Here's the second, and final part of the sew-along to create the Silk Circle project as seen in Embellish issue 36 - I hope you've been having fun so far! (Click HERE for Part 1) Let's start the stitching and embellishing ☺ With your sewing machine set...
It's the first part of the sew-along to create the Silk Circle project as seen in Embellish issue 36 - make sure you choose your own colours if blues are not you! Let's get into it and have some fun! Gather together your materials as per the...
Anne Mitchell uses a special liquid colour, Liquid Radiance, in her ongoing projects for Embellish magazine and has some key points for you to remember when you are using them: “Excess is the enemy”: Because of the unique formulation of Liquid Radiance, it is vital to...
In my Editor's Notes for the September 2018 issue of Embellish (#35), I have a series of photos of a layered drawing I created a few years back - in keeping with the Farmyard theme of the issue ☺ - and a bit of fun! As...
Andrea Taylor takes us to a far away place in Embellish 34 after she discovered that there was a major quilt show, being held for the first time, in Fukuoka, capital of Kyushu, Japan, just half an hour drive from where her son and his...
In each issue of Embellish we run a postcard swap, the theme being the theme of that issue of Embellish. Below are the wonderful postcards received for the "Scotland" postcard swap. Some postcards are published in Embellish issue 34, and all of the postcards are placed...
In each issue of Embellish we run a postcard swap, the theme being the theme of that issue of Embellish. Below are the wonderful postcards received for the "Leaves" postcard swap. Some postcards are published in Embellish issue 33, and all of the postcards are placed...
In Embellish issue 33, we have the pleasure of joining Carole Douglas (of Desert Traditions) on a textile journey through New Mexico (article starts page 12). The journey is rich and full of traditional cultures, the likes of which most people do not usually get to...
In the March issue of Embellish we have drawn on inspiration from Leaves. In this article, Gaayathri Periasami writes of her love affair with banana leaves. ___________________________________________________________________________ Due to the helter-skelter of life, it’s not often we realise this, but we crave genuine connections. While it seems that a deep...