Deborah Wilding Collection
Deborah Wilding is a highly skilled and passionate embroidery artist, celebrated for her expertise in traditional and contemporary crewel work. With years of experience both as a practitioner and a teacher, Deborah brings a unique blend of creativity, precision, and warmth to every project she undertakes.
As an integral member of The Crewel Work Company’s teaching team, Deborah shares her deep knowledge and infectious enthusiasm with students around the world - whether in-person at retreats or through online courses. She is dedicated to preserving historic embroidery techniques while encouraging each student to find their own creative voice.
Deborah’s approachable teaching style and genuine love for the craft make her a beloved figure in the embroidery community.
Deborah Wilding Kits
Intermediate
Lady Arbella's Stomacher Kit
Inspired by the richly embroidered stomacher in a 16th-century portrait at Glamis Castle, this striking design by Deborah Wilding captures the splendour of Tudor court dress. The painting of Lady Arbella Stuart, once considered a potential successor to Elizabeth I, provides the historical inspiration for this remarkable piece.
Worked in silk and metal threads, the kit explores a range of decorative stitches and goldwork techniques, including padded satin stitch, laid work, couching, French knots, applying pearls, beads, gilt plate, pearl purl, and passing thread. Proceeds from this kit support the Glamis Castle Textile Collection.
Inspired by the richly embroidered stomacher in a 16th-century portrait at Glamis Castle, this striking design by Deborah Wilding captures the splendour of Tudor court...
Advanced
Dunollie Borage & Pansy Kit
Created in a vibrant array of DeVere silk threads and Japanese metal thread, the Borage & Pansy design joins our Dunollie Castle Collection. Another stunning creation by Deborah Wilding, this design is a celebration of classical Elizabethan silk and metal thread embroidery.This design recreates an incredible set of embroidered fragments belonging to the MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust at Dunollie Castle near Oban, and features a quartet of British flowers - Borage, Rose, Pansy and a spectacular bright green leaf to balance. A selection of stitches and techniques can be mastered with this design, including silk shading, Block Shading, Herringbone...
Created in a vibrant array of DeVere silk threads and Japanese metal thread, the Borage & Pansy design joins our Dunollie Castle Collection. Another stunning...
Intermediate
Gawthorpe Arts & Crafts Poppies Kit
This vibrant design replicates a very special Art & Crafts embroidery in the Gawthorpe Textile Collection archives.
The original embroidery, which is a large item perhaps used as a hanging or table cloth, has been cleverly interpreted as a mirrored design by Deborah Wilding, who has recreated the embroidery in DMC stranded cotton, providing students with an accessible way to learn and enjoy silk shading techniques in complex shapes across this painterly design.
This vibrant design replicates a very special Art & Crafts embroidery in the Gawthorpe Textile Collection archives. The original embroidery, which is a large item...
Advanced
Dunollie Rose & Honeysuckle Kit
A re-imagined version of a previously available design, the Dunolle Rose & Honeysuckle brings to life a collection of 17th century fragments from Dunollie Castle, Scotland. Created by Deborah Wilding and part of a pair of designs from the same historic embroidery, this vibrant floral spray features a rose, honeysuckle and three balancing leaves in an array of acid greens, all put together in a classical Elizabethan arrangement to mimic the original. Stitched in a rich selection of thirteen shades of DeVere silks and vibrant Japanese gold thread, this design offers a project rich in colour and texture. Practice Elizabethan Spider’s...
A re-imagined version of a previously available design, the Dunolle Rose & Honeysuckle brings to life a collection of 17th century fragments from Dunollie Castle,...
Online Courses
May Morris: Maids of Honour
Coming soon to our online course offering. Step into the world of Arts and Crafts embroidery with this inspiring online course led by renowned textile tutor and artist Deborah Wilding.
A Book of Verse (2026)
Embark on a journey with Deborah Wilding to create an exquisite embroidered book. During this year-long course, students will explore silk and metal thread techniques. This course is perfect for...
How We Give Back
To Castles, Country Houses & Institutions
Where possible we donate up to 10% of the proceeds of the sale of a kit to the castle, country house, or institution that the original embroidery belongs to, to support the conservation of the original artefact.
