Description

• Appliqué Anemone de Caen Embroidery Kit by Helen Stevens

This stunning Anemone design features the same techniques used in the Overlord Embroidery panels which were made by the RSN from 1968 to 1974. Vibrant layers of deep lilac and fuchsia silk dupion appliqued with couching stitches are used in combination with straight stitches to create the highlights and depths of the Anemone.

In this kit you will create additional surface stitches of long and short, stem stitch, french knots and the use of chenille thread and beads add the details.  Helen designed this Anemone de Caen flower motif as the city of Caen in Normandy played a major part in the D-Day offensive.

About Helen Stevens

Helen graduated from the RSN Apprenticeship and now teaches RSN Day Classes, on the RSN Future Tutors Programme and embroiders in the RSN Studio where she continues to work on a variety of projects.
In 2007 she gained an Art and Design degree from Brighton University, specialising in metalwork and jewellery. Helen has exhibited her embroidery at the popular Stitches in Time event at Parham House, West Sussex.

In 2023, Helen was honoured to be part of the Embroidery Studio team at the Royal School of Needlework who worked on a number of items for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, including The Queen’s Robe of Estate, the Anointing Screen, Chairs of Estate and the Stole Royal.