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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out and about • TURN OVER A NEW LEAF…
A REFLECTIVE SPACE FOR STITCH • Ellen Bell discovers Claire Wellesley-Smith’s studio, brimming with dye-stuffs, threads and bobbins, and a ‘niddy-noddy’
CODE OF PRACTICE • Chelsea College of Arts, UAL, graduate Mia Zeferino-Birchall has a unique approach to the digital and analogue, finds Claire Waring
The secret life of objects… • Liz Cooper meets an artist who treats every worn object as if it had life
THE MAGIC OF BLOSSOM • Sara Cook writes of the success of her Cherry Blossom Installation, and says it’s not too late to take part
Feeding ‘Fridamania’… • The Frida Kahlo exhibition now at the Tate broke records as the highest pre-selling show in their history. Here, we ask one artist inspired by Kahlo what the attraction is
Granny Graffiti • CAROLE LOEFFLER EXPLAINS HOW HER GRANNY GRAFFITI, WITH ITS LIFE-AFFIRMING SLOGANS, CAME INTO THE WORLD
On with the show… • Knit + Stitch shows are a calendar highlight, where the community can gather to celebrate textile art
TICKING THE RIGHT BOXES • Meet six members of PRISM Textile Group, as we learn of their exhibition of box-sized works
The remains of the day • Anneka French meets Ali Pickard whose threads of loss revisit histories largely disappeared
Into the blue • Deniz Kurdak tells Helen Adams how an instant connection with machine embroidery helped find her creative voice and explore her emotional past
Reaping what she sews • Jess Littlewood studied fine art at Central Saint Martins and has been quilting for only four years, but her burgeoning practice looks set to grow
RED ALERT • Ellen Bell meets French artist Armelle Blary whose shapeshifting works in red and white demand attention
Stitching together • CAS HOLMES IDENTIFIES WITH CLAIRE WELLESLEY-SMITH’S LATEST TITLE FOR BATSFORD
JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER • Bookbinding is a practice offering a rich environment for embroidery, and its diversity may surprise you. In part one of our special focus, meet two artists using stitch in exquisite ways
take 5 books • Discover a fashion doyen, home-based art and Palestinian stitches
The girl with the butterfly brain • Overall winner of the National Embroidery Awards 2026, Candy Hawkins’ piece was initially rejected as the work of AI
THE CORNERSTONE IN ENGLISH EMBROIDERY • People across the world have been inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry. Claire Waring reports
MAKE MORE TIME FOR CREATIVITY, CALM, AND YOU
A national treasure • LUCY NEWMAN LOOKS AT THE REMARKABLE CAREER OF DIANA SPRINGALL ON THE AWARD OF HER MBE, AND HOW SHE HAS...