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Hawthorne & Heaney on Wedding Invites

September 25, 2020 by Natasha Searls-Punter

Hawthorne & Heaney on Wedding Invites London Hand Embroidery

Quite a few months ago, we were working on this really fun project that got us yearning for the summer when it was still a bit grey.

Hawthorne & Heaney on Wedding Invites London Hand Embroidery

With it’s bright colours and quirky design, these have to be about the coolest wedding invites on the block. We were tasked with adding the stitching to the edges of these postcards in a thick, bright pink thread.

Hawthorne & Heaney on Wedding Invites London Hand Embroidery

We would be chuffed to get one of these through the post, I’m sure you would agree.

Hawthorne & Heaney on Wedding Invites London Hand EmbroiderySo if you are planning now for a smaller, more personal feel to your invitations, why not consider having us help you with your own stitching style touches?

Filed Under: Art, Embroidery, London Tagged With: bespoke, bespoke embroidery, custom, design, edge stitching, embellishment, embroidery, hand embroidery, hawthorne and heaney stitching, invitations, machine, machine embroidery, personal, personal touches, personalisation, pink, postcards, stitching, wedding, wedding invite

Hawthorne & Heaney’s Special Project

March 29, 2019 by Natasha Searls-Punter

Here at Hawthorne & Heaney we had a bit of a special project on at the moment for a certain wedding that took place in September 2018. We were tasked with creating the chasuble for the priest to wear for our Director’s wedding.

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

Approaching a garment like this is a sizeable task because of the importance of the imagery and the congregation that will see it. Designed by our director, the cross shaped design features a large image of the holy spirit as a dove at the top. This was inspired by an old piece of cut work embroidery which we are reinterpreting for machine embroidery. We wanted it to retain some of the original cutwork movement which can be seen in the direction of the running stitches and feathers. This also informed the choice of metallic silver for the details to get that shimmer amongst the sheen of the white machine thread.

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

The middle section has a series of flowers which we focused on the shading of them amongst the raised scrolls and braid work.

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand EmbroideryHawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

Down the bottom we have the lamb of god: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.” John 1:29. For his imagery we wanted to emulate a similar texture to that of the dove but with a more ‘wooley’ nature. 

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

Each section of the embroidery has to be tidyed and finished by hand which you may be able to see from some of the earlier photos where the design is still on the machine, the stitching looks a bit rougher than the polished finish we were going for.

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

We also added some crystals and small hamd details at the end which added those final details to make it sing.

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

But even when we were done with it, that was not the end of its journey as it was delivered to the tailors who made it into the chasuble itself.

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand EmbroideryHawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

Re-interpretting originally hand embroidered designs in machine embroidery can be quite challenging to give it a style of its own and not to look like a lesser version of the hand embroidered piece. We aim not to replicate it, but to reimagine it.

 

Hawthorne & Heaney's Special Project London Hand Embroidery

Filed Under: Art, ceremonial, Embroidery, Tailoring Tagged With: artwork, attire, cad, catholicism, chasuble, christianity, design, embellishment, embroidery, garments, machine embroidery, priest, symbolism, wedding

Hawthorne & Heaney does Wedding Details

August 16, 2018 by Natasha Searls-Punter

Wedding Napkins; you may think you have seen all there is to see when it comes to wedding napkins. But let us take a moment of your time to show you some of the more unusual napkins we have done.

Super Lux:Hawthorne & Heaney does Wedding Details London Hand Embroidery Hawthorne & Heaney does Wedding Details London Hand EmbroideryFor a very plush, luxurious finish, these napkins were personalised with individuals initials which we embroidered metallic threads over raisings for added texture.

An Extra Touch:

Hawthorne & Heaney does Wedding Details London Hand EmbroideryIf you have a theme that you wish to incorporate into your designs, we can create semi bespoke orders using one of the stock font choices with your bespoke artwork addition like the crown in this one.

 

Vintage feel:

Hawthorne & Heaney does Wedding Details London Hand Embroidery

Sometimes the crisp, shiny quality of the machine embroidery threads don’t quite make the perfect fit with what you are trying to achieve with your theme. Take this couple who wanted a more natural feel to their embroidery to match the natural feel of the linen so we used a cotton thread instead which is matte and lends itself well to the hand finished feel.Hawthorne & Heaney does Wedding Details London Hand Embroidery

Bespoke Monograms:

Hawthorne & Heaney does Wedding Details London Hand Embroidery

Using the matte cotton threads again for this set which has a gorgeous lace boarder, they picked out an off white for the stitching to keep it neutral, but still clear against the white of the napkin. The wrapping, intimate nature of the letters was very important to this design so special attention has been paid to the ‘unders and overs’ of the letters.

International Reach:

Hawthorne & Heaney does Wedding Details London Hand Embroidery

The latin alphabet may not properly reflect the culture of your union, so don’t think that you have to be restricted to your ‘ABCs’ for your embroidery.

 

Whatever you have in mind, get in touch and we can see what we can create for your special day.

Filed Under: Embroidery, Interior Design Tagged With: bespoke, bridal, custom, design, embroidery, letters, machine embroidery, Monogram, napkins, personalisation, raisings, special day, table linen, tableware, wedding

Hawthorne & Heaney does Anniversaries

April 13, 2015 by Natasha Searls-Punter

Hawthorne & Heaney does Anniversaries London Hand Embroidery

Above: Linen Napkins, embroidered with Diamond Shaped monogram in Red

We had a client come to us recently with such a lovely idea, we thought it would be a shame not to share it. When it comes to finding something different and fitting to gift your better half on your wedding anniversary, the risk is to slip into the safe options. Its easy for the obvious ones, Paper, China, Gold but when it comes to the in between ones it can all feel a little repetitive.  So we thought for any of the fabric based anniversaries (see below for our suggestions), you could give a beautifully embroidered piece:

2nd Cotton

3rd Leather

7th Wool

12th Silk/ Linen

13th Lace

Some applications of this that we find work particularly well are his and hers pillowcases, table wear, and also, the classic shirt monogram, however if you have an idea or item of your own that you would like to find out if we can personalise it for you, then let us know and we will see what we can do.

Hawthorne & Heaney does Anniversaries London Hand Embroidery

Above: Coupled monograms onto cotton embroidery

Hawthorne & Heaney does Anniversaries London Hand EmbroideryAbove: Floral monogram onto a set of pillowcases

 

Filed Under: Embroidery Tagged With: anniversary, bedding, embroidery, gifting, gifts, Hawthorne & Heaney, initals, letters, matierals, Monogram, pillow cases, shirt, tablewear, wedding

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