Celia Jayi specialises in hand beaded portraits using colourful embellihments. We first met in Palm Vaults a few years ago to talk about her path into craft. She’s now a mother of two children. How old are your children and what are their names? I have two beautiful kids. Ivan who is the eldest at…
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International Women’s Day Embroidery Workshop
We’re back at our favourite pink cafe that is Palm Vaults. On Wednesday 7 March we’re running an embroidery workshop themed around International Women’s Day. Come learn the basics of embroidery and stitch your favourite female lyrics or artwork by the likes of Frida, Georgia or Sonia; whoever you like. During the workshop we’ll be…
Palm Vaults Workshop
Last Wednesday I ran a workshop in the perfectly pink cafe Palm Vaults. Check out the pictures below. If you’re interested in learning how to hand sew using embellishments and embroidery come along to one (or both) of my workshops. On Thursday 9 November in West Elm I’m running a cushion cover workshop, book a…
Embroidery Workshop at Palm Vaults
Super excited and happy to be running an embroidery workshop in my favourite perfectly pink and the most Instagrammable cafe Palm Vaults On Wednesday 11 October. During the evening I’ll be teaching you how to do French knots, satin, running, star and back stitches using embroidery floss (thread) on plain cotton fabric to begin with;…
That’s Sew Nicole
Nicole Chui experiments with embroidery on photographs to add more depth and texture. We met up in one of London’s most Instagrammable cafes Palm Vaults to talk about work and how she became ‘London’s messy embroideress’. How did you get into textiles? My grandma embroidered when I was growing up and made a lot of…
Engaging Contrasts
Jodie Ruffle is London based womenswear designer who combines different types of crafts into designs. Her clothes are an engaging contrast of easy going oversized cuts with soft intricate embroideries and embellishments; all made by Jodie herself. A few weeks we met up in Palm Vaults to discuss her inspirations, goals and story of how…