Embroidery Magazine - July/August 2026

July/August Issue

This issue arrives with a standout offer: the chance to win an embroidery holiday. In partnership with Creative Experiences, one lucky reader will choose from three retreats — in the UK or Madeira — combining expert-led tuition, like-minded company and time to explore somewhere new. Entry requires proof of purchase.

Our cover comes from Darren Ball Textiles, whose work draws on vintage Stitchcraft magazines to create something nostalgic and quietly striking.

Inside, we preview the Festival of Quilts — including a conversation with a former NASA spacecraft designer turned quilter — alongside an intimate show at Willow Gallery Oswestry and the Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven at the Whitworth.

Featured makers include Kate in the Nest's bold floral embroideries, Helena Doyle's 'trashmenterie', Annie Montgomerie's characterful creatures, and Maria Tuncyurek's sewn European souvenirs. We also cover Anne Kelly's latest exhibition and her postcard open call, and explore the world textiles of the Karun Thakar collection, currently on show across three National Trust properties.

Alongside all of this: news, reviews, books and listings — a full summer's worth of ideas to stitch into.