THE OLD NEEDLE

Designer & self-taught stitcher. Blog of Adam Pritchett, hand embroidery artist based in the Lake District, England.

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Hello there! I left this blog to archive many years ago now, no idea who still posts on here, but here are two of the nudibranchs I’ve been stitching this week 💚🩵

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Your heart belongs to me now 🌹

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I was commissioned to embroider this pair of buzzards in flight as a wedding anniversary gift for a lovely couple a few weeks ago, and now that the date has passed I can finally share it with you! 🦅🌲

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A little reminder that tickets are still for sale for my next hand embroidery workshop in London with The New Craft House on 5th August & I'd love to meet more of you! Tickets are available here!

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Found this big piece out of storage to start reworking some sections on it and finally finishing it 🕷🕸

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Today is Pride in London, and while I might not be there, I stitched a small token of my own on my jeans. Happy pride everyone, be safe & have fun! 🏳️‍🌈

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Doodles on scrap fabric 🦂

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Another detail shot of old work while I'm busy on this commission, I really want to do some more creepy/anatomical pieces like this when I can, it was so much fun to sew 💗

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Plant studies in progress from the beautiful specimens at Packwood House 🌿

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Summer bee’s 🐝🌿🐝

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🌓 lumos // nox 🌓

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Celebrating my love & admiration of the Harry Potter books that are 20 years old today, for making me even more of a devote bookworm than I already was as a kid; lumos! ✨

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Got carried away and started working on this piece late in the evening, light summer nights are the best 🌿

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I have a new embroidery workshop date set with the lovely @newcrafthouse again in London! Come learn some embroidery with me, Saturday August 5th for an all day workshop, all materials & snacks provided ✨ the last one was so much fun and it would be great to meet some more of you! 💌  — https://shop.thenewcrafthouse.com/collections/workshops/products/hand-embroidery-masterclass-with-adam-pritchett?variant=27294600144

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Listening to the The No Sleep Podcast this morning after stitching some webs on this mother felt fitting with a creepy spider story in this weeks episode! What podcasts do you folks like listening to? I've been loving Darkest Night & Archive 81 lately! 🌙

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She sits in the palm of your hand, ready to cocoon her prey 🕷

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Exciting news; I’m going to be teaching another embroidery workshop in London on August 5th!! If you’re free & want to come learn some embroidery I’d love to have you! 

You can book a ticket from the New Craft House website here.