Sheer Nature: Botanical Embroidery with Katerina Knight

This is a follow on class from Katerina's previous Stitching with Nature workshop.  You do not have to have taken the previous class to participate in this workshop but it is for intermediate stitchers.  Knowledge of embroidery stitches is helpful.

Saturday, 10th April : 11 - 3pm.

Join textile artist Katerina Knight to learn the techniques behind her delicate, ephemeral embroideries, where dried flowers and plants are stitched onto sheer silk.

Katerina will guide you step by step through a series of stitches and techniques for building intricate patterns on fine, transparent fabrics such as silk organza, using dried botanicals as embellishment. She’ll be working with cornflowers, achillea, dahlias, statice and grasses.

This is an intermediate workshop that follows on from Katerina’s introductory class, Stitching with Nature. Working on sheer fabric takes a little more care, so some embroidery experience is helpful, but it’s equally suited to anyone curious to try a new way of combining stitch and flora. Take each stitch slowly and work at a pace that feels comfortable.

All materials are provided, including a selection of plants Katerina grew in her Malvern garden and harvested, dried and preserved over summer 2026.

The workshop will be held next door at Frequency Cafe. Please come to Loop first and we'll walk you over to get settled in. It should be a lovely afternoon! 

About Katerina Knight

Katerina Knight is a textile artist, writer and educator. She studied at Glasgow School of Art before completing an MA in Textiles at the Royal College of Art in 2023 as a Burberry scholar. She is a Homo Faber artisan and was shortlisted for the Heritage Crafts Emerging Embroiderer of the Year in 2025.

After stepping away from a career in luxury fashion, Katerina developed a slow art practice that sits between horticulture and craft. Her one-of-a-kind textile pieces have been exhibited internationally, most recently at Collect Art Fair (2026), XTANT (2025/26) and Dutch Design Week (2023). Her debut book, Stitching with Nature, was published by Batsford in 2026.

Katerina teaches workshops internationally, sharing how working closely with nature and craft can support both personal and planetary wellbeing. She is also features editor at Selvedge magazine. She lives in Malvern, Worcestershire, where she grows the flowers she uses in her work.

Instagram: @_katerinaknight