It took me ten minutes to unpick the section shown in the photo, the reason being is I had run out of purple embroidery floss and I did not have enough purple to see me to the end of the section, it would have looked incorrect with another block of colour when the whole piece has whole blocks of colour for the different sections. The section of the wall hanging that you are seeing is part of a diptych wall hanging, the work is still in progress as I am teaching from it and now that we are in half term my learners have learnt all the stitches for this course and venturing into independent work.

I have been inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry coming to the Uk in 2026 and thought if the tapestry makes the journey from France to the UK it would be a great opportunity to learn a bit more about this amazing 92 meters of tapestry, which is not a tapestry but in fact an embroidery which was created in wool.

I have taught my learners how to embroiderer laid stitch, chain stitch, stem and outline stitch to encompass the laid stitch, as we are on half term I have not seen the start of their embroidery’s, so I am looking forward to seeing what they have started when I get back to the class next week.