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The Skaters
Frosty foliage
Nineteenth-century watercolour of landscape in the Swiss Alps
Winter foliage
Church in progress
My original rough sketch...
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The Skaters

What is included in the kit?

  • A piece of antique French linen, hand-printed with the design.
  • A thread card loaded with all the threads you will need to complete the kit.
  • A six-panel card folder printed with comrehensive instructions, am actual-size annotated drawing and additional images for inspiration.
Inspired by a photograph of a snow-draped church set high on rocks above a frozen river in Estonia. The steps up from the river, the little green boat, the romantic skaters from another time in their Sunday best — they existed only in my head.    

Additional Information

£42.00

Additional Information

People often ask where I get my ideas from, and the truth is, these embroidery kits usually grow from something I have imagined and then researched. I found this image of a church on a riverbank in Estonia. Armies have marched past on their way to various invasions and repossessions of land many times over six centuries, each time leaving the church in various states of destruction. I have changed the church – made the river a lake, added a romantic pair skating in their Sunday best, taken inspiration from a watercolour painted by a young woman doing the Grand Tour.

The stitches in this piece are simple, and step-by-step instructions will guide you through each element. The price reflects the size of this embroidery (22 x 20cm / 8 1/2″ x 9″).

Remember, I am always at the end of an email if you have any queries.

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PLEASE NOTE

Update for ALL customers

27 October 2025

I am delighted to announce that we are now able to ship to the US, duty paid and, for the time being, I will absorb the duty.
 

Issue 26 of The Stitcher’s Journal has now been despatched to all overseas subscribers and you should shortly be receiving emails from Royal Mail confirming this, with a tracking number. 

The website has had to be reconfigured so that shipping is no longer included in the prices, but is rather a flat rate, set for whichever country we are sending  to — including the UK — and will be shown at the checkout.  I have of course reduced the kit prices, which used to include shipping, but I have also taken this opportunity to review my prices which have not increased to reflect the considerable increase in costs since February 2022. All in all, I think the results are fair, especially as in carrying out this exercise I realise I have been heavily subsidising the actual postage costs for the past three years.
 
Unfortunately, we are not currently able to take advantage of the Large Letter Rate for shipping to the US, but on a positive note (!)  all orders are now tracked and the flat rate has a greater weight allowance.
 
I will be adding some new kits, bundles and vintage finds and fabrics to the site today, Monday 27th October and through the week, and I really hope things will run smoothly now. 
 
Thank you so much for your support and patience, it means more than I can say.
 
With very best wishes,

Caroline