Embroidery Magazine - May/June 2026

Embroidery Magazine – May/June 2026

The May/June issue of Embroidery magazine is packed with inspiring stories and fresh perspectives across the full spectrum of the craft.

The cover feature — part two of Stitch in Strange Places — explores artists working on unconventional surfaces: leaves, drinks cans, a £5 note, a vintage fish knife. Expect ingenious thinking around materials, tools and methods. Elsewhere, the exuberant designs of the Collier Campbell sisters sit alongside an Australian artist whose eco-conscious 'upholstery art' was sparked by the sheer volume of plastic toothbrushes going to landfill.

Rachel Gooden of Stitch & Bone brings 40–120 hours of intricate stumpwork to her 'couture critters', while the miniature world is explored further in an in-depth look at the Embroiderers' Guild exhibition Sew Dainty: The Art of Tiny Stitches. At the opposite scale, Ema Shin's 2.7-metre heart — a commission at the heart of the 25th Biennale of Sydney — gets a thorough profile.

Artist features include Fresh Talent's Laetitzia Campbell, Manya Goldman on memory and time, and RSN graduate Gwyneth Melling, whose left-of-field embroideries are anything but conventional. First Person pieces come from Michala Gyetvai and multi-award-winning Ruth Harries, and The Sewing Room steps inside the two workrooms of CA Sholmes Textiles.

Rounding out the issue: previews of London Craft Week and Fringe Arts Bath, the NEA 2026 winners, book reviews, news and listings.