HM108 Silk Shaded Floral Wreath at the Holburne Museum, Bath (RSN Experience Class)
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£180.00
Please note this is an RSN Experience class which will run from 10am-4pm at the Holburne Museum, Bath
Join us at the Holburne Museum on Friday 12 September to create a beautiful Silk Shaded Floral Wreath design. During the day you will also have an opportunity to view some of the museum's magnificent embroidered objects and visit their upcoming exhibition, Illustrating Austen which celebrates the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen’s birth.
Hand embroidery appealed to the Georgians as both a skill and a hobby just as it does today. Join RSN Tutor, Sarah Smith to stitch this colourful design inspired by late summer walks through cornfields. Poppies, wheat and cornflowers (one of Jane Austen's favourite flowers) intertwine to create a gentle circle and are completed in a range of well-known and more unusual stitches in silk threads on pale grey linen.
The class will develop your skill in silk shading whilst introducing you to a range of familiar and less familiar surface embroidery stitches. The stitches covered are: Split Stitch; French Knots; Wheat Ear Stitch; Stem Stitch; Detached Chain Stitch; Silk Shading; Padded Satin Stitch; Pistil Stitch and Trellis Stitch. The design is worked in pure silk Soie d’Alger from Au Ver A Soie on the highest quality light grey Belgian linen.
Your kit and all materials and necessary equipment are included in the cost of the class. You may like to bring your own embroidery scissors and magnifiers if you need them, but you will be able to borrow ring frames and scissors on the day. All aspects of the design will be covered during the class and a full instruction booklet will be included in the kit to enable you to complete the design at home.
This event takes place during the annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath. To mark the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen’s birth, the Holburne Museum will be staging a new exhibition, Illustrating Austen (11 Sept 2025-11 Jan 2026) giving audiences the chance to see the artwork behind their favourite Austen novels. You will be able to visit this exciting exhibition during the day.
Jane Austen and her family lived nearby the Museum at No 4 Sydney Place from October 1801 to the summer of 1804. She also attended activities in Sydney Gardens, just behind the Holburne grounds, when they were operating as pleasure gardens in the 1800s.
This event includes entrance to the exhibition, You will be able to visit the exhibition at lunchtime and after the class until the museum closes at 5pm.
Joining Instructions:
Registration commences at 9.45am. The class will be held in the Museum’s Clore Learning space, situated on the ground floor. This space can be accessed from 9.45am via large white door, on the right hand side of the building.
Food and drink (other than bottled water) may not be consumed in the classroom, but you may bring a packed lunch to eat in the workshop space or museum gardens. There is also an onsite café for refreshments.
The museum is fully accessible. Free parking is available to Blue Badge holders in the car park, which is located directly next to the museum.
Plan your visit to the venue: HERE
Please note this is an RSN Experience class which will run from 10am-4pm at the Holburne Museum, Bath
Join us at the Holburne Museum on Friday 12 September to create a beautiful Silk Shaded Floral Wreath design. During the day you will also have an opportunity to view some of the museum’s magnificent embroidered objects and visit their upcoming exhibition, Illustrating Austen which celebrates the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen’s birth.
Hand embroidery appealed to the Georgians as both a skill and a hobby just as it does today. Join RSN Tutor, Sarah Smith to stitch this colourful design inspired by late summer walks through cornfields. Poppies, wheat and cornflowers (one of Jane Austen’s favourite flowers) intertwine to create a gentle circle and are completed in a range of well-known and more unusual stitches in silk threads on pale grey linen.
The class will develop your skill in silk shading whilst introducing you to a range of familiar and less familiar surface embroidery stitches. The stitches covered are: Split Stitch; French Knots; Wheat Ear Stitch; Stem Stitch; Detached Chain Stitch; Silk Shading; Padded Satin Stitch; Pistil Stitch and Trellis Stitch. The design is worked in pure silk Soie d’Alger from Au Ver A Soie on the highest quality light grey Belgian linen.
Your kit and all materials and necessary equipment are included in the cost of the class. You may like to bring your own embroidery scissors and magnifiers if you need them, but you will be able to borrow ring frames and scissors on the day. All aspects of the design will be covered during the class and a full instruction booklet will be included in the kit to enable you to complete the design at home.
This event takes place during the annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath. To mark the 250th anniversary year of Jane Austen’s birth, the Holburne Museum will be staging a new exhibition, Illustrating Austen (11 Sept 2025-11 Jan 2026) giving audiences the chance to see the artwork behind their favourite Austen novels. You will be able to visit this exciting exhibition during the day.
Jane Austen and her family lived nearby the Museum at No 4 Sydney Place from October 1801 to the summer of 1804. She also attended activities in Sydney Gardens, just behind the Holburne grounds, when they were operating as pleasure gardens in the 1800s.
This event includes entrance to the exhibition, You will be able to visit the exhibition at lunchtime and after the class until the museum closes at 5pm.
Joining Instructions:
Registration commences at 9.45am. The class will be held in the Museum’s Clore Learning space, situated on the ground floor. This space can be accessed from 9.45am via large white door, on the right hand side of the building.
Food and drink (other than bottled water) may not be consumed in the classroom, but you may bring a packed lunch to eat in the workshop space or museum gardens. There is also an onsite café for refreshments.
The museum is fully accessible. Free parking is available to Blue Badge holders in the car park, which is located directly next to the museum.
Plan your visit to the venue: HERE
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