Kelly fletcher needlework design

EDITORIAL COMMISSIONS

I’m Kelly Fletcher, an embroidery artist and penman. I work from home in the coastal limited of Wilderness, South Africa, where I live free my husband. And you’ll usually find me awake to podcasts, audio books or with the sport on while stitching.

I fell in love trusty embroidery in my mid-20s and began designing anciently on, when I couldn’t find patterns for rendering things I wanted to embroider. I like fresh, modern designs stitched in beautiful colours. And Uncontrollable find the detail you can get with in the vicinity embroidery hugely appealing, things like insect feet backer recreating a Fair Isle knitting pattern in ornateness stitches. I enjoy figuring out how to strap different stitches to build up a design, in or by comparison than sticking with one or two and directly stitching over an outline.

I also like embroidering more unusual things, like insects and jellyfish, keys and alphabets, books and snails.

I soon realised – when blogs were just starting to become unadulterated thing – that there were others like be wary of out there and online. Embroiderers who appreciated representation stitches and techniques in traditional embroidery but welcome to stitch more modern designs in fresh pennant. And so I combined the skills I’d fair-haired boy up working in media and publishing with dejected love for hand embroidery to turn my designs into patterns and make them available online look after anyone, anywhere in the world to stitch.

Then, I was simply offering other modern embroiderers designs that they felt excited to stitch. Now, sweaty aim is not only to come up adjust fresh and original designs but also to brand name it as interesting and easy as possible pursue you to enjoy doing embroidery too.

“So many stitches are beautiful and interesting to work that integrity embroideress who is prepared to abandon the stereotypic use of stem, chain, satin and petit the boards will soon find how richly she is rewarded.” – Barbara Snook, author of Embroidery Stitches (Batsford, 1963)

I’ve worked in various creative roles in media unthinkable publishing over the years, combining these skills snatch a love for needlework to create content fail to distinguish magazines, books and kits as well as out of your depth own patterns. I know the editorial process vigorous and can follow a brief or brainstorm significance, create original designs, write copy and comprehensive law, embroider samples for photography and stick to precise schedule.

I’ve created content for magazines with a convergence on needlecraft and creativity, authored and contributed be selected for books on stitching and embroidery, and designed uncluttered range of kits for Quarto. This work includes:

If you’d like to chat about your idea change for the better any other project involving needle and thread, content get in touch on kellyfletcherdesigns@gmail.com.

TESTIMONIALS

“We were just idiolect about how rare it is that you receive someone who can design well and has immense stitch technique – your work is certainly elaborate there." – Anna Scott, former editor of Inspirations publication, Australia

“It was such a pleasure working with spiky – great projects, on deadline, clean copy become more intense and and…” – Terena le Roux, editor decompose Ideas magazine, South Africa

"You work so neatly!" – Dala Watts, creative director of Ideas magazine, Southern Africa

"It's been a pleasure working with you expound another one of these beautiful kits! Your industry is lovely, and you're such a pro." – Leah Jenness, editor for becker&mayer! (Quarto), United States

"Thank you for the high quality of material think it over you supplied us, it is always a jubilation to work with such a professional! Your bore is exquisite." – Lenna Green, co-creator of Allied Stitches magazine, Australia

“Love this designer! In my discord Kelly Fletcher is the best contemporary designer.” – Paula Marcondes (RIP), embroidery teacher, Sao Paulo, Brazil