collar

Hawthorne & Heaney on Roses

March 22, 2019 by Natasha Searls-Punter

By compairson to last week’s post and the scale of the embroideries that we produced for the patches, this little job may seem insignificant. However we can’t help but get excited about pieces like this whether we are producing 2 pieces or 200 of them in the end.

We were approached and asked to use this tudor rose image to create a pair of freestanding embroidered embelums to go onto a bespoke cape which one of our tailors was working on. By adding raisings into the piece we were able to give the piece some body despite the fact that they are not onto a fabric base.

You can see from the scale of the hand just how little they really are.

Here they are in situ where they will get to live against this gorgeous velvet collar. Aren’t they just so cute?!?

Hawthorne & Heaney for Pip Howsen

August 24, 2015 by Natasha Searls-Punter

A few weeks ago we had a wonderful time developing this gorgeous velvet collar design for the lovely Pip Howeson.

We designed a flowing motif of a traditional oak leaf flourish to fit with the aesthetic of the jacket. Then, using machine embroidery, we were able to create three levels of texture to the piece using padding to give the leaves height and acorns height, then using the running stitch for detail. The pieces then when cut to the pattern piece create a symmetrical curve around the collar of the neck meeting at the nape.

Working on the velvet, it can be tricky not to mark the pile in the process of embroidering it but we were so pleased to see that it sat so well with the other pieces of the jacket when made up.

Hawthorne & Heaney does Joshua Kane SS16

June 16, 2015 by Natasha Searls-Punter

As London Collections Men, comes to an end we thought we would share our addition to the wonderful collections that have been on show over the last week. From the Joshua Kane Spring/ Summer 2016 Collection, we produced these exciting lightning waistband and collar. The images below demonstrate the detail that goes into them as they are constructed out of raised Gold cutwork edged in Pearle Purl. You can see the depth of the work though the shadow that is created by them.

It was a pleasure working on these interesting and innovative pieces, along with seeing all the other wonderful works that were presented at this years London Collections Men, we can’t wait for next season!