scarlett Mosnier and Chloë Savage of Fringe Arts Bath preview a new exhibition of ‘textile works that refuse to behave’

Making a splash • Kerri Hollingsworth tells Claire Waring about her niche brand of ‘upholstery art’

COUTURE CREATURES • A love of nature, creativity and a touch of nostalgia combined when Rachel Gooden caught the sewing bug in more ways than one. By Helen Adams

take 5 books • Explore textile art power in the National Year of Reading

Threads of EXPRESSION • Ruth Harries writes of her deep passion for textiles and stitch

Following her heart… • Ema Shin’s sculptures reclaim women’s histories.

Pictures of success • The standard of entries was high at the National Embroidery Awards 2026, reports Jane Bolsover

Remembering a great Scott • Jane Rae finds out how Sheena Stone has been taking a page out of Sir Walter Scott’s journals to shadow and expand on his love of nature

The poetry of thread • MICHALA GYETVAI EXPLAINS THAT VERSE AND EMBROIDERIES SIT ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER AT HER FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION IN JERSEY

PHOTO FINISH • Manya Goldman’s needlepoints evoke patchy photos, questioning how we remember and our notion of time.

What a transformation! • A monumental textile sculpture is showing at The Harris. Here, Hannah Robson explains its making

Strange places FOR STITCH • In the final part of the series we meet more innovative artists pushing the boundaries of embroidery by challenging themselves with alternative ‘canvases’, from money to cans. Material differences prompt new ways of working to produce fresh and exciting works

It’s a ‘mighty’ small world • NINA GLENCROSS, HEAD OF COLLECTIONS AT DISCOVER BUCKS MUSEUM, SAYS THE GUILD’S SEW DAINTY EXHIBITION IS A BIJOU GEM

Forging a nation, stitch by stitch • Searching for a way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in the USA, Stefan Romero was to take inspiration from the Great Tapestry of Scotland

ANGLIA TEXTILE WORKS

a common thread

KITH & KIN: THE QUILTS OF GEE’S BEND

ALICE KETTLE: BALANCING ACT

MAKE MORE TIME FOR CREATIVITY, CALM, AND YOU

YIN XIUZHEN: HEART TO HEART & CHIHARU SHIOTA: THREADS OF LIFE

A HELPING HAND FOR TEXTILE GRADS •...