The Royal School of Needlework is a registered charity so every donation we receive means a great deal to us. We’re passionate about keeping the art of hand embroidery alive and your donations help us to do that. You can support us by giving a single donation, a regular amount or by becoming an RSN Friend or Special Supporter.
Adopt a Stitch and help preserve it for the future with RSN Stitch Bank!
RSN Stitch Bank aims to digitally conserve and preserve every stitch in the world, becoming the biggest stitch repository and resource ever created with 500 stitches listed by March 2025.
Stitches from history have been lost because they fall out of use. Textiles and the knowledge of stitches throughout the world continue to be threatened by wars and other disturbances, as well as changes in manufacturing processes.
RSN Stitch Bank is available online, at no cost, to all stitchers, tutors, curators, historians, researchers and students around the world. Stitchers can find new stitches to use in a project and learn how to make it using videos, written instructions, illustrations and photographs for each stitch. Researchers, curators, historians and students can use the site to learn about the use, structure and history of each stitch in a range of embroidery techniques and to identify a stitch on a textile.
For a one-off donation of £300, you can Adopt a Stitch and help us preserve it for the future.
The RSN is a registered charity (No. 312774) so every donation we receive means a great deal to us. We receive no government funding, so rely on your generous support to ensure hand embroidery is both preserved and developed for future generations.
For more details about adopting a stitch please contact [email protected]. Thank you.
US Tax payers – If you need a receipt suitable for your tax return, please donate via our US Donation Page and not via this page. Please mention ‘Adopt a Stitch’ when asked to ‘Suggest a use for your gift’. Thank you.