We had the pleasure of meeting the fantastic comedienne and presenter, Jenny Éclair, who visited us at Hampton Court Palace over the summer. Jenny is a keen craftswoman and came to see us at Hampton Court Palace as part of our new ‘Embroider a Selfie’ project which encourages more stitch in schools.

We launched this special initiative as a pilot project to inspire a new generation to put down their mobile phones and use stitch to create a ‘selfie’ instead! A number of schools have already taken part and we are hoping that Jenny’s amazing selfie will inspire more!

Teachers have the opportunity to bid for their school to be included and each school selected receives a kit of threads, fabrics, needles and other stitch equipment along with an information guide and copy of the new RSN Book of Embroidery which brings together all the Essential Stitch Guides.

In addition, a number of teachers have the opportunity to have first-hand experience of stitch through a day class with the RSN to get them started.

If you would like your school to benefit from this programme, please send an email to [email protected], marked Selfie Project and with the following information:

• The name and address of the school
• Your name and email address at school
• Your role at the school
• How would you envisage using the kit
• Why your school have this opportunity

We would love to see your selfies. Please share them on social media, tagging @royalneedlework and #RSNSelfie.

We are extremely grateful to the Worshipful Company of Girdlers and Madeira Threads for their support on this initiative.