Coloured silks and metallic threads on heavy silk show insects, fruit, small animals and flowers in Elizabethan stumpwork. A modern piece may be any raised design, inspired by a book, picture or photograph using any fabric and thread you’d like for texture.

Jane Matthews (Yorkshire www.highamhall.com/jane-matthews)
Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190
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