Harry Styles, singer, songwriter, and icon is known for his imitable live performances, colourful style and kindness. If you didn’t manage to get tickets to one of his live shows, why don’t you stitch him instead?

Containing everything necessary to complete the kit, including needles, printed canvas (12 hpi) and all the wool. The finished piece measures 30 x 35cm.

NB: should you wish to turn it into a cushion cover, extra fabric will be required.

Designed by Emily Peacock for Appletons Wools UK

Warning: Kit contains sharp needles 

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You will stitch with fine crewel wool of winter shades of blues and greens on Irish linen twill.

Linen Twill measures 38cm square

Created by RSN Tutor Liz Tapper

This design is one of four colour ways with each being offered to reflect the current season.

Skill Level: Beginners

The kit does not include cushion backing or filling

You can explore many more stitches on the RSN Stitch Bank.

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This simple design will introduce you to a select range of embroidery stitches and a number of the techniques used to create both ribbonwork and stumpwork embroidery. This will include creating beautiful embroidery stitches using silk ribbon threads, creating 3D embroidered wired shapes with couching and buttonhole stitch edging and creating decorative fly stitch, stem stitch and long and short stitch.

While this kit accompanies the Stumpwork Embroidery book, it is not necessary to have a copy in order to complete the design; this kit includes all of the threads, fabrics, wires, silk ribbons, needles and templates required and the clear instruction booklet with step by step photographs will guide you easily through your project.

The linen twill background fabric is provided with the design already transferred on for you.

Materials included in the kit: silk ribbons, DMC stranded cotton threads, linen twill fabric, green cotton fabric, calico fabric, size 9 embroidery needle, size 24 chenille needle, size 16 chenille needle, cake wire, padlock and key charms.

Difficulty level: beginner to intermediate

Design dimensions: 9.5cm x 7cm

Additional equipment required: two ring frames between 4 and 8 inches, embroidery scissors, fine tipped marker pen, clear PVA glue and a small paintbrush.

This embroidery is featured in the book Stumpwork Embroidery: Techniques And Projects, written by Helen Richman

Stumpwork Embroidery by Helen Richman

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This kit is designed for intermediate through to an advanced level of Whitework embroidery.

Handmade and designed in the UK by RSN Tutor Kate Cross

You can explore many more stitches on the RSN Stitch Bank. 

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Jacobean Crewelwork hand embroidery with a touch of Goldwork. ‘The Ladybird Tree’ design is a beautifully balanced image with plenty to enjoy stitching. Stylised flowers enhanced with a touch of Goldwork. The combined effect creates an appealing image that is bright, pretty and great fun to stitch. This piece includes a range of stitches including stem, split, French knots, padded satin and trellis. The course is suitable for a confident beginner right through to someone who wants to enjoy a day of embroidery.

You can explore many more stitches on the RSN Stitch Bank. 

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Working on purple silk dupion with Gilt and metal threads the full written instructions will take you step by step through the most commonly used Goldwork techniques, including: Couching, Chipping and applying leather as well as felt padding.

The Shamrock and Acorn motif was inspired by the Coronation Robe of state of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother for the coronation in 1937 worked in Goldwork by The Royal School of Needlework.

The kit includes: Gilts and metallic threads including: Japanese Passing, 1 1/2 Twist, Bright Check Purl, Pearl Purl and metallic machine thread, silk dupion with printed design and calico backing fabric, kid leather, wool felt, needles, sewing thread, beeswax and a mini velvet board.

The finished kit fits perfectly into a 4″ hoop – hoop mouting kits available.

You will also need a 6” embroidery hoop and embroidery scissors.

You can explore many more stitches on the RSN Stitch Bank.

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The RSN Embroidery Studio worked with Historic Royal Palaces to help bring the embroidery of this wonderful piece to life and show what the dress might have looked like when it was originally stitched.

About the Bacton Altar Cloth

The richly embroidered altar cloth was found hanging in a glass case in St Faith’s Church, Bacton, having been retired as an altar cloth over a hundred years ago. Bacton was the birthplace of one of Elizabeth I’s most faithful servants, Blanche Parry, who began her 57 year service supervising the royal cradle rockers, and died as her Chief Gentlewoman of the Bedchamber. It is believed that the altar cloth was given to the church by or in memory of Blanche Parry. It is also known that Queen Elizabeth I would give Blanche her clothes and this piece of embroidery has motifs typical to the designs of the late 16th century and has a close resemblance to the bodice that can be seen in ‘The Rainbow’ portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c.1600.

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A Partridge in a Pear Tree 1980’s

This stylised and dynamic design from the Royal School of Needlework archives was originally designed for a canvas stool top in 1980’s. The studio has reworked the design for this kit using appliqué and metal thread embroidery.

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You will use Appliqué, Bayeux Stitch, Couching (thread and Japanese passing), Fishbone Stitch and Stem Stitch.

All materials and instructions included.

This kit is suitable for all levels.

Designed and Made by the RSN Studio, Hampton Court Palace, England

All the stitches covered in this kit and more can be found on the RSN Stitchbank.

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Beautifully boxed and presented, making it  the perfect Christmas gift and a seasonal keepsake. This  contemporary stumpwork design can be made up to create a beautiful decorative ornament with a simple yet elegant mistletoe motif.

Enjoy stitching with variegated silk embroidery thread from Japan on ivory linen. You will use stem stitch, couching, trailing and buttonhole stitch for the 3D Mistletoe leaves. Embellish with seed beads and pearl beads for flowers and berries.

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Abbey.

Made in the RSN Studio, Hampton Court Palace,  England

Kit Contents:

Fabric: Purple velvet, Calico, Yellow felt

Needles: Embroidery 10, 12, Chenille 22, 20, Tapestry 22, Curved needle

Threads: Gutermann 488, Gutermann 257, DMC Diamant 3821

Metal threads: Gilt Twist No 3, Gilt Pearl Purl Super, Gilt Smooth Purl No 8,Gilt Rough Purl No 8, Gilt Wire Check Purl No 8

Notions, Soft String, Seed Beads, Beeswax

Kit  Dimensions:

Velvet Fabric Dimensions: 35x35cm

Design Dimensions: 22x10cm

Materials needed to complete the Kit:

Slate Frame or Roller Frame

Sharp Scissors or goldwork scissors

Tweezers

Mellor (optional)

Velvet board (for intermediate and advanced)

General fine pins

About: 

The RSN Embroidery Studio team were honoured to work on nine pieces for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla.  One of the Coronation pieces, designed and hand embroidered by the RSN, was the Robe of Estate of Her Majesty Queen Camilla who is patron of the RSN.  The Coronation Robe was made with a rich purple velvet and embroidered using the technique of Goldwork.

The Queen’s Robe of Estate was designed to represent Their Majesties love of nature and the environment.  There were a total of 24 plants featured on the Robe, all chosen for their personal associations, with wild flowers at the base of the robe, leading up to the four emblematic flowers of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Flowers included the Delphinium, one of The King’s favourite flowers and the birth flower of July, the birth month of The Queen; the ‘Alchemilla Mollis’, known as Lady’s Mantle, which symbolises love and comfort; Cornflowers, which help to attract and encourage wildlife such as bees and butterflies; Lily of the Valley, which featured in Her Majesty’s wedding bouquet and was a favourite flower of Queen Elizabeth II; Myrtle, which represents hope; and Oak leaves which symbolise strength and longevity. Scabiosa, known as pincushion flowers, is also featured on the Robe, which is a reference to the Royal School of Needlework’s connection with Her Majesty, and her dedicated support since she became Patron. For the first time, the Coronation Robe also featured insects including a bee, butterfly, snail and ladybird.

The kits have been worked onto purple cotton velvet using gold threads with each design having a flower and insect from the original design.

The six kits in the Coronation Inspired Collection  include:

• Lady’s Mantle and Snail – Beginner
• Pincushion Flower and Dragonfly – Beginner
• Forget-me-knot and Caterpillar – Intermediate
• Cornflower Spray and Butterfly – Intermediate
• Dandelion and Ladybird – Advanced
• Delphiniums and Bee – Advanced
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1P39CR5hFUg

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