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Crewel Work Kits featuring birds
Crewel Work Kits featuring birds
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
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...
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...
Advanced
Jacobean Peacock Kit
Marvel at the splendour of the Jacobean Peacock Kit. This early-20th Century design features a majestic peacock, surrounded by traditional Jacobean motifs, offering a rich and detailed project.
The Peacock, which would have signified immortal life in an embroidery of the 17th Century, has evolved into a proud and vibrant bird, showing off fashionable purple and jade colours, which were ‘all the rage’ in late-Victorian and early-Edwardian eras.
Marvel at the splendour of the Jacobean Peacock Kit. This early-20th Century design features a majestic peacock, surrounded by traditional Jacobean motifs, offering a rich...
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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
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...
