Spice up your jeans with couching stitch

Do you feel that your jeans are too boring and ubiquitous for your personal style? If yes, then try to jazz up an old pair of jeans by stitching a curved band at the bottom of each leg. See how you can do couching stitch.  

Felted fashion and accessories by Pasya Wearable Art

Asia Prusinowska is a conceptual designer and textile artist that transforms wool fibers into unique wearable art. After her studies in fashion design, felting became her passion and obsession. The clothes and accessories that she designs look like abstract, fiber paintings full of colours and organic shapes.

Colourful felt clothes and accessories by Pasya Wearable Art. London Fashion Week 2014
Photography: Visual Devotion

Let’s meet her and get to know more about her magical, one-of-a-kind creations.

Hand embroidered jewelry by skrynka

Skrynka is an etsy shop by Natalka, an Ukrainian designer that creates ethnic hand embroidered jewelry and cross stitch accessories. The artist draws inspiration from the national treasures of her country, the rich homemade Ukranian fabrics and handmade embroidery. The goal of the designer is to convert traditional embroidery, especially Slavic-Ukrainian, into something modern and wearable. 

• Cross stitch necklaces are a type of handmade jewelry that brings tradition again into the foreground. In Skrynka’s shop you can find dozens of different necklaces, but whatever you choose you will not go unnoticed. 

Red rose pendant, embroidered on linen fabric by Skrynka. 

Embroidered leather bags by Dior

One of the most timeless Dior bags is definitely "Lady Dior" bag. The iconic bag was created in 1994 in the Dior workshops. Its initial code name was "chouchou" or favorite. Two years later, it was baptised Lady Dior as a tribute to Princess Diana who fell in love with this unique accessory in a visit to Paris. Many Lady Dior bags are embroidered with flowers and beads. 

Zandra Rhodes Handbags: From Opera costumes to luxury handbags

Zandra Rhodes' major area of study was printed textile design. However her early designs were considered too outrageous by the traditional British manufactures, so Zandra decided to make her own dresses from her own fabrics and pioneered the very special use of printed textiles as an intrinsic part of the garments she created. 

Exotic dress prints by Roberto Cavalli / Autumn winter 14

The Autumn/Winter 14 dress collection by Roberto Cavalli is definitely an ode to graphic prints. The colors are vivid and passionate, inspired by flames, dazzling geometry and wild nature. So, would you change your solid color outfit for a stunning print dress?

• 100% silk satin dress. Black background with flame pattern at the bottom. Deep neckline with beaded detaining. 

Scarfs by Roberto Cavalli/ Autumn winter 2014

Leave behind the austere and moody style of the winter with these colourful, printed scarfs by Roberto Cavalli. The floral patterns and the vivid colors will add an accent of spring and sun to any outfit. The scarfs are part of Roberto Cavalli's autumn/winter 2014 collection and have logo detail. 

• 100% silk scarf with printed floral design. The dominant colors are yellow, white and black. 

Doodle stitching

A doodle is an unconscious drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes. Lately, a similar technique is used by embroiderers in order to create unexpected motifs and larger compositions, often using leftover threads and fabric scraps.

• Neon Doodle Embroidery Super Kicks by Dream A little Bigger. A great idea that will give unique character to your shoes. 

Hand embroidery on burlap

Rug making on burlap/ image: Wikipedia.org

Burlap, it is also called hessian cloth or sack fabric, is an evenweave fabric with a rustic, warm and natural look. It is usually made from skin of the jute plant or sisal fibres and used to make sacks and bags.

Although, hessian has been historically produced as a coarse fabric, today it is also used as an eco-friendly material for bags, rugs, cushions, place mats, table runners and other products. 

The texture, color and especially the contrast between the raw surface and the delicate embroidery are only some of the features that have inspired many contemporary embroiderers.  

Slip-ons with interesting textiles by Toms

Selection of slip-on shoes with embroidered, hand woven, laser cut or crochet textiles by Toms.

• Hand woven slip ons. The colourful textile was created by Guatemalan artisans using a hand-dyeing technique known as ikat. This traditional process creates a desired pattern on the yarn before it’s woven into fabric; the result produces a unique and colorful textile.