In honor of the upcoming World Embroidery Day (July 30), here are 18 modern embroidery art pieces and patterns!
1. Travel memories.
Charles Henry and Elin Petronella (a.k.a. “Le Kadre”) embroider scenes from places they travel.
2. Intricate blooms.
Brannon Addison of Happy Cactus Designs does spontaneous freehand embroidery of tiny flowers, leaves, and ferns. Doesn’t this piece just look so joyful?! (h/t Brown Paper Bag)
3. Geometric heart.
Busy Being Jennifer explains how to design your own “geo style” embroidery art, like the heart she made.
4. Solar system on a string.
Alice of Cut and Rum created this fanciful piece that shows the planets on cat’s cradle strings. She teaches hand embroidery classes on Skillshare.
5. Artist trading cards.
iHanna made these sunny embroidered artist trading cards on fabric with painted backgrounds.
6. Coffee
Emily Lewin, whose travel photography we featured in a previous post, uses embroidery to embellish her photos with subjects ranging from landscapes to latte art.
7. Fabled.
Another find via Brown Paper Bag were these fanciful embroidered interpretations of Aesop’s Fables by Mika Hirasa.
8. Stitched paintings.
Marna Lunt uses stitches like brushstrokes to create her detailed, one-of-a-kind works.
9. Embroidered maps.
Mary Bryning makes embroidered maps of places near her home in the U.K.
10. Pineapples.
These pineapples were stitched by Yumiko Higuchi, with help from her cat, Bona. To see more of Bona on Instagram, check out hashtag #樋口ボナ or #BonaHiguchi.
11. I love you.
Make + Do Crew offers this embroidery pattern of the ASL sign for “I love you” free to subscribers of their email list.
12. Donutotoros!
Phoenix artist IggyStarpup whipped up a dozen donut-shaped Totoros!
13. Mountain scene postcard.
GrannyAbell upcycles paper grocery bags into postcards with designs embroidered onto them. There’s white cardstock on the back, so your writing will show up clearly!
14. Fox.
Helen Richman of The Bluebird Embroidery Company creates original embroidery of lovely, realistic-looking forest animals.
15. Winged heart.
Constanza created this puffy heart with couched embroidery, ribbon, fibers – and two days’ work.
16. Swallow galaxy.
There’s a magical quality to this swallow with a tail of stars trailing behind it by Juno Embroidery.
17. Tiny feather necklaces.
These cute little embroidery hoops by Jenny Vantland might get lost on your wall, but they’re a great size for necklaces!
18. We’re all human.
Sarah K. Benning designed this pattern with a simple and powerful message. It’s available for purchase, and all proceeds go to RAICES Texas.
Photos by respective artists.
One Reply to “Modern Embroidery”