Subjects
Textiles | Pictoral Machine embroidery | Drawing
Tutor Bio
Linda Miller is a professional embroiderer, tutor and author specialising in free machine embroidery. She studied printed textiles at Winchester School of Art and established her full-time studio practice in 1989.
Linda’s work has been exhibited in the UK, Europe and the USA, and is held in public and private collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum and Arts Council Southeast. She is the author of Creative Machine Embroidery and Stitched Pictures, and regularly teaches workshops, gives talks and shares her enthusiasm for drawing, colour and machine stitch.
Linda Miller’s work brings together drawing, colour, storytelling and free machine embroidery. Using stitch as a drawn line, she creates lively, detailed textile pieces that often carry humour, observation and a strong sense of character.
Her practice grew from a background in printed textiles and a long-standing love of drawing and stitched narrative. Machine embroidery allows her to work directly and expressively, building images through thread, movement, texture and colour.
As a tutor, Linda brings many years of professional experience and a clear understanding of how to help students use the sewing machine as a creative tool. Her workshops introduce the possibilities of free machine embroidery in a practical and accessible way, supporting both beginners and more confident stitchers as they explore line, surface, texture and image-making through stitch.