Love Embroidery

When the world feels a bit topsy-turvy (as it does right now), it’s important to take time to enjoy some of the simpler things in life. It might be going out for a coffee with a friend, soaking in the sunshine on the commute to work, or losing yourse

Finding time to do what we love can sometimes be tricky, especially over the summer when our weekends are packed with family BBQs, outings to the seaside, iced drinks with pals and endless amounts of weeding (no, just me?). Suddenly we find our lates

KITS INSPIRATION BOOKS PATTERNS GIFTS Squeeze a little bit more sunshine into your life with Sunny Stitches by Celeste Johnston, the creative force behind embroidery brand Lemon Made Shop. With 16 patterns, her new book covers pretty much everything

Talk about summer lovin’! The LE gang are head over hoops for Lucy Peltier’s gorgeous new kit. Joyful Flora takes inspiration straight from the season and gives it to us in the form of satin stitch petals and French knot centres. These pleasing colou

●Cotton fabric: 35x25cm, light blue, light pink; 10x10cm, peach, light orange ●DMC stranded cotton: 1 skein each of 563 (pale green), 602 (pink), 704 (bright green), 725 (yellow), 796 (blue), 3078 (pale yellow), 3818 (dark green) and 3848 (teal) ●Ova

S titch + paint + flowers = creative joy – that’s what fuels embroidery brand Madaher. Caroline and Davinder Madaher, the couple behind the business, want to inspire everyone to get connected and get making. We chat over a video call on a sunny after

● Cotton fabric: 25x25cm, light green ● Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of dark brown, coral, light coral, dark green, lime green, teal, turquoise and light turquoise ● Embroidery hoops: 13cm diameter and 18cm diameter ● Basic embroidery kit Backstitch

Linen fabric: 25x25cm, light beige; 15x25cm, blue Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of light beige, dark blue, light blue, brown, dark brown, light orange, pink, red, white and yellow Embroidery hoop: 18cm diameter Adhesive soluble stabiliser: 18x18cm Fe

● Felt: 20x30cm, light blue, cream, dark green, very dark green, orange, light peach, white ● Felt scraps: burgundy, green, lime green, pink, bright pink, light pink, purple, red, yellow, bright yellow ● Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of light blue, b

F or many of us, rainbows are a sign that good things are coming our way. And that’s certainly true this month as it’s time for us to share with you Part Two of our stitch-along by Dropcloth Samplers designer, Rebecca Ringquist. This issue’s section

● 10-count plastic canvas: 28x13cm ● Tapestry wool: 1 skein each of black and brown; 2 skeins of tan ● D-ring: 20mm x3 ● Bath plug chain: 30cm x3 ● Small jewellery pliers ● S-hook: 9cm ● Glass jar: 7cm diameter, 10cm high (maximum dimensions) ● Basic

● Linen fabric: 30x30cm, 20x23cm, dark blue ● Calico fabric: 20x23cm, natural x2 ● Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of lime green, moss green, blue-grey, purple-grey and light turquoise ● Embroidery hoop: 18cm diameter ● Soluble adhesive stabiliser: 20x

● Your choice of beach towel ● Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of light brown, dark grey, mustard, turquoise and white ● Metallic thread: 1 skein of gold ● Embroidery hoop: 13cm diameter ● Adhesive soluble stabiliser ● Basic embroidery kit Backstitch,

● Cotton fabric: 30x30cm, burnt sienna ● Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of light brown, cream, peach, dark peach, light pink and mustard yellow ● Metallic thread: 1 skein of light gold ● Embroidery hoop: 20cm diameter ● Basic embroidery kit Satin Stit

Heather is a designer and technical expert with over seven years of experience in craft publishing, and is our Technical Editor for Love Embroidery. She first started sewing with her mum when she was five years old and has been hooked on all things s

As we all look to be more conscious of our spending, any project that uses up our coveted scraps of fabric and transforms them into a delectable piece of wall art is a winner in our books! And that’s exactly what Louisa Burtonshaw has done for her ta

Prepare your sewing machine by attaching a freemotion embroidery or darning foot. Next, drop the feed dogs – the mechanism that grips and pulls fabric through your sewing machine. The manual should tell you how to do this. Next, mount your fabric int

Zigzag Stitch is a basic function on most sewing machines and is worked using a standard sewing machine foot. The width and length of the stitch can be adjusted to achieve different effects. Changing the width setting will alter the size of the stitc

For the majority of the projects in this issue you will need the following items. There are different types available, so read on to choose the correct materials for each project. Fabric Thread Needles Scissors Embroidery hoop Transfer pens/pencils E

Place light-coloured and fine fabrics over the design and trace over it. For thicker or dark-coloured fabrics a light source such as a window or lightbox makes this process much simpler. Choose a colour that will show up on the fabric. Use a permane

Backstitch forms a neat line which can be used alone or to outline other stitches. Backstitch should be worked so that all the stitches are the same length with no gaps between them. Bring the needle up at 1, down at 2, up at 3 and so on. Continue st

D rawing on her skills in printmaking, sculpting and illustration, artist Emily Harrison-Ach turns thread and fabric into colourful landscapes and seascapes, and portraits of the curious creatures who live there… Tell us about this piece, Alligator