{"product_id":"hampton-court-sampler-embroidery-kit","title":"Hampton Court Sampler Embroidery Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a design very close to my heart since I viewed this building every day on my way to work for over 10 years, so I know its intricacies very well indeed! The panel is inspired by the  narrative scenes of 17th century raised work which invariably included images of contemporary buildings, with plants, flowers, and gardens, and often with a giant fish leaping from a formal pond!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I love these whimsical scenes which seem to come straight from a child’s story book. Hampton Court certainly has many a fascinating to tale to tell and makes a superb subject for stitch!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The piece is designed as a sampler to teach a broad range of raised embroidery stitch techniques which are excellent for depicting formal buildings and gardens. Many are taken from 17th century embroidery but are juxtaposed next to those of my own invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The building itself combines Queen Stitch, used to depict the diamond brick patterns commonly seen in this period of building, with burden stitch, needlelace over felt padding and raised stem stitch, further embellished with tubular metallic purls and a tiny hand cut wooden door! The pond is worked by colouring the ground fabric using pencil crayons before overlaying with metallic organza and adding thefish using spangles and a wired 3D tail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The gardens combine use of metallic mesh ribbons, silk chenille and couched silk gimps and silk wrapped purls (made specially for Jenny), worked over padding to create a sense of depth. The border includes the quote: ‘Isn’t it true, what small can do, with a thread, a thought \u0026amp; a stitch or 2?’ which is taken from the folk song ‘A Stitch in Time’ by Mike Waterson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It speaks of a horrid husband who is very mean to his wife and yet gets his comeuppance when, rather inebriated, he falls deeply asleep and his wife strikes upon the notion to sew him to the bed with blanket stitch! He awakes to find her ready with the frying pan to teach him a good lesson!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On completion, you may like to purchase a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jennyadin-christieembroidery.com\/product\/hand-crafted-oval-wooden-display-box\"\u003ewooden casket\u003c\/a\u003e made specially with an oval aperture in the lid to house the project and including internal lift out tray and hand-made lock and key. Alternatively, you may purchase a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/jennyadin-christieembroidery.com\/product\/picture-frame-for-hampton-court\"\u003eframe\u003c\/a\u003e to fit the finished design with an oval window mount.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jenny Adin-Christie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256708321622,"sku":"KITHCP","price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1037\/5318\/7670\/files\/Shop-Portrait-Crop-Hampton-Court-Sampler-3.jpg?v=1791281893","url":"https:\/\/jennyadin-christieembroidery.com\/products\/hampton-court-sampler-embroidery-kit","provider":"Jenny Adin-Christie Embroidery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}