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Intermediate Embroidery Kits & Courses
Intermediate Embroidery Kits & Courses
Intermediate
Ophelia's Fox Kit
Enjoy the best of our Aesop's Mirror Frame with our Ophelia's Fox Kit. This charming design features a swift fox running amidst vibrant flora.
Stitched in a range of core techniques this design in particular offers a chance to practice contoured Long & Short Stitch.
Enjoy the best of our Aesop's Mirror Frame with our Ophelia's Fox Kit. This charming design features a swift fox running amidst vibrant flora. Stitched...
Intermediate
Lady Anne's Flowers Kit
The Lady Anne's Flowers is one of our all-time favourite designs. Replicated from a 17th Century pillowe in our own historic crewel work collection, this design offers a window to a time when embroidery experienced a surge in popularity in Britain.
Rich in colour and extravagantly stitched, this design represents the best of historic British crewel work.
The Lady Anne's Flowers is one of our all-time favourite designs. Replicated from a 17th Century pillowe in our own historic crewel work collection, this...
Intermediate
Gawthorpe Pomegranate Kit
Honour the legacy of embroiderer Rachel Kay Shuttleworth with the Gawthorpe Pomegranate Kit. Replicated from a vibrant panel stitched by Rachel in the early 20th Century, this design features oversized fruits and floral features, symbolising abundance and fertility, in a rich, 'Jacobean' colour way.
Supporting the Gawthorpe Hall Textile Collection, this kit is perfect for those seeking a crewel fix!
Honour the legacy of embroiderer Rachel Kay Shuttleworth with the Gawthorpe Pomegranate Kit. Replicated from a vibrant panel stitched by Rachel in the early 20th...
Intermediate
Gawthorpe Cherry Tree Kit
Delight in nature's elegance with the Gawthorpe Cherry Tree Kit. This design features a beautifully detailed cherry tree, capturing the essence of springtime. Perfect for those seeking a project that combines natural beauty with artistic detail.
Delight in nature's elegance with the Gawthorpe Cherry Tree Kit. This design features a beautifully detailed cherry tree, capturing the essence of springtime. Perfect for...
Intermediate
Dunollie Feathers Kit
Honouring the Jacobite cause, the Dunollie Feathers replicates a repeated motif featuring the Prince of Wales Feathers.
Replicated from a set of 18th Century Bed Hangings from Dunollie Castle near Oban, Scotland, this design showcases a vast array of fun techniques, stitched in fine Renaissance wools in a beautiful indigo.
Honouring the Jacobite cause, the Dunollie Feathers replicates a repeated motif featuring the Prince of Wales Feathers. Replicated from a set of 18th Century Bed...
Intermediate
Elizabethan Scrolls Kit
Take a deep dive into 16th Century embroidery with the Elizabethan Scrolls Kit. This design features intricate scrollwork and floral motifs, a classic Elizabethan design device, offering a sophisticated project with an abundance of embroidery techniques to enjoy.
Stitched in a colourful array of Appletons Wools, this design is quick to complete and the perfect project for the advancing beginner.
Take a deep dive into 16th Century embroidery with the Elizabethan Scrolls Kit. This design features intricate scrollwork and floral motifs, a classic Elizabethan design...
Intermediate
Rowan Tree Kit
Celebrate Arts & Crafts elegance with the Rowan Tree Kit. This design features swirling foliage with vibrant red rowan berries, stitched in a wonderful and interesting combination of crewel techniques.
Inspired by the plasterwork friezes at Blackwell House in the Lake District, this design is a celebration of the Arts & Crafts era.
Celebrate Arts & Crafts elegance with the Rowan Tree Kit. This design features swirling foliage with vibrant red rowan berries, stitched in a wonderful and...
Intermediate
King Ho Ho Bird Kit
Add a touch of whimsy with the King Ho Ho Bird Kit. This playful design features an exotic bird amidst unusual floral motifs, offering a lively and engaging project.
This jolly bird is replicated from an important set of early 18th Century bed hangings in our own collection.
Add a touch of whimsy with the King Ho Ho Bird Kit. This playful design features an exotic bird amidst unusual floral motifs, offering a...
Intermediate
Jacobean Stag Kit
One of our best selling intermediate kits, the Jacobean Stag features a proud stag surrounded by an arc of foliage.
A great introduction to contoured Long & Short Stitch, this design offers the embroiderer a manageable design in the classic Jacobean style
One of our best selling intermediate kits, the Jacobean Stag features a proud stag surrounded by an arc of foliage. A great introduction to contoured...
Intermediate
Phoenix & Tree Kit
This enchanting design features a majestic phoenix perched amidst detailed tree branches, symbolizing renewal and strength.
Stitched in the perfect medley of soft pinks, greens and blues, the Phoenix & Tree kit offers a balanced design for the intermediate embroiderer.
This enchanting design features a majestic phoenix perched amidst detailed tree branches, symbolizing renewal and strength. Stitched in the perfect medley of soft pinks, greens...
Intermediate
Running Hare Kit
Part of a series of designs, which include classic as well as rare crewel work stitches, the Running Hare kit features plenty of variety to keep you entertained.
Completing this kit will equip you to progress to any larger design in our range.
Part of a series of designs, which include classic as well as rare crewel work stitches, the Running Hare kit features plenty of variety to...
Intermediate
Elizabethan Oakapple Tree Kit
Celebrate Elizabethan embroidery with our Oakapple Tree Kit. This design features a stylised oak tree in a beautiful array of greens, browns and pinks.
One of our most popular designs, the Oakapple is perfect for those who appreciate traditional embroidery and wish to create a piece that echoes the elegance of Elizabethan needlework.
Celebrate Elizabethan embroidery with our Oakapple Tree Kit. This design features a stylised oak tree in a beautiful array of greens, browns and pinks. One...
Intermediate
Muncaster Parrot Kit
Replicating a section of our Muncaster Bed Hanging Special Edition design, the Muncaster Parrot Kit features a colourful parrot amidst intricate foliage.
A fun and engaging design, this kit directly supports the upkeep of the original 17th Century embroidery at Muncaster Castle.
Replicating a section of our Muncaster Bed Hanging Special Edition design, the Muncaster Parrot Kit features a colourful parrot amidst intricate foliage. A fun and...
Intermediate
Rabbits Christmas Stocking Kit
Get ready for Christmas with our Rabbits Christmas Stocking design. Make an heirloom for your family and bring the joy to this festive season.
Stitched in the Jacobean style, this fun whimsical design features a selection of techniques to keep you entertained in the run up to Christmas.
Get ready for Christmas with our Rabbits Christmas Stocking design. Make an heirloom for your family and bring the joy to this festive season. Stitched...
Intermediate
Feller Peach Tree Kit
This special edition Stumpwork embroidery was replicated by Kate Barlow from an original 17th century mirror frame from the renowned Michael & Elizabeth Feller Collection.
Originally embroidered in long & short stitch, Kate has reinterpreted this design in exquisite Stumpwork techniques, showcasing the jewel-like qualities of the DeVere silks and metal threads.
This special edition Stumpwork embroidery was replicated by Kate Barlow from an original 17th century mirror frame from the renowned Michael & Elizabeth Feller Collection....
Intermediate
Gawthorpe Peacock Kit
Our latest crewel work collaboration with Gawthorpe Hall and the Rachel Kay Shuttleworth Textile Collection. Enjoy this rich, Jacobean floral design featuring Pomegranates, acanthus leaves and Rachel's favourite - a vibrant blue Peacock.
This design is suitable for intermediate embroiderers, offering a challenging and enjoyable collection of shapes to fill with a range of fun and diverse crewel work techniques.
Our latest crewel work collaboration with Gawthorpe Hall and the Rachel Kay Shuttleworth Textile Collection. Enjoy this rich, Jacobean floral design featuring Pomegranates, acanthus leaves...
Intermediate
Jacobean Fantasy Kit
One of our most popular designs, the Jacobean Fantasy recreates a section of a larger hanging. Based on a popular early-20th century design and featuring a pleasing array of oversized motifs in the Jacobean style, this design depicts a section of a strong ‘Tree of Life’ structure in muted greens, greys and browns, supporting the colourful flora. Flowers, as well as the stylised leaves, acanthus and oak are arranged in a fabulous display, curving sinuously away from the main trunk.
Enjoy this beautiful design, now with a step-by-step video tutorial!
One of our most popular designs, the Jacobean Fantasy recreates a section of a larger hanging. Based on a popular early-20th century design and featuring...
Beginner
Mellerstain Stag Kit
Embrace the stately elegance of the Mellerstain Stag Kit. Created with newcomers to crewel embroidery in mind, this classic Jacobean-inspired design is great for newcomers to crewel work and those looking for a smaller design to complete.
Replicating a section of an antique firescreen from Mellerstain House in the borders of Scotland, the proud stag is surrounded by Autumnal foliage, the perfect design for already looking forward to Christmas!
Enjoy this beautiful design, now with a step-by-step video tutorial!
Embrace the stately elegance of the Mellerstain Stag Kit. Created with newcomers to crewel embroidery in mind, this classic Jacobean-inspired design is great for newcomers...
Intermediate
Velvet Lovebirds
Velvet Lovebirds is a striking embroidery design featuring a vibrant pair of lovebirds resting amongst blossoms and foliage. Reinterpreted by Phillipa Turnbull from a velvet embroidery in our collection, the design combines bold colour, intricate stitch placement and beautifully textured surfaces to create a richly atmospheric piece inspired by traditional Arts & Crafts embroidery.
Velvet Lovebirds is a striking embroidery design featuring a vibrant pair of lovebirds resting amongst blossoms and foliage. Reinterpreted by Phillipa Turnbull from a velvet...
