During the Future Tutors Programme, Sue’s works were featured in the Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery in London and in the Knitting Stitching show in London and Harrogate in 2022 and 2023. Sue taught Learning Curve classes for the RSN at the Knitting and Stitching Show in 2022 and 2023, the Stitch Festival London in 2024, and Artisan Fayre in 2023 and 2024. She also demonstrated needlework for the RSN in the Backet Pageant Demonstration at Guildhall Yard in London, the Knitting and Stitching show in London, and the Hampton Court Artisan Fayre. She has also assisted in multiple RSN day classes, Certificate and diploma intensive on RSN International Summer School courses and family drop-in sessions at the Fashion and Textile Museum.

With a background in modern craft and design, Sue is interested in combining traditional embroidery techniques with contemporary design aesthetics.

In 2023, Sue had the privilege of joining the Studio Embroidery team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on the Anointing Screen for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

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Since then, Alex gained a BA Honours in Archaeology from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2002) and a PhD from the University of Manchester (2016). The focus of her PhD thesis was Embroidery and its Context in the British Isles and Ireland during the Early Medieval Period (450-1100 CE), which was published as The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery in 2019. She has published widely on different aspects of early medieval embroidery and textiles, including technical and Object Biographies of surviving pieces, and their place and meaning within early medieval societies. Between 2021 and 2024 Alex was a Research Assistant on the AHRC funded ‘Unwrapping the Galloway Hoard’ project, jointly run by National Museums Scotland and the University of Glasgow. Her role was to analyse technical details and research wider social aspects of the textiles found within the Hoard. Alex also undertakes consultancy work for archaeological units, analysing and reporting on embroidery, textiles and leather.

Alexandra is a member of the Bayeux Research Group for the Bayeux Tapestry, which is organised and run by the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux and the Monuments Historiques Department, Paris.  She has analysed this world-famous hanging from a technical and makers’ perspective, publishing her results in a number of books. This work has also led to Alex appearing in television and on radio documentaries and to be interviewed by international radio and TV news outlets. She also advises writers and researchers.

As a qualified teacher (PGCE) with 9 years’ experience as a teacher and Head of Design Technology at a school for young people with special educational needs, Alexandra was consistently graded outstanding by Ofsted. She has continued to teach both adults and children embroidery through face-to-face and online workshops run by various groups and institutions. Alex also gives talks and presentations about her research to a wide range of audiences across the world.

Alexandra’s focus on early medieval embroidery has led her to design, make and sell embroidery kits using motifs from the period, authentic materials and handmade needles based on finds from early medieval contexts. She also undertakes experimental archaeological projects re-creating embroideries from the period in order to learn about working methods, the technical properties of materials and how early medieval embroiderers thought and engaged with their work.

Alexandra is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries London.

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She returned to the RSN Embroidery Studio in 2013 and is now Studio Manager.

In 2024 Gemma taught a beautiful vintage lace pin cushion  at the King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace in May to celebrate the exhibition, Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography. When creating her design, Gemma was inspired by the applique lace work she and our professional studio embroiderers applied to the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress and veil in 2011.

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Emma published her first book on ‘Embroidered Boxes: Techniques and Projects’ book in April 2019.

Emma designs kits, and teaches Hand Embroidery and Box Making classes in both the UK in person, online and in America as online self-paced on demand classes.

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Nicola has taught classes for the RSN in the UK & Ireland and has assisted on the Certificate & Diploma Summer Intensive programme at Hampton Court Palace.  She loves giving more people the opportunity to discover, learn and produce beautiful hand embroidery. Nikki also hopes to be able to introduce stitchers to some of the less commonly found embroidery techniques.

In 2023, Nicola was honoured to be part of the Embroidery Studio team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on a number of items for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, including the Anointing Screen and Chairs of State.

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During the Future Tutors Programme, Natalie taught Learning Curve classes for the RSN at the Knitting and Stitching Show, London, and the Hand and Lock exhibition in 2021. She has also assisted on RSN International Summer School courses and family drop-in sessions at the Fashion and Textile Museum. Since graduating Natalie has taught RSN day classes and on the Certificate and Diploma programme including a Summer Intensive.

Natalie is interested in exploring and reinventing traditional techniques and motifs in her own pieces of contemporary embroidery. She has exhibited her work as part of the RSN display at the 2022 Knitting and Stitching Shows and at RSN graduate exhibitions at Hampton Court Palace and Sunbury Embroidery Gallery. Her work was also selected to appear at the Broderers’ Exhibition, 2022.

In 2023, Natalie was honoured to be part of the Embroidery Studio team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on the Anointing Screen for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

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Nao is conscious of well-being and intends to create her work with sustainable materials which is also good for people’s health. She also likes to explore heritage crafts and create pieces using historical techniques.

In 2023, Nao was honoured to be part of the Embroidery Studio team at the Royal School of Needlework and worked on the Anointing Screen for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

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During her 3 years on the FTP she embraced the diversity of embroidery techniques, explored colour, texture, and design, and developed her own style of embroidered abstracts. She graduated from the Future Tutors programme in 2022.

Since graduating Sonia has set up exhibitions, delivered learning curve classes, and demonstrated fine hand embroidery at the Knitting at Stitching Shows in London and Harrogate, at the Fashion and Textile Museum and at The Sunbury Embroidery Gallery. She has taught RSN Day Classes at Hampton Court Palace as well as at Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland, and on the Certificate & Diploma Programme including the Summer Intensive courses. She has also assisted on the International Summer School at Hampton Court Palace and she has run family drop-in sessions at the Fashion and Textile Museum, the Guildhall Art Gallery and at Hillsborough Castle. Sonia’s work has been included in RSN exhibitions at Hampton Court Palace and the Sunbury Embroidery Gallery, and her work was chosen for the Broderers’ Exhibition in 2022.

Sonia is a keen textiles recycler and embraces repairing, reusing and remaking. She volunteers at her local Repair Café as a textile’s repairer, fixing items where possible, and teaching clients how to repair their own garments. She loves to experiment, investigating how traditional techniques can be used in new ways and she is looking forward to developing this further and to encouraging her students to try new approaches.

In 2023, Sonia was honoured to be part of the Embroidery Studio team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on the Anointing Screen for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

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Amanda wanted to bring her love of design, stitching, and teaching together and so a second career as a teacher of Hand Embroidery began.

During the course she has assisted teaching on RSN Day Classes, Family Stitch workshops, on the Summer Intensive Certificate & Diploma Programme and International Summer School at Hampton Court Palace as well as workshops at the Knitting and Stitching show in Alexandra Palace.

Amanda is passionate about how embroidery can benefit people’s wellbeing and is looking forward to meeting and enthusing many adults and children’s stitching journeys.

In 2023, Amanda was honoured to be part of the Embroidery Studio team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on the Anointing Screen for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

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Sally then decided she would rather be working at something she loved and packed up her home and moved to the U.K. to join the Future Tutors Programme. Throughout her training she taught Learning Curve classes at Knitting and Stitching shows in London and Harrogate, demonstrated embroidery at RSN sponsored events, and had her work included in RSN exhibitions. She also assisted tutoring on Certificate & Diploma Summer Intensives and International Summer School classes. Sally was a finalist in the Hand and Lock Prize for Embroidery 2022 Textile Art Student category.

She graduated in July 2022 from the RSN Future Tutors Programme, as a qualified RSN tutor. Sally then spent further time in the UK consolidating her embroidery skills. In 2023, Sally was honoured to be part of the Embroidery Studio team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on the Anointing Screen for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Sally has now returned to Australia, and is based in Brisbane where she has established an embroidery teaching studio, which is the RSN satellite in Australia. Sally teaches both in person and online RSN classes from this studio, and she is excited to be able to bring RSN classes to embroiderers who find the Australian timezone suits.

She is looking forward to tutoring on the inaugural RSN Certificate & Diploma Intensive Program to be taught in-person in Brisbane, Australia in July 2024.

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Jo teaches throughout New Zealand with regular teaching trips to Australia. She enjoys teaching beginners and her mission is to convert the world to love embroidery one person at a time! In 2017 her book Stitch People was published, later re-released as Creative Thread.

Jo exhibits and sells her work regularly in solo as well as group shows alongside commission work for churches, fashion designers and private individuals.

Jo also contracts to the film industry from time to time, working on the Disney film, Mulan and most recently the Lord of the Rings TV series, season 1.

During the 2020 Covid lockdowns in New Zealand Jo created a collection of embroidered 3D viruses to help her process life in a pandemic.  These are now in the collection of The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa as part of their Covid collection.

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Kate was awarded first place in the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2021 (Textile Art Student category) for her whimsical timepiece Lockdown O’Clock, as well as the Worshipful Company of Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers Associate Award 2021 for the best use of the goldwork embroidery technique. Kate was also a Textile Art Open category finalist in 2023 for her embroidered goldfish “ Fancy Free”. Previously she won the RSN Innovative Teaching Award in 2021 and the RSN Wendy Hogg Prize for Mounting 2019.

Kate teaches in-person and online classes for the RSN including original kits, the Certificate & Diploma, Summer intensives and the Future Tutors. She also runs her own business teaching online, residential courses for embroidery groups, and commissions for individual clients.

As well as an article in Stitch Magazine, Kate’s work has been exhibited widely including the Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, The Bargehouse at OXO Tower Wharf, the RSN 150th Anniversary exhibition at The Fashion & Textile Museum, and the GSWD 400th Anniversary at the Guildhall.

In 2023, Kate was honoured to be part of the Embroidery Studio team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on a number of items for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, including The Queen’s Robe of Estate and the Anointing Screen.

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