Stitch by Stitch | Contemporary Handmade Textiles
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Stitch by Stitch creates contemporary handmade soft furnishings, cushions, quilts, blankets, and rugs working with artisan weavers, embroiderers and quilt makers in Kutch, Gujarat, India and Nepal. We are especially interested in hand woven, hand spun, natural fibres, traditional textile techniques, natural dyes and reinterpreting age-old textile skills to create modern textiles.
Stitch by Stitch | Contemporary Handmade Textiles
2y ago
Journal RSS YOUR EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT
Welcome to your 15% discount to celebrate Small Business Saturday on 4th December!
Pick up a cushion, throw or rug as a gift, or freshen up your home decor for the season. Prices start at £69 for a handmade wool cushion, before discount. And remember, if you are ordering a gift, we will pack your order in one of our lovely drawstring calico bags, free of charge. You can also add a gift message that will be handwritten on one of our postcards.
Small Business Saturday is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign which high ..read more
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Our friend and clothes designer and maker Carole Waller is holding a Christmas selling exhibition at her home and workshop just outside Bath, England, from Friday 26th November.
Alongside Carole’s beautiful hand painted clothing and fashion accessories you will find bowls, tea bowls, small sculptures and wall pieces from ceramicist Gary Wood. There is also some colourful aluminium jewellery by Annie Beardsley, which works brilliantly with Carole’s clothes.
Gifts such as sketchbooks start at £2, and silk scarves, ceramics and jewellery start at £50. Our wool cushions are £69, and c ..read more
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Image: Angela Chick Illustration
INDIE WEEK
22-26 November is Indie Week, part of the Just A Card campaign, founded by artist and designer Sarah Hamilton, to encourage everyone to shop with independent retailers this week.
Support artists, makers, independent shops and small online businesses by shopping small this week - every single sale makes a difference!
And if you purchase just a cushion, just a throw, or just a quilt from us, you’ll be supporting our small business in a big way.
“The JUST A CARD campaign is about so much more than shopping. It’s about people - t ..read more
Stitch by Stitch | Contemporary Handmade Textiles
2y ago
Journal RSS GIFT OPTIONS
We now offer a gift option feature at checkout. If you are ordering even just one of our cushions, quilts, blankets or throws as a gift during November and December, we will pack your order in one of our lovely drawstring calico bags, free of charge. You can also add a gift message that will be handwritten on one of our postcards.
Simply fill in the Gift Options section at checkout.
Our high quality drawstring bags are handmade by one of our artisans in Kutch, and can be re-used as laundry bags, or for storing clothes or shoes when not in use or when travelling.
FA ..read more
Stitch by Stitch | Contemporary Handmade Textiles
2y ago
Journal RSS GIFT OPTIONS
We now offer a gift option feature at checkout. If you are ordering even just one of our cushions, quilts, blankets or throws as a gift during November and December, we will pack your order in one of our lovely drawstring calico bags, free of charge. You can also add a gift message that will be handwritten on one of our postcards.
Simply fill in the Gift Options section at checkout.
Our high quality drawstring bags are handmade by one of our artisans in Kutch, and can be re-used as laundry bags, or for storing clothes or shoes when not in use or when travelling.
FA ..read more
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2y ago
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To highlight Wool Week and the seasonal change to autumn, we are celebrating the many superpowers of wool! Bring warmth and tactility into your home with our pure wool cushions, throws and rugs.
Wool is an ideal fibre for home textiles because it is...
Natural - wool is a protein fibre made in the skin of sheep. Science has yet to produce a manmade fibre which matches its properties!
Renewable and sustainable - happy sheep grow a new fleece every year!
Biodegradable - wool fibre will break down quickly if buried in soil, releasing valuable nutrients into the earth
A natura ..read more
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A Desi Wool handwoven throw and pillows in one of the bedrooms at The Forest Estate
London-based interior designer has created a bohemian holiday home for clients on the island of Ibiza which is both simple and luxurious.
Stitch by Stitch supplied handwoven wool throws, patchwork kantha quilts and cushions in neutral tones for all the bedrooms.
Hollie says of the client’s brief:
“They gave me a lot of creative freedom. They were keen for the scheme to incorporate more investment and statement pieces; with an emphasis on rare, unique items; they actively encouraged me to lean into ..read more
Stitch by Stitch | Contemporary Handmade Textiles
2y ago
We’re taking a longed-for summer holiday, and shipping will be paused between 30 July and 22 August 2021. This doesn’t include ceramics, which are made to order by potter Pip Hartle, and shipped directly from her London studio, within 4 weeks of order.
During this period we will be checking emails daily, so please continue to get in touch with your enquiries. If you have an urgent question, please call us on 07715 169194. You can also DM us on Instagram.
Shipping will resume again on 23 August.
Have a lovely summer!
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2y ago
You may be familiar with our popular Chindi and Raw Chindi kantha quilts, made by our wonderful husband and wife team of quilt makers in Gujarat. Recently, we were lucky enough to delve into their unique collection of beautiful, handmade, abstract art quilts. These were made primarily as samplers to demonstrate their skills and different patchwork patterns and kantha stitching for prospective commissions.
We are bringing 8 of these colourful, contemporary patchwork quilts to you in a special online sale we’re calling Artisan Focus!
Many of you will know that India has been particularly badly ..read more
Stitch by Stitch | Contemporary Handmade Textiles
3y ago
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Pip Hartle and her dog Sid in front of her kiln in her East London studio
Textiles and ceramics always seem to complement one another, don’t they? This love (slight obsession?) with pots led to Stitch by Stitch collaborating with friend and potter Pip Hartle on a new collection of large serving bowls and ramen bowls to create the Jannu collection of hand thrown pieces, exclusively designed and produced for Stitch by Stitch.
Pip hand throws all her stoneware ceramics in her idyllic garden studio in East London. When we visited, her sweet dog Sid wandered in and out, although he kno ..read more