Melbury Hill founder Sarah Stevens strives to design and produce the most beautiful of Crewel Work kits for all levels. We source the finest British materials for our Kits, Embroidery Rings Frames and Tools, Linen Twill and Appleton Wools from London. We hope you enjoy your visit to our website which is ever changing, follow the Blog for tuition, embroidery study visits and ideas to encourage the embroiderer to keep this art form alive.
£34.00
Crewel Embroidery Kit The Orchid Collector
The Orchid Collector, great kit for the advanced stitcher or a beginner who would like to extend there skills in Crewel Work,
The Orchid Collector design is highly inspired by our wild Bee orchid and classical art nouveau deigns. We live in an area which has thriving colony of Bee orchids growing naturally, which we are lucky to see every summer, I just love the velvety flowers which nature has designed to mimic bees to attract them. The kit has a fun range of stitches and techniques to enjoy.
(I've marked this kit 'Advanced' due to some of the techniques 'pendant Couching and Raised Fishbone stitch', they are not difficult but possibly fiddly if you haven't worked them before, I recommend practising on a separate piece of fabric first before committing to the main design.)
Recommend frames for your project, Seat Frame 10inch , Table Clamp 10inch and Embroidery Hoop 10inch
Level: Advanced. Nine Stitch Techniques.
Design size: 15.5cm x 20.5cm,
Fabric size: 33cm x 33cm
Kit contains: Linen Twill, Appletons Wool, Needle, and full instructions with a full colour picture.
Frame and other finishing materials not included.
£68.00
'Goldfinch Fresco' Embroidery Crewel Work Kit.
Welcome to Melbury Hill's range of Crewel Embroidery kits, all kits in our ranges are designed by me.
'Goldfinch Fresco' is inspired by Roman Fresco's (murals painted with pure pigments mixed in water on wet lime plaster) from Pompeii. Roman first century A.D. Fresco's are amazingly modern in there design, depicting all manner of subjects, fauna & flora, glorious Gardens and all of life is present.
'Goldfinch Fresco' is a new fun take on Crewel Work which I hope you will enjoy, after I've painted the design for the background image the artwork is then turned into a digital image using computer software with stitch outlines and stitch guidance included, the design is then professionally printed Digitally onto Natural Linen fabric at 228gsm weight by a brilliant UK company to an excellent standard of print.
All the kits come with full written and pictorial instructions and of course suitable needles to complete your project.
Recommend Embroidery Hoops for your project, Hand Rotating Frame 12inch x 9inch, See section 'Ring Frames and Tools' or Slate frame type Embroidery Frame.
Level: Advanced. Nine Stitch Techniques.
Design size: 27.5cm x 38cm,
Fabric size: 45cm x 49.5cm
Kit contains: Design Digitally printed on Natural Luxury Linen, Appleton Wools, 24 skeins, 2 sized 24 Chenille Needles, and full instructions with a full sized colour picture of the finished project.
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We take our environment seriously and want to do are bit, each box is made in the UK using recycled cardboard with water based coatings and adhesives making these boxes completely recyclable, and they won't cost you the earth, we've had them made to "Large Letter" size so the postage costs will remain the same.
Crewel Kits
At Melbury Hill I’m delighted to offer a Conservation and Restoration service of historical and modern textiles alike, if you have anything from beloved Teddy Bear in need of TLC to a 1800c Ecclesiastical cope in need of a new lining and repairs I can help.
I have years of experience in conservation and restoration working on many interesting projects at my time at the Royal School of Needlework, which was the start of my interest in preserving the past for future generations to enjoy.
My previous and on going work in self employed has included to name a few: Repairing damaged sections on Cassocks and relining, re-lining and repair of embroidery on a 1900c Stoles, Repair and alteration of a 1900c Wedding Dress, Re-edging and stabilisation of a Victorian Patchwork Quilt, Upholstery of many projects like, drop-in seat pads, foot cushions, Chairs and cushions, to more fun projects like repairing Teddy bears and Dolls.
Contact us for a quote and talk through your requirements.
Sarah Stevens
(Image close up of embroidery repair on 1900c Vestment)
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My first love is Embroidery and textiles, I studied at the Royal School of needle work, and graduated in 2002 gaining a Diploma with Distinction, since then I've worked free lance as a textile artist and teacher of embroidery and then run a little shop for five years, selling vintage, antiques and arts & crafts. I closed the shop in 2014, but now I have the time to do something I've always wanted to do, design textiles and embroidery kits.
I get a lot out of walking and getting about in the Dorset countryside, which is beautiful in this part of the world, so inspiration, thankfully, comes thick and fast, and usually from the most unexpected of places.
I’ve appreciated nature and everything that comes with it all my life, and what better way to celebrate these things then to immortalize them in my designs.
Sarah Stevens
