Intricate techniques bursting with richness of colour, pattern and material combinations in Elizabeth’s innovative passementerie
Elizabeth is one of only a handful of independent passementerie makers and designers working in the UK today. She combines traditional craft with contemporary design to create innovative trims, tassels and fringes, and her practice is dedicated to keeping this rare and endangered craft alive. Her recent awards include Trim of the Year at the 2025 Homes & Gardens Design Awards and Best Decorative Touch at the Living Etc Style Awards 2025. She designed the multiple award-winning Kaleidoscope collection for Samuel & Sons.
Alongside her making, Elizabeth has been teaching passementerie for ten years - both from her own studio and as a guest tutor at Hand & Lock, the Royal School of Needlework and Central Saint Martins. She is the author of Passementerie: Handcrafting Contemporary Trimmings, Tassels, Fringes and More and holds an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art. In 2023 she was awarded the first Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust ADAM Architecture Scholarship..
To commission bespoke passementerie work, please get in touch.
Learn in person
• Royal School of Needlework - Summer & Autumn 2026
• Au ver á Soie - November 2026 - Sold out
Learn online
• Live, passementerie masterclass - Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th October 2026
Awards
The English Home New Year Honours Awards 2026
Homes & Gardens Design Awards 2025 Trim of the Year - Kaleidoscope Collaboration with Samuel & Sons
Living Etc Style Awards 2025 Best Decorative Touch - Kaleidoscope Collaboration with Samuel & Sons
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust ADAM Architecture Scholarship (2023)
Endangered Craft Fund - Heritage Crafts and Pilgrim Trust (2022)
As seen in
The World of Interiors, Architectural Digest, Veranda, House & Garden, The Textile Eye, Embroidery, Selvedge, Living ETC, The Financial Times, Homes and Gardens, Country and Town House, Country Homes & Interiors, Business of Home, Elle Decor, The Telegraph, The English Home, Country Living, Homes & Interiors Scotland, Elle Decoration, House Beautiful.
Celebrating the art & craft of Passementerie
I breathe new life into the endangered craft of passementerie. Rooted in traditional technique yet always pushing toward contemporary design, my bespoke work is about more than decoration — it's storytelling and artistry, exquisite pieces made to stand the test of time. I'm drawn to unexpected colour combinations, playful textures, and the interplay of pattern and colour, so that every creation feels at once timeless and refreshingly modern.
My work brings texture, colour and personality to interiors and couture fashion, elevating the ordinary into something extraordinary. Whether a striking curtain tieback that transforms a window or an intricate embellishment that lends opulence to haute couture, each piece is crafted to celebrate the beauty of detail — and to challenge what this fascinating craft is thought capable of.