Collecting thimbles at your fingertips

Have you ever been tempted to collect old, or perhaps contemporary, quilts? As with any collectable, rare and desirable examples can cost significant sums of money. However, despite an increase in pop

Sleeves are fun to experiment with and quick to sew up as a toile, as they have fewer pattern pieces and no darts to consider. It can be very difficult to gauge volume on a flat sleeve pattern, so I a

After illness forced Louise Watson to give up her job as a teacher, she turned to embroidery. Now, she embraces the slow art of sewing as part of a more meditative way of life

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From traditionally harvested Scottish sea salt to world-renowned cutlery and weatherproof knitwear fit for Shackleton, Julie Harding selects outstanding British-made products with makers that fly the flag for independent manufacturing

Broderie Perse has a long history and is seen in quilts and bed covers dating back to the 1700s. The literal translation means ‘Persian embroidery’ and, while historic examples are often seen embellis