Art, design, craft, culture.
Embroidery – Nov/Dec 2025
Our cover feature focuses on the work of Jane Sanders @stitchin_in_the_kitchen, who captures likenesses of a host of celebrated musicians in felt, stitch and mixed media. And, yes, that is Macca on the cover, with a multitude of hearts to celebrate him as the most successful composer of love songs this country has ever had.
Elsewhere, we preview some of the stunning finalists in the Hand & Lock Prize @handandlockprize in the competition’s 25th anniversary year, and what’s coming up at Knit + Stitch Northern Ireland and Harrogate @knitandstitchshows
Our feature on eco-fashion is inspired by a group which has been taking Instagram by storm @curtainstocouture, while we also meet Elizabeth Scarlett @elizabethscarlett, head of the eponymous brand of embroidered velvet products. Elsewhere, we profile Lissie Baldwin @lissie_baldwin and discover she’s working on a project that requires a multitude of feathers.
With a focus on art dolls, we chat to two artists with widely differing styles, Ella Goodwin @missellaillustrator and Ali Pickard @theyaffingale, while we also go behind the scenes at Fine Cell Work @finecellwork, the charity and social enterprise helping prisoners out of a destructive spiral. Meanwhile, @deenabeverley describes the joy to be found in searching for vintage haberdashery and fabric and incorporating it into her work.
There’s plenty more, including an artist who stitches in the silence of the forest @ericavonessen.art, a look back at the work of Winsome Douglass, a short intro to the Opus Anglicanum-inspired pieces by the irreverent Tanya Bentham @opusanglicanum, and a host of thoughtful gift ideas, plus book and exhibition reviews.
We are proud to be the magazine of choice for people with an interest in creative, innovative stitched work and textiles including students, textile artists, gallery owners and curators.
Our mission
Our mission is to bring you the best of embroidery and textiles, talking to makers and artists who share their passion for embellishing the surface with us – giving our readers a unique insight into all facets of this sumptuous craft
Our history
Embroidery magazine is published six times a year and first rolled off the press in 1932 – making it one of the longest standing textile magazines published today. The Embroiderers’ Guild has digitised the complete archive of its publication Embroidery magazine as well as The Embroideress. Dating back to 1922, containing over 450 issues the new archive is available for institutional and individual subscriptions and is seamlessly available across web, iOS and Android devices. https://bit.ly/EmbroideryArchive
Regular features
Each issue of Embroidery magazine features in-depth artist profiles, artist’s essays, reviews of the latest textile books and exhibitions, news & listings of fashion and textile exhibitions in the UK and abroad, along with inspirational images
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Feel Inspired
Amanda Cobbett began life as a designer but is now wowing a whole new audience with her hyperreal take on the natural world, in particular her machine embroidered 3D sculptures of fungi. This feature was written by Deena Beverley and published in the November/December 2019 issue
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Ann Goddard was announced as winner of the inaugural Vlieseline Fine Art Textiles Award in 2019 and was interviewed by Jo Hall for the January/February 2020 issue.
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