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RSN Embroider Your own Pouch Featuring a May Morris Design

£25.00

While away the hours embroidering this useful pouch, featuring a decorative design by May Morris. Learn the stitches and techniques she used and enjoy the pleasure of creating a beautiful, practical item with your own hands.

Embroidery Kit suitable for all levels

Created by the Royal School of Needlework to celebrate the Ashmolean Museum publication of May Morris by Lynn Hulse

Stitches you will learn:

• Straight Stitch
• Stem Stitch
• Bayeux Stitch
• Seedling Stitch

Kit Contents:

• 100% Cotton Twill Pouch
• 3 DMC colour skeins of stranded cotton
• Needle
• Instructions with QR code links

Measurements:  17cm x  9cm x  26cm

For step-by-step video instructions on how to work stitches visit RSN Stitch Bank, a free resource designed to preserve the art of hand embroidery

https://rsnstitchbank.org/

Made by the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace, England

May Morris (1862-1938) was a designer and pioneer of decorative needlework. Taking inspiration from historical embroidery and the countryside around her Oxfordshire home, she sought to promote the craft from being a trivial pastime to a respected art form. She was the younger daughter of William Morris.

Warning: Not Suitable for young children, contains sharp needle.

 

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Description

While away the hours embroidering this useful pouch, featuring a decorative design by May Morris. Learn the stitches and techniques she used and enjoy the pleasure of creating a beautiful, practical item with your own hands.

Embroidery Kit suitable for all levels

Created by the Royal School of Needlework to celebrate the Ashmolean Museum publication of May Morris by Lynn Hulse

Stitches you will learn:

• Straight Stitch
• Stem Stitch
• Bayeux Stitch
• Seedling Stitch

Kit Contents:

• 100% Cotton Twill Pouch
• 3 DMC colour skeins of stranded cotton
• Needle
• Instructions with QR code links

Measurements:  17cm x  9cm x  26cm

For step-by-step video instructions on how to work stitches visit RSN Stitch Bank, a free resource designed to preserve the art of hand embroidery

https://rsnstitchbank.org/

Made by the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court Palace, England

May Morris (1862-1938) was a designer and pioneer of decorative needlework. Taking inspiration from historical embroidery and the countryside around her Oxfordshire home, she sought to promote the craft from being a trivial pastime to a respected art form. She was the younger daughter of William Morris.

Warning: Not Suitable for young children, contains sharp needle.

Additional information

Weight .150 kg
Dimensions 27 × 7 × 19 cm