She dusts knitwear with teardrop sequins, drapes plastic macs over fine silk trench coats and combines different coloured laces in intriguing layers. Although he didn’t have a hand in designing for the MM6 collection his influence and creative vision is evident. But it’s the recent additions that we’re discussing today, my desire to snatch up every lovingly embroidered item from the New Jersey–based Tessa Perlow, the fact that instead of Vogue Runway catwalk screenshots, I now send snaps of tiny embroidered locket-style pendants from ThimbleThistle (or skeleton and pastel desert scene–filled hoops from MoonriseWhims) to my near and dear. Customising Clothes with Embroidery is a great book of projects and ideas for upcycling your clothes and creating something unique. The piece is inspired by the physical format and storytelling concept of the Bayeux Tapestry involving multilayers of meanings and many contributors working together to capture a period in time.

Connie Mabbot draws on nature as her inspiration for her free-motion embroidery patterns and adds her passion and creativity, often using upcycled materials. I love the idea of upcycling and customizing old clothes, or plain clothes, with unique and imaginative embroidered designs, and some of the projects in this book are very attractive. Find the details for each embroidery product on its product catalogue page under the File guidelines tab.SEW Region Magazine * 'A top-flight lesson in customising your own clothes' -- Popular Patchwork 'A lustrous medley of achievable embellishments designed to help you raise your stitching game. Your first-year projects explore how creativity and textiles can be powerful for realising positive change. Tailored - Many projects on the course allow you to choose a direction that best suits your interests, beliefs, and career goals as a textile designer.

Taking influences from existing couture designs, she then shows you how to execute these learned techniques onto your own clothes. Because all of the stitching is woven on the top of the fabric with the thread laying delicately in place, it could easily get displaced during washing. A dual emphasis is placed on the innovative use of traditional hand and craft techniques with digital processes to promote the idea of sustaining textile crafts in the future. Not all clothing is created equal and some fabrics are much easier to stitch on than others ( I review fabrics that are great for stitching in this article.The articles do not feel rushed and as a reader one is able to get close up to really appreciate the skill and detail of the artist’s work. One of my grumbles is that these days we all wear generic clothing and this book solves that problem.

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As a student this magazine is a valuable source for reference and inspiration, helping to break through creative blocks. The rich fabrics, polka-dot veils and ostrich feathers evoke her red-carpet life of glamour and eccentricity while the tweeds and knitwear transplant us to her stately home country life. When it comes to clothing, woven fabrics (like cotton poplin, cotton lawn, denim or linen) are much easier to stitch on than knit fabrics (like t-shirts or athletic clothing), which tend to be stretchy. Individuality – This course allows you to work on projects that allow you to explore your creative interests, beliefs and design issues. Fashion textiles students participate in international opportunities, winning awards with annual textile competitions such as Hand and Lock, DRAW Fashion, Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) Bradford Textile Society, Framework Knitters and FAD with Fashion Scout at London Fashion Week.

Step-by-step photos accompany each project, and Mabbott’s can-do attitude shines: “Once you’ve got the knack of working with materials like this you will be able to customise anything. Knot your thread with a ½” (13 mm) tail both at the beginning of your stitches, and when you are ending your thread, keeping everything securely in place. Your creative interests, beliefs and design issues explore forward-thinking fashion concerns such as inclusive design, sustainability, identity, and ethical issues. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads.

Hi, I’m Jamie “MrXStitch” Chalmers and since 2008 I’ve been on a mission to change the way the world thinks about needlecraft. No matter the reason you got this book, sit down quietly with a cup of tea, coffee or glass of whatever you fancy, read this book, re-read it, then have a go yourselves.