Category: Design Partners

Fernsby Hall Tapestries (Diana Fernsby)

Flanders Tapestry Collection (Johan Verbruggen)

The Flanders Tapestry Collection was founded in 2014 by Johan Verbruggen. Originally from Belgium, Johan is from a family of textile, lace and embroidery manufacturers. The origin of The Flanders Tapestry Collection can be traced back to 1876 when Johan’s great-great-grandparents founded their lacemaking business in a small city called Lier, near Antwerp, Belgium. Their […]

One Off Needlework

Wendy Hope-Falkner is the Owner/ Designer of One Off Needlework. Wendy’s designs have a simple decorative style with clear areas of colour that are easy to follow on the printed canvas. The kits are packed with generous quantities of Appletons Wool and our canvases are printed by specialists to ensure the greatest possible accuracy and […]

The Fei Collection

Fei Trapnell is a self-taught British designer and stitcher based in Gloucestershire. Fei has an innate aesthetic approach to creating her work. Fei launched her tapestry kits known as “The Fei Collection” in 1997 and the collection consisted of just 3 designs. There are now 58 designs which are available in a variety of sizes. […]

Thread and Mercury

Yasmeen studied Fashion and Textiles at Middlesex University and spent 15 years working as a ladieswear fashion designer for high street brands. During this time focussing on fashion she continued to develop her love for textiles by creating her own tapestry projects, experimenting with colour and stitching. With a view to move on from the […]

Surla Studio

SurlaStudio is a family of keen and enthusiastic needle pointers who have totally immersed themselves in designing unique tapestries. Since their parents came over from Eastern Europe, they have been heavily inspired by home crafting, folk art and the Arts & Crafts movement, especially needlework. Together they have become a micro-factory and have designed many […]

Elara Embroidery

Alex designs modern crewelwork patterns and kits with easy to follow tutorials and instructions that make stitching a stunning embroidery a breeze. Many of Alex’s designs are inspired by her love of nature and often feature animals. She enjoys exploring stitch and colour to create texture, depth and impact. Making the wide range of colours […]

Sarah Stevens

Dorset based Designer Sarah Stevens studied at the Royal School of Needlework, graduating in 2002 gaining a Diploma with Distinction. Since then Sarah has worked as a freelance textile and embroidery kit designer. In 2010 she founded her company, Melbury Hill. Sarah’s Embroidery kits and materials are available to buy through her website and are […]

Jessica Taylor Made

Jessica was inspired by her grandmother to take up stitching at a young age. Tapestry became her favourite hobby and took over all her free time. Jessica is now mother to a toddler and uses all the free time that she has to stitch. Her company JessicaTaylorMade was created with the aim to design modern […]

Helen McCook

Helen McCook is an artisan hand embroiderer, designer, teacher, published author and historian specialising in all aspects of traditional and contemporary hand embroidery and embellishment. She teaches and lectures for the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace, Toronto, Williamsburg and Lexington and is also one of their online tutors for day classes, Certificate […]