Handy with a needle. https://linktr.ee/embroiderthetruthhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3ln3jojhk5k2hThank you so much Erika 🙏 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2025 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln3jojhk5k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3llh4zpyeuc2jRunner-up in the National Embroidery Awards 2025. “Offence” commemorates the 120th anniversary of the start of militant Suffragette action with the initials of 120 imprisoned women. The collar work recreates that on a handkerchief stitched in Holloway Prison by Pankhurst’s “Bold Bad Ones” in 1912.28 Mar 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3llh4zpyeuc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3liwr4xiu7c2lMy Advanced Goldwork “Blond Ambition” is all framed up and ready for for her close up… 🗃️🪡 #fashionsky #madonna #jeanpaulgaultier #couture #embroidery24 Feb 2025 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwr4xiu7c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3li5klmzuxc2rIntroducing my new pincushion design “Death by a Thousand Pricks”… Happy Valentines Day ❤️ #happyvalentinesday #alternativevalentines #galentinesday #royalschoolofneedlework #canvasshading #brokenhearts #pincushion #victorianaesthetic #darkacademia #macabre #handembroidery14 Feb 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5klmzuxc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3lgfjyczpns2cI will be one of the Royal School of Needlework alumni exhibiting their embroidery work at the Handstitched Heritage exhibition taking place at the Royal West of England Acadamy Bristol, 16th of May to the 13th of June (that’s me bottom right ☺️). See Insta @handstitchedheritage for more info ❤️23 Jan 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgfjyczpns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3lfanzeoqss2yToday was hand-in day for my advanced Goldwork module and I wasn’t taking any chances. So my tribute to Madonna’s iconic Jean-Paul Gaultier corset is safely ensconced in a padded Hermès box in the hopes the fashion gods are suitably appeased and will reward me with bountiful marks 🙏 #fashionsky 🗃️🪡08 Jan 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfanzeoqss2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3lcxpm6356224Madonna’s 1990 corset by Jean Paul Gaultier recreated in goldwork embroidery. I just need to finish the lacing and it will be ready for mounting 🪡 🗃️ #fashionsky10 Dec 2024 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxpm6356224https://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3lc6vbzdfbs2eMy tapestry silk-shading embroidered portrait of Linda Evangelista wearing a Versace ensemble, photographed by Patrick Demarchelier for Vogue magazine, 1991. 🗃️🪡30 Nov 2024 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6vbzdfbs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3lbp65ngb6s2q”Death Blowing Bubbles” is my Fine Whitework study of part of the ornamental ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Germany. Here Death is depicted blowing bubbles to symbolise the fragility of life, which I think is perfectly reflected in the delicate nature of Whitework 🪡24 Nov 2024 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbp65ngb6s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3lbmrrz3cis2lOver the summer I stitched a collection of Lover’s Eye pieces based on Georgian miniature mourning and sweetheart portraits, using the Tapestry Shading technique often referred to as Needle Painting. They are currently for sale in my Etsy shop with a 25% discount: embroiderthetruthuk.etsy.com 🗃️🪡23 Nov 2024 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmrrz3cis2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3lb3oulojak2pCurrent WIP - a fine goldwork design I based on John Paul Gautier’s iconic gold corset made for Madonna on her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour. I’m in my final year on the Royal School of Needlework’s Future Tutor Programme and it’s crazy to think this is my last embroidery module before I graduate!16 Nov 2024 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb3oulojak2phttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3laycaet4es2aI’m old enough to remember squarials so the name of this app is seriously messing with my mind’s space time continuum.15 Nov 2024 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3laycaet4es2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3layataurtk2zThis blackwork portrait of my dad, “Handsome Devil” will be displayed on the Royal School of Needlework stand at the Knitting and Stitching Show in Harrogate next week. It took me over 150 hours to complete and won first place in the MrXStitch Student Needlework Prize for Hand Embroidery 2024.15 Nov 2024 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3layataurtk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/embroiderthetruth.bsky.social/post/3lax27jiaak27Beta says hi 🐾 Embroidery will follow. But first, cats.14 Nov 2024 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:dlqj75naaaewkepi2uz2mega/app.bsky.feed.post/3lax27jiaak27