How To Embroider A Historical Recreation: The Royal School Of Needlework’s advice

*** Sign up for free sewing tutorials and a weekly love letter at *** The Royal School of Needlework Website: Stitch Bank: YouTube: Instagram: @royalneedlework There’s an awful lot of embroidery on my velvet coat, and although I know a little about embroidery - enough to get myself into trouble - I’m no expert. Enter Gemma Murray, the Studio Manager at the Royal School of Needlework in London, who is here this month to tell us all about - how the velvet coat might have been embroidered, - how to go about a project like this today, - what tools and materials we need - what stitches and techniques I’ll need to use. We also open up a can of worms about how the colours of the decorative stitching and embroidered flowers on this gorgeous coat might have looked quite different in 18