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Piecing and quilting a background in various neutral shades provides texture and movement.
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Small pieces of linen patched as a background for an embroidery project. The open-work design dictated the flow of the branches.
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Bundle of Antique Linens

Assorted repurposed vintage linens for sewing projects.

  • Smallish pieces of antique linen in varying shades and textures.
  • One or two embroidery kit design 'seconds'
  • One or two little surprises, perhaps a monogram or piece of whitework
Each bundle is a unique assortment. If there are particular seconds you are looking for, please mention this in the comments at checkout.  

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£35.00

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Each generous bundle is carefully selected by me to offer pieces of varying sizes with a good range of shades and textures, all washed and pressed. These are offcuts from my workroom and make a perfect present for people who embroider or sew, or want to learn to sew. I know that just a little square of the right linen can spark a new design…no two are the same. Try making a pieced panel out of subtly different neutral shades as a background to a piece of embroidery.

I also include some lengths of sheet hems with drawn-thread work or scallops. The latter are wonderful for snippet rolls. If you unpick the hem you can embroider on one side before re-hemming it and make an embroidered shelf edging, like the one in my book The Handstitched Home. Or use them to create log-cabin quilting ‘frames’ for small pieces of vintage embroidery (or your own embroidery), as my mother-in-law did for the quilt in the above gallery, also in The Handstitched Home.

I add a couple of printed seconds as well – if there are particular themes or ones that you want, mention them in the comments at checkout.

 

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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