
DESIGN COMMISSIONS
Margot as a Designer for Hire
Work with Margot
Margot Design brings together extensive experience in textile design, pattern, colour, embroidery and creative direction. Working from initial concept through to production, Margot creates distinctive, story-led textile outcomes for brands, cultural institutions and creative collaborators.
Each project combines considered research, instinctive mark-making and practical industry knowledge to make something uniquely its own.
exclusive designs
Create something that exists nowhere else. Margot develops exclusive textile designs for brands, cultural institutions, interiors and special projects, translating stories, places, ideas and identities into original patterns and colour. From a single hero design to a complete collection, each piece is developed specifically for its context and application.
design collaborations
Collaborate with Margot to bring a fresh textile perspective to a creative project, collection or brand. Combining her background in art, textiles and design, She works closely with creative teams to develop ideas that feel considered yet unexpected. Collaborations can range from limited-edition pieces and collections to bespoke textile and embroidery commissions.
Product development
From the first sketch to the finished object, Margot can develop textile products with a strong sense of material, colour and form. Working across scarves, fabrics, cushions, bedding, soft furnishings and textile artworks, projects can include concept development, pattern, colourways, sampling and production. Her studio works with trusted manufacturing partners in Australia and Portugal who share her commitment to considered making, environmental responsibility and ethical production.
ARt direction
Art direction can support the development of a textile collection, product range or broader creative project, from establishing a visual language and colour direction through to pattern development, styling and production. A considered approach connects the creative vision with the finished outcome.
Clients I have worked with
2026
Sydney Opera House - Epiphany, Exclusive Scarf Design >> EXPLORE
2025
Sydney Opera House - Palais Scarf Collection, Uncovered Award >> EXPLORE
2024
Tibet Sydney - Textile and Rug Consulting >> EXPLORE
2024
Knovus - 'Belong' 3D Knitted Blanket Collaboration >> EXPLORE
2022
BVN Architects for Aspect Studios - Palais Design Textile Commission >> EXPLORE
2021
Coulisse Textiles - Blind Collection Design for Australian market >> EXPLORE
2020
Coulisse Textiles - Blind Collection Design for Australian market >> EXPLORE
2019
Blinds in Print - Textile Design and Production Development
2015-2017
Texstyle - Textile Design and Product Development >> EXPLORE
2013
Teyhan - Spring Summer Textile Collection
2009 - 2013
Warwick Fabrics - Studio Manager & Senior Designer >> EXPLORE
2006 - 2008
Sheridan - Textile Designer & Product Development >> EXPLORE
2004 - 2006
Mokum Textiles - Textile Designer & Product Development >> EXPLORE
How I work
I teach embroidery and textile design to people who have never held a needle, and to designers who have held one for twenty years.
Workshops run in Sydney and internationally - at UNSW, at the Australian Design Centre, and each summer at Córtex Frontal in Portugal.
Groups stay small. Materials are provided. You leave with something you made with your own hands, and with the skills to make the next one on your own.
Workshops
Hands-on embroidery for beginners and for people who already stitch and want to go further. We start with thread, colour and the stitches that do the most work, then you build a piece of your own. No experience needed, and no one is behind.
Masterclasses
For textile and design students, working designers and studios: surface pattern, repeat, colourways, and how a drawing becomes a fabric that can actually be manufactured. This is the same process I use in commissioned work.
Lectures and Talks
For universities, galleries, festivals and design teams. On colour and pattern, on making a life as a textile designer, and on why hand-work still matters in an industry that could do without it. I've spoken for Sydney Craft Week, the Australian Design Centre, and the International School of Colour and Design.
Rest.Hearts.Hands.
A slower format, developed with Temple Yoga and Manumission in Sydney. Embroidery as a reason to sit down, put the phone somewhere else, and use your hands for two hours. It has turned out to be the workshop people bring their friends back to.

