The Cloth Shop

These Indian wool shawls - herringbone wool with embroidery - are beautiful. From the amazing The Cloth Shop on Portobello Road. Picture: The Cloth Shop.

Sibona

Quite subtly pretty hand-embroidered napkins from Sibona. I really love the gooseberries. Pictures: Sibona.

Alicia Paulson

I read about this beautiful sampler kit by the talented Alicia Paulson on Swoon and Sigh. Each letter of the alphabet is in a different font, inspired by vintage lettering books. I absolutely love it - particularly the Q, which is tiny garlanded daisies. I could stare at it for ages. The kit is only $25, which I think is very good value. Buy it here. Pictures: Alicia Paulson, via Swoon and Sigh.

Loopy Design

Nancy Krzyzanowski enlists knitters, seamstresses and embroiderers from across Britain, working from their own kitchen tables, to produce things for her whimsical and nostalgic children's label, Loopy Design. I think her embroidered bloomers for babies are really quite special.

Pictures: Loopy Design.

Kirsten Hecktermann

Completely exquisite cushions, made from embroidered fragments of antique fabric, by Kirsten Hecktermann.