Our Embroidery Studio is very privileged to work on many, much loved, family treasures.  Read about a recent commission to restore a military badge with immense sentimental value.

During the First World War, many soldiers ended up spending months recuperating from injuries in military hospitals.  As part of their occupational therapy they undertook different types of rehabilitation activities, including embroidery which helped improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Our expert embroiderers restored a piece of embroidery by a client’s Grandfather.  It was stitched during his recovery from serious wounds suffered at the third Battle of Ypres in 1917.  The embroidery was on a badge, depicting The Royal Flying Corp with which the young man at the time, was serving and was worked originally in Long and Short Shading.

Over time, the piece had become a little stained from age and unfortunately it is very difficult to remove these marks.  So in this instance, the best way to preserve the piece was to utilise the technique of transferring the embroidery.  Our Studio team began by taking an accurate tracing of the embroidery.  The next step was to cut out the embroidery, remove it from the original background and position it onto a new support fabric.  Once stabilised the edges were covered with a couched thread and the piece was mounted, ready for framing.  It is an honour to work on such special pieces and lovely to know the piece will continue to be admired by many more generations to come.

During this time, our Embroidery Studio team are working remotely, but can be contacted for enquiries via email: [email protected]. 

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