Beginner
Elizabethan Acorn Kit
Celebrate the English Oak Tree with the Elizabethan Acorn Kit. Replicated from a set of bed hangings at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, this design showcases a roundel of acorns and oak leaves in a medley of interesting Crewel techniques.
Completed in a naturalistic, Arts & Crafts colour palette, this design is ideal for beginners and the perfect accompaniment to the Autumn season.
Celebrate the English Oak Tree with the Elizabethan Acorn Kit. Replicated from a set of bed hangings at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, this design showcases...
Beginner
Glamis Dog Kit
Featuring a charming King Charles Spaniel, the Glamis Dog replicates one of many animals featured on a set of 17th Century bed hangings at Glamis Castle.
Stitched by Lady Helen Middleton (wife of the 3rd Earl of Strathmore) and her daughters, the original embroideries now hang in King Malcolm's Room within the castle.
Featuring a charming King Charles Spaniel, the Glamis Dog replicates one of many animals featured on a set of 17th Century bed hangings at Glamis...
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...
Beginner
Rabbits at Dawn Kit
A complete embroidery kit that gives you everything you need to relax, learn about needlework, and create a heirloom-quality piece you'll be proud to gift or display.
A complete embroidery kit that gives you everything you need to relax, learn about needlework, and create a heirloom-quality piece you'll be proud to gift...
Beginner
Spring Iris Kit
Spring Iris is a perfect introduction to the joys of classic crewel stitches, especially in Long and Short Stitch, for building your skill and confidence in this creative technique.
In this design, the fine wool embroidery threads encourage you to blend gently changing blues as you work long, elegant stitches on the delicate petals. Perfect for adding a burst of colour and life to your embroidery collection.
Spring Iris is a perfect introduction to the joys of classic crewel stitches, especially in Long and Short Stitch, for building your skill and confidence...
Beginner
Jacobean Sampler Kit
Begin your embroidery journey with the Jacobean Sampler Beginner Kit. Created with the absolute beginner in mind, this design features all the core techniques needed for Crewel Work. Ideal for beginners looking to explore traditional embroidery techniques.
Begin your embroidery journey with the Jacobean Sampler Beginner Kit. Created with the absolute beginner in mind, this design features all the core techniques needed...
Advanced
Aesop's Animals Kit
Delight in storytelling with the Aesop's Animals Set. This charming collection, which offers our Aesop's Mirror Frame designs in more manageable, individual designs, is a wonderful project to take one step at a time. With plenty of techniques to learn and perfect, stitch these whimsical creatures as gifts or collect the set.
Delight in storytelling with the Aesop's Animals Set. This charming collection, which offers our Aesop's Mirror Frame designs in more manageable, individual designs, is a...
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...
Advanced
The Scottish Play Kit
Find your embroidery flair with the Scottish Play Crewel Work Kit. This unusual design replicates a 17th Century pillowe which adorns a Charles I walnut ebonised day bed, which sits in the crypt at Glamis Castle in Angus, Scotland. Glamis Castle is connected to Macbeth (also referred to as The Scottish Play in theatrical circles) because Shakespeare gives his infamous character the title Thane of Glamis. Although the current castle was built after the real Macbeth’s time, local tradition associates him with the area and with legends that helped shape the play. Featuring extravagantly oversized floral motifs, the original embroidery was likely...
Find your embroidery flair with the Scottish Play Crewel Work Kit. This unusual design replicates a 17th Century pillowe which adorns a Charles I walnut...
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...
Advanced
The Muncaster Bed Hanging Kit
Step into Jacobean splendour with The Muncaster Bed Hanging Kit — a showstopping recreation of one of the most important pieces in the Muncaster Castle Textile Collection. Rich in history and scale, this Special Edition kit captures the vibrant colours and intricate crewel work of the original 17th-century masterpiece. Each purchase helps preserve this historic embroidery legacy.
Step into Jacobean splendour with The Muncaster Bed Hanging Kit — a showstopping recreation of one of the most important pieces in the Muncaster Castle...
Advanced
The Restoration Pillowe Kit
Revel in the historical elegance of The Restoration Pillowe Kit. This design is replicated from an extraordinary set of 17th Century Pillowes, which Phillipa has recreated in the original Jacobean colours. A substantial embroidery, this design offers a full-fat crewel experience.
Revel in the historical elegance of The Restoration Pillowe Kit. This design is replicated from an extraordinary set of 17th Century Pillowes, which Phillipa has...
Advanced
A Hunting We Will Go Kit
Embark on a stitching adventure with A Hunting We Will Go Kit. This substantial design, featuring a lively hunting scene is the perfect introduction to large format designs. With plenty of stitching over a wide area, this design will have you hooked on Crewel Work in no time.
Making use of a double thread throughout, this design allows you to make significant progress with your embroidery quickly.
Embark on a stitching adventure with A Hunting We Will Go Kit. This substantial design, featuring a lively hunting scene is the perfect introduction to...
Advanced
Aesop's Mirror Frame Kit
Reflect timeless tales with the Aesop's Mirror Frame Kit. This design features motifs inspired by Aesop's fables, offering a narrative-rich project. Ideal for creating a meaningful and decorative piece that tells a story through embroidery.
As you work your way around the mirror, you will build your core crewel skills, perfecting your practice by the time you reach the final most advanced animal, the Peacock.
Reflect timeless tales with the Aesop's Mirror Frame Kit. This design features motifs inspired by Aesop's fables, offering a narrative-rich project. Ideal for creating a...
Advanced
Bird on a Bough Kit
Advance your embroidery technique with the Bird on a Bough Kit. This classic design captures a serene bird perched on a vibrant flower, surrounded by delicate foliage. Perfect for those who enjoy densely stitched Crewel Work in the Jacobean style.
During our research we have studied this same late 17th Century design on bed hangings in many different locations. We believe that all were originally designed in a Broderer's workshop in England.
Advance your embroidery technique with the Bird on a Bough Kit. This classic design captures a serene bird perched on a vibrant flower, surrounded by...
Advanced
Jacobean Hunt Kit
Our best-selling advanced design, the Jacobean Hunt is an absolute masterclass in 17th Century embroidery.
Sink your needle into an extravagant array of stitches as you complete this joyful hunting scene.
Our best-selling advanced design, the Jacobean Hunt is an absolute masterclass in 17th Century embroidery. Sink your needle into an extravagant array of stitches as...
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...
