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New RSN Experience Classes
27th March, 2024
See our new stunning RSN Experience Classes, to celebrate the beautiful spring surroundings.
Hampton Court Palace Tulip Festival Experience Class – Friday 26 April
Join Tutor Jessica Ingram at Hampton Court Palace in April to stitch a gorgeous design during the Palace’s famous Tulip festival!
Your day will begin with a highlights tour of the tulips with Historic Royal Palace’s Head Gardener, Graham Dillamore, followed by joining Tutor Jessica to stitch this beautiful tulip motif.
Sweet Briar Rose Inspired by Icons of British Fashion exhibition at Blenheim Palace Experience Class – Saturday 11 May – 1 SPACE LEFT
During the class, you will learn all the steps to embroider this stunning sweet briar rose design using a mix of raised work techniques which include wired shapes and silk wrapped purls plus simple embroidery stitches to create the leaves.
Vintage Lace Pin Cushion inspired by Royal Portraits at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Join us for an RSN Experience Class at the King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace on Thursday 23 May to create an exquisite vintage lace pin cushion evocative of the work our Embroidery Studio applied to the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress and veil in 2011. The event includes a Curator-led visit to Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography opening at the Gallery in May.