After sampling a couple of ideas inspired by other political embroideries for the 43 Ayotzinapa students I decided to conceptualize my own project. In week 7 and 8…

In week 8 we got to talk to Chloe Patience, a former student at ECA. We talked to her about her brand, bebaroque, which sold the coolest embroidered…

In week 7 we did some machine embroidery and learned more about CAD embroidery. I had never done machine embroidery before, so I was quite excited to try…

Sample 2 After the 43 Ayotzinapa students disappeared everyone was very upset and people were constantly marching for justice. A lot of community embroidery workshops were given. This…

Sample 1 During week 7 we got introduced to CAD embroidery, but we also had some time for machine embroidery. I was inspired by embroidery done by Maria…

In week 5 we got to see Nikkita Morgan’s work up-close. A lot of the pieces we got to see where about Boris Johnson, Teresa May, Brexit and…

This is the design I am using for the appliqué sample. I drew it after looking at various Otomi designs. It is a design by the Indigenous Otomi…

‘Touching Stitches’ is running from the 29th of November – 29th of February.  I went to a very exciting exhibition called Touching Stitches. I enjoyed it very much,…

To do some research and study some more embroidery I went with a friend, also taking the embroidery course, to see the May Morris exhibition. We had a…

During our first stitching class, we introduced ourselves and got to know our fellow crafty/artsy classmates. We then started off the class with a presentation showing the amazing…