Words matter. These are the best Embroidery Quotes from famous people such as Jamie Hewlett, Naeem Khan, Kate Reardon, Claire Danes, Emil Ferris, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My mum was into pottery and embroidery, very artistic, and she knew some people from the college, which I think was how I got into it. My dad, who was a head-hunter, was also an incredible artist, and when he was very young, he was a really good cartoonist.
All the embroidery is made in my father’s workshop in India… and all the cutting and sewing is done in my studio.
The Queen’s wedding dress in 1947, there was some embroidery on the train which was definitely there to illustrate new dawn/post-war optimism, that sort of thing.
Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
My go-to gifts are scarves from my friend Matin Maulawizada’s nonprofit organization, Afghan Hands, which supports disenfranchised women in Afghanistan. In exchange for their beautiful embroidery, the women are given financial aid and classes in math and literacy. The scarves are all stunning and one of a kind.
I have a profound interest in embroidery, as I have female ancestors on both sides who embroidered their way through great trials.
Tombs are the clothes of the dead and a grave is a plain suit; while an expensive monument is one with embroidery.
Still teenagers, Harry and Peter Brant II have never disappointed when I’ve seen them out and about in New York, Paris, and Venice (Which is where all schoolkids go on field trips, right?) They’re not afraid of wearing brooches, capes, embroidery, and even a dab-bing of makeup.
I did basic embroidery and can probably mend a sock.
The ’60s had edge; the ’70s had embroidery.
Colors which stand the test of time are Valentino red, white and black. For the festive look, using these colors, you can work with embroidery and sequins to add some bling element to it.
A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.
I love taking prints, embroidery, appliques – precious things that seem to be from another time – and using them to create a contemporary, new story.
I am very partial to Lucknow Chikankari work. My colors that I love to work with are ivory based colors, to make it more festive I throw in Mukesh embroidery which brings the color alive.
When I’m not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I’m not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I’m reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.
