Ren and Thread

Designer - Maker - Stitcher Pet-tastic cards and gifts for your home.

Ren Ellery is a designer and illustrator who uses fabric and stitch to create unique pet portraits.

Originally inspired by drawing her own beagle Evie, Ren now creates a range of appliqued and embroidered dogs, cats, popular pets and wildlife on a range of textile products.

Her bespoke portraits of pets are created using hand cut fabrics which she then adds stitched lines and texture to using her sewing machine as a pencil. She cuts each piece of fabric to create each unique portrait, then adds stitched lines by eye, without the use of templates or traced lined. Her compositions, use of space and shape lead to beautiful pet portraits that are intricately detailed and filled with character. It is a time consuming process but the final results are then both unique and totally personal.

A range of enamel keyrings and pins, wooden decorations, coasters, cards and prints sit alongside her pet portraits. These feature her fun and quirky pet characters.