If I had a limitless clothing budget, you can bet I’d be wearing these elaborate dresses by Valentino. The details—in the Resort 2016 and Pre-Fall 2016, both featured here—are incredible. Dreamy, flowing garments are cloaked in embroidered flowers and sequins,…
Recently, I featured the embroidery of Russian artist Lisa Smirnova. Her stitched portrait was mesmerizing, utilizing meticulous stitches that recalled an Impressionist style of painting. For her project Artist At Home, she worked in the same manner as part of a collaboration…
Calgary-based embroiderer Maria Arseniuk adorns geometric-style portraits of animals with stitched bouquets and floral wreaths. Using pre-designed stencils, she heat transfers them onto cotton fabric and then hand-embroiders them with floss. The result is simultaneously graphic and tactile—her blooms have a sculptural effect,…
Marigold + Mars is modern hand embroidery by Cristin Morgan. Her colorful hoop art is centered around lettering and flowers, often combining them into one beautiful piece. In addition to her embroidery, Cristin creates banners to hang on your wall. (In…
Emillie Ferris creates hand-embroidered hoop art starring a myriad of creatures. From foxes to bees to Lil’ Bub, the Suffolk-based artist stitches them all in majestic, realistically-styled portraits. They’re simple—devoid of a background—but demonstrate an impressive amount of depth in terms…
Embroiderer and illustrator Lisa Smirnova fuses two types of artistic styles to create one visually compelling textile. The portrait of this tattooed man has an Impressionistic-approach to it, with strands of peach, burnt sienna, and ivory sewn next to one another to imply a three-dimensional form. In addition…
Hey friends, I’ll keep this post short and sweet, because I’m out of town for Christmas and been busy—like eating delicious food and seeing the new Star Wars… Here’s one of my favorite things I’ve seen in a while—a Baroque Lovebird by…
I spent half of my weekend with sinus woes, going through a box of kleenex on Sunday. These embroideries by Giselle Quinto are giving me life, though! I love how she mixes the intricate detailing of the colorful hair with the simpler…
Artist Sabatina Leccia plays with abstract color and threaded marks in her Painting Embroidery series. Here, the stitches become part of the painting, adding a contemporary spin on the timeless craft of embroidery. “I work directly on the fabric, without preparing sketches beforehand,”…
I’m always looking for inspiring Instagram accounts, and I’ve found that with Yumiko Higuchi (@yumikohiguch). Her embroidery is beautiful and process-oriented, so you see a lot of work-in-progress and detail shots in her feed. Judging from how many different patterns and…