Garden embroidery

Embroidery has been around forever — the earliest surviving pieces of this craft are Scythian, dated to between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. Virtually every culture has some form of it in their textile art history.

It's already a beautiful day here in the garden of England, although sadly I will be stuck to my pc all morning, bashing out an essay which is due in by lunchtime - arghhhhh!!! Before I hit the books, I wanted to show you this beautiful piece of embroidery that I found in a charity shop a few weeks ago. It was rather shrouded in a tatty old frame with dirty glass, but underneath was revealed this charming piece of vintage embroidery. This quintessential English cottage garden scene is my…

As is always the way, the final leg of the stumpwork garden only took about half an hour. First I finished the last of the kale/chard slubby silk picots. I was a little uncertain about them to star…

This little Spring Tree is an easy and relaxing little stitch. So-called ‘mini’ simply due to the simplicity of the design, the kit has fewer stitches and fewer thread colours than my usual standalone kits. In this kit you will find an 8” square piece of linen printed centrally with the tree. You will also be given the threads and instructions on how to complete the embroidery. You will need to have a simple sewing kit to include small, sharp, embroidery scissors, an assorted packet of…

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Lorna Bateman is an accomplished designer and teacher living in the UK. Shop for embroidery and haberdashery supplies, kits and patterns.

This is a downloadable version of our English Cottage Garden Hand Embroidery Kit, it includes the pattern for you to trace or print, DMC brand thread colour codes and stitch chart. It is best suited to those who have embroidered before, but is also suitable for an ambitious and patient beginner. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE HAND EMBROIDERY PATTERN AND GUIDE. IT IS NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT IT IS NOT A KIT IT IS NOT A MACHINE EMBROIDERY PATTERN