I really enjoyed your video. My mum did this course in her 70s and was the only person to actually finish her piece! It was a bit like strolling down memory lane and I could feel her presence with me as I watched. Like you she loved the history of the place. I miss her terribly but her beautiful embroidery lives on.
@@janiegreen3394 First, Sorry for your loss. Second, I find it odd that they would continue the course the way it is for decades, fully knowing that only the super human students will finish on time.
So sorry for your loss, I lost my Mum suddenly 5 years ago and still miss her terrible, so I can relate. I do hope my children look at my handiwork and have such sweet thoughts of me as you do of your Mum.
Deciding to NOT take the easy road, is one of the best ways to learn a lot, to develop new astonishing talents and skills, and to get the ABSOLUTE MOST out of your life!
I'm so beside you! At any moment, I may see something to which I make that comment. Latest--a shawl on Miss Marple, rich tweedy brown, luxuriously long and fringed. "I can do that!" Made me hunt out and buy the yarn.
That's how I got the best paying job I've ever had. I became one of the first female equipment maintenance technicians in a large manufacturing plant. It's started with "I bet I can do that"
As someone who works in a museum I totally agree with the fun of being behind the scenes and getting to go through doors others aren't! Glad you had a lovely time in London - can't wait to see where else you visited
This is one of my FAVORITE videos you've ever made!!! It looks like you had such a good time, and your stitching is incredible. Thanks for giving me the feeling of being there too
Marvelous! I am crying of envy right now 😭🥹😅 - but I do machine embroidery. Strangely, or maybe not strangely, I picked up a lot I will use when I digitize my next design, like actually drawing it all out by hand as a first step and looking for potential trouble spots. Looking forward for the sequel to this video! ❤
I'm surprised the didn't have boards that adjusted so you could stitch at a 45° angle, like a drafting table. When I did crossstitch I had something like that and it made stitching so much easier on the back and neck.
I started watching thinking "cool, class in a castle", then you said "Hampton Court Palace" and I was like "I'VE BEEN THERE! HEDGE MAZE!" and felt very international, never mind that I haven't left the continent in nearly 10 years, and haven't been overseas in nearly 20.
The people painting was possibly a TV series called Watercolour Challenge. I'm glad you enjoyed your class and considered it worthwhile. Getting to pass through 'No Entry' signs and doors marked 'Private' is one of those little thrills that just never gets old. Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.
I was a custom framer, whose main clientele was needle workers. When I tell you my hands HURT at the end of the day, they HURT. Mounting on foam board with the pins does give the best look, and is so worth it. I love doing still.
This was so brilliant! I love the combination travel diary and class reflection. I know what you mean exactly about that feeling of specialness, of wholly being present in that moment and in that place and just sort of savoring the magic of it. It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who has those moments. I know you tend to film ahead, so presumably you're back home now--but I'm so looking forward to hearing about the rest of the trip (and secretly hoping you made it to tea at Chatsworth!).
@gettheetothestitchery For future going across the pond shenanigans... we saw the Ros Tapestry in Kilkenny Castle. Unfortunately, the exhibit ends next month!! 😢 But it's a gorgeous series of tapestries being created by modern embroiderers in the style of the ancient tapestries. Oh, and their ancient tapestry collection is also STUNNING. 👌
When i was in college, I did 3 intensive classes that were scheduled for a month period. An entire semester of work was condensed into that month. I was so burnt out by the end of that month. But it cut off an entire semester of college by doing it. I also did this while also holding a full-time job. I envy the things i could do when i was young!
Those big bags that Artists carry everywhere are called "portfolios" , AND YES, they are TOTALLY WORTH BUYING when you have to bring your art/ stitching homework home to your apartment!
As a Brit it so nice to see an American loving some traditional English art and pastimes . This is my first viewing of your channel but I will now spend a few happy hours watching your back catalogue. Thank tou.
Your desire to be a part of something behind the scenes and being a part of the inner workings is very understandable. It also explains why you like being a background extra (actor)!
absolutely loved your finished design and hearing your honest thoughts about the course! i think it's good to have videos and reviews like this that are honest in their assessment, not just singing the praises or discussing failures but sharing the good with the critical
your videos are so lovely i find myself going from "ill have this on in the background while i do other things" to "its been 2 hours and i haven't moved, let alone started said other thing" and i mean that as the highest of compliments.
I loved watching this video! One suggestion if you haven't done this already: Sitting with your very best posture, measure the distance from your eyes to where your hands are most comfortable doing handwork, and at your next eye exam (especially if you start out myopic), get a prescription for glasses dedicated to that distance. (Better still, bring your handwork to the appointment!) Eyes begin to change without our being conscious of it; and I because I could see just fine peering over the top of my glasses and either bringing the work close to my face or more often hunching over it, I didn't realize how poor my upper back posture was becoming even in my early 40s. (My brother, bless him, pointed it out to me.) Now in my 70s I wear progressives for most of the day, but when it comes to close work, reading, etc., I whip out those dandy dedicated glasses. What a difference that makes to sidestepping a pain in my neck and everywhere else up & down the spine!
I wanted to take a course at RSN way back in 2002🎉 when our daughter who lived in London was expecting her first baby. I was not a stitcher but called about a course I might be able to manage. The only course with any openings was a goldwork class. Seriously I didn’t know what goldwork was, but I registered for it anyway. I was overwhelmed and very nervous the first day. The instructors were amazing and patient and kind, they took us step by step through the process. By the end of the week I had two amazing pieces done and I was hooked and knew the basics. I have continued with the work and absolutely love it and I have adapted it to my work . An experience I will never forget It was not very expensive in those days. today I cannot afford the prices for classes which to me are quite astronomical
I live in england and never had a cream tea train ride. Adding it to the bucket list. Pork pie definitely eat it cold. I used to nurse a family member of the chap who restores the queens art. And got to visit the apartments in the palace and got to see him working on an old ornate chair. I felt so privileged getting to all those places that were off limmits to public
Hopefully, the Art Professors are more polite over in England. After I had spent HOURS drawing a woman running along a beach in a white dress, my professor threw a can of diet pepsi at my drawing screaming that it looked like a Tampax ad.
@Mariecherement Unfortunately not, my animation teacher passed me so he wouldn't have to deal with me but wrote in my report that he hoped I never became a Character Animator
I loved your finished piece! So beautiful! I popped along to view the graduate show a couple of years ago. Fabulous, breathtaking student work and 'going behind the scenes', albeit briefly, was such a thrill. Chatting with the students was fascinating - they talked about the many couture shows they had worked on (more 'behind the scenes' info - glorious!). Top-notch designers will employ RSN students as they absolutely know what they're doing, and they do it so beautifully. I follow a couple on IG, and their skills and the projects they work on are just amazing! One day I'll do a course... Thank you for the inspiration 🙏
"music like a sunrise over a sheep-strewn field" Absolutely immaculate vibes?? In love with that. Also this video has made me want to look into crewelwork and learn more about it because damn, that first leaf you stitched with the crisscross pattern was just so gorgeous, not to mention the whole finished piece. Just wow!
Gotta comment! Delighted in your color choices for the piece. The little knowledge I have of such embroidery is that it is so often vivid, bordering on gaudy. Yours is so pretty to my "shady" taste. And thanks so much for taking us along to other London scenes. Several shots took me instantly to sights I've seen in CZ. I watched it all twice, and may even take a third look. ... I also love being an "insider" and thinking through all that was also lots of fun, Shalom!
All of the intensive classes I’ve taken, I’ve been able to stay in the evenings. Stay for the day, leave for dinner, and return for a few hours in the evening. Actually, on those days, we would go for dinner as a class and that was very nice.
I've so enjoyed your video. I'm English live in the South of England. I enjoy sewing and back in 1982 I started watching on TV BBC 2 paper piecing patchwork. Fell in love and ordered the small book which Came with two metal templates. One size for fabric and a smaller one for paper patterns. I didnt make any paper piece quilts, but small items like pin cushions and tea cosies to go over small tea pots. 2000/2001 saw me attending a City and Guild's Patchwork Course. I love history and been to Hampton Court a few times. I'm currently just making monthly journals covering 9x11 brown envelopes with copy paper. Buying note books and pulling out 16 double lined pages, and sewing them into the cover with 3 pamphlet stiches. I'm subscribing to your Utube channel😊.
@@GM-qq1wiWait till you see her solo road trip video, where she ends up in Chatsworth House (a bucket list destination for me, which now I totally see, I can do by myself since none of my friends are really into all that)! My envy meter is off the charts!!! (But so is my dream of possibilities!)❤
I don't even embroider but the castle and the feeling of "behind behind the scenes" you described makes me want to take a class there! Looked like a dream!
I have this vision in my head of a video montage devoted to pre RSN intensive course training wherein you are doing planks and crunches to build core muscle strength and poking your fingers to desensitize your fingertips and getting fitted for fancy headgear with magnifying glasses for your eyes. With the music from Rocky in the background of course. Thank you for making a video about your experience and sharing your review of the course. It does sound like they need to make some changes to how they run it.
Welcome to this side of the pond 😊 I love seeing my country through the eyes of visitors! It’s so easy to grow accustomed to it when it’s my everyday, so thank you for reminding me to appreciate the beauty and history I’m surrounded by ❤ Your design is absolutely gorgeous! I can’t wait to hear your results and to see your road trip. (If you’re up Lincolnshire way at all, swing by Belton House. Their Orangery was used in the filming of Bridgerton and is absolutely stunning! 😉)
I loved living vicariously through you as I am unlikely to go on embroidery trip to England! This week I have been cleaning up my sewing space and today I started sewing a skirt for my daughter. Your videos, bring me much joy, and inspiration ❤
Caffeinated coffee and a nutritious breakfast and perhaps some aspirin, a vitamin and fresh air, maybe am yoga stretches helps A LOT when you are a student artist working on a two-week deadline! Coping with constant stress in a positive manner, and keeping your patience up is a very real challenge and learning how to do this is a VERY REAL part of becoming a great artist.
I understand the behind the scenes, for sure. I've always wanted to be part of a crew rather than a tourist. I went to school in Cambridge and that was a total joy. You needed to have a massage person to take care of you every night! :D I love your humor, thank you!
I have been watching your channel on an off for about a year now and it was so surreal to see the classroom I teach in on UA-cam. Whilst I have taught the RSN intensives before, I have never experienced one as a student but I can tell you that finishing any of the topics is a rare achievement! congratulations, your piece looked lovely. If you need help with anything, don't hesitate to ask me! With regards to pinning on your piece when mounting - keep the piece flat on the table and the edge of your board lined up with the edge of the table - this makes it easier tension the fabric.
To you mean the edge of the board that you are pinning your anchoring pins *to*? Or the adjacent edge so you are stretching from left to right with one of the side edges at your table edge? (This question may not make sense as I’ve never mounted a stitchery piece before, so I’m just trying to visualize it). 😊
@@HRHDMKYT Yes the edge you are putting pins into. The line of pins would be directly in front of you (think south on a compass) with the edge of the board lined up with the edge of the table. You can then pull the fabric down over the edge of the table giving you more purchase. You can place the heel of your hand on the north side of the board to hold in place which again allows you to pull more firmly on the fabric.
It sounds like finishing is an achievement in itself, but she also didn't take it home and work on it nights and took a day off! Even more amazing that she was one of the few who finished!
I swear if I went to a class in Hampton Court Palace, I would be so distracted by constantly looking around to make sure Lucy Worsley didn’t walk by! 😂
Such an amazing video!!!! ❤Quotable moment: “yes you pee inside the eggs” OMG did not see that coming!!!! And other random thought: thanks to the people in/leading your course who let you film so much and let us all eavesdrop on the experience!!!! So amazing of them!!!!!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the course and thought your finished piece was beautiful! My Aunt trained at the Royal School of Needlework, specialising in Embroidery and actually worked upon Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Dress. Their contribution was shrouded in secrecy as they worked long hours behind closed doors. When I was a young adult, she offered to train myself or any of my cousins; sadly, I declined as I was painfully shy at the time and she was a tremendously elegant lady and I have ever since regretted my decision. Yet, needlework and stitchery permeates my existence, such as rescuing pictures, some which require repair. Perhaps taking a needlework course might calm my soul?! Thank you - a delightful video!
Staying up ALL NIGHT several nights a week in large groups and working together is VERY COMMON when you are a College student majoring in Art. It's par for the course.
I have always wanted to take a class at the RSN, so thanks for the opportunity to live vicariously through your experience. You did great and even got some tours and shows in, so well done Charlie! I agree that they should provide the pattern for this two week intensive and limit the number of stitches to allow more time to complete the project while there. I hope you managed to bring the frame home as a carry on item.
You starring at fern flicking leaves to gather thoughts is something I can relate to 😂. Excellent editing at picturesque scenery. Nice job. Very much enjoyed.
As a Britsh person, l say Thank You for your honesty. Your work was lovely, as was your realistic commitment. I am glad you got to enjoy a number of touristic outings and that you get the opportunity to visit our country again. Annette from Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Re: being behind the scenes… I totally get it. I lived in Glasgow for a year and my flatmate was a bagpiper who took lessons at Edinburgh Castle. Being able to cross the ropes and go where the average tourist can’t, is a special memory!
Years ago, my sister-in-law & I got to spend a week living in Hampton Court Palace. It was one of the most amazing weeks of my life. I get your feeling of ownership of that history. It lives for me in ways I had not thought possible. I'm glad that you got to go!
How in the world did you manage to *live* in Hampton Court Palace? I was just there as a tourist in June, and having read Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies”, I really think I’d be worried about the ghosts of Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII haunting my dreams!
Oh my gosh, I soooo enjoyed your video! I felt like I was living vicariously through you and I enjoyed every single step, including the fun video ending. Thank you so much for sharing your adventure with us!! By the way, I agree with you 100% about the course needing to be rethought and the first step should be to make the design smaller and that might be just enough to make it a do-able class for every student rather than just the top students.
I loved everything about this video! The subtitles, the music, the b-roll footage, the fact that you did it in Hampton Court... and of course all the embroidery! Fantastic video and I'm glad - despite the sore back and constructive criticism - that you had a great time!
I just spent 11 days in Lexington doing my silk shading intensive. I took the Jacobean intensive online. Having done the silk shading, I am ready to come back to the Jacobean. I really hate the color of the linen we have to use for the Jacobean, so I parked it away. In terms of the time involved, remember that one of the goals for the certificate and diploma program is to train workers to work in their studio, where the hours can be that long, especially when dealing with a royal wedding or coronation or other high impact/quick turnaround project. Therefore the intensity becomes a way of acclimating to being a professional embroiderer.
I really like the feedback that you offered. I think that it is very practical guides and I hope the RSN takes the feedback. I can’t imagine the pain on the body. Sewing for 8 hours ruins my neck and back and it takes time to bounce back. I can’t imagine what it would take to be hand stitching that many days…
For people having back issues: you don't have to use your back when you hinge forward. If you know how to use your glutes while moving in an RDL, Good Morning, or a proper back extension, you can do the same sitting and bent forward as a sort of isometric hold. Flatten your back and tense your glutes so they take the weight of your torso. It can still make you very sore, but not in your back.
Oh! Now I want to go London and learn embroidery! Oh wait - I hate flying. Is that what you were talking about on your other channel of things that seem great in theory but not really enjoyable in practice? Yeah. Probably won’t be going to London after all.
I love traditional needlework techniques. It makes me feel super connected to other needleworkers through the centuries. It's a really special feeling of being part of that "thread" stretching through time. 🥰
I'm uses to seeing her do quick projects. The piece is a very nicely done. It really isn't surprising that she finished since she's done several pieces.
Peopleing is exhausting for me, too. Gorgeous! My arthritic hands don't let me do this kind of hand work any more, so I always enjoy watching others who are still stitching
At about 26:05: Oh no! I guess you already figured it out, but the frame will probably fit on the diagonal of the "whole" suitcase, I mean like the 3-dimensional one when you close it which goes from one corner to not only the other corner on the same bottom piece of the case but to the corner on the top piece. This would make packing a bit more of a Tetris challenge (and you couldn't use the divider thingie), but maybe that would work?
I was thinking but a slightly larger suitcase, shove the current one and the frame into it, and check the bag. I might have done that a time or two returning from Europe.... 😂
My sister in law works at the RSN and it’s every bit as beautiful as your video shows! Glad you enjoyed your trip. Fascinated to know how you got the frame in your luggage!!
I loved seeing this. I am 71 and have embroider ed all my life. Mom taught me when I was about 10. I learned more from books and kits. Then at 39 I joined a quilt guild. some of those ladies had an embroidery group. I joined that and learned a lot from them. Some had taken classes from EGA. Great, but no castle! I would love to visit England. Thanks for sharing!
I took this class many years ago, twice! Once in the UK and once in San Francisco when the satellite course was held out there. The San Francisco School of Needlework was started and is run by one of the former teachers at the RSN!
You guys need a coffee and a teapot set -up and hot kettle and coffee creamer, sugar and teabags inside your classroom for everybody. That's the ONLY WAY TO STAY PRODUCTIVE IN A CLASS LIKE THIS. But you must not drink it near your work in progress! That's what we did at our Art College, VCU school of the Arts in Richmond, Virginia.
Oh dear. Not a chance at the Royal Collage of Needlework. To mush precious material etc around. There are cafes you can pop down to for a coffee or lunch and a good idea for some fresh air and stretch of the legs. A closed water bottle would prob be allowed now. I did a 3 day Goldwork Course there 20 years ago and loved it.
Your video was unexpectedly presented to me (I was SURE that I chose the Free Spirit Equestrian "An Airbnb for horses and riders?! Michigan horse glamping trip."🤔), and I thoroughly enjoyed every last bit of it! Needles and I, whether medical or otherwise, do not get along--but that does not hamper my deep appreciation of the obvious talent that an experienced needlewoman like yourself has exhibited during this video. Also, you remind me of my late sister--who absolutely would have done afternoon tea in a heartbeat with you--then after class dragged you out to a different pub every night. 😆
WOW! Your piece is just magnificent! What a treat for you to take the class, and learn a very old art. Now I’m going to watch your road trip! Love from Pennsylvania 💕🌷🐻
I so enjoyed this video. You walked us through the complexeties and intensity of the RSN's two week course. I am a Brit and have visited Hampton Court on a number of occasions, but YOU got to see some very special aspects of this wonderful structure that many of us have not. You made the content really refreshing and your joy and honesty has been a pleasure to witness. 😊
You had a feeling of belonging to that castle at that time. I have had it when I have visited places steeped in history. Thanks for sharing your adventure. And, your piece is lovely.
Great episode. I know exactly what you mean about being on the inside of something... it's like belonging to a secret club that only you and a few other people know about. It gives you a curious, warm feeling somehow. Congrats on finishing your piece. It looked fabulous. It was worth all the hard work. Hope the eyes, back and fingers have recovered😉 Glad you enjoyed your time in the UK. Shame no one offered you a lift to your digs so you could do more work on your piece at home but then maybe a break from it was a good idea. Toodle pip from Ye Olde England.
I was thinking this also. She said all the students in her class were visitors, so likely no one had a car (Although Hampton Court Palace is a very slow bus ride out from far-west London Underground’s Richmond station, so they must all have found somewhere close yo rent).
I loved this video. Thank you for sharing so honestly. I'm from the northeast of England, Northumberland, but I've lived in Alberta Canada for 57 years, so I was looking forward to having a vicarious visit home with you. I took condensed summer courses at university so I could finish my degree faster, after I'd worked and saved up enough to do so. It's exhausting but also satisfying. You dive deep and learn intensely and it sticks. I saved this video until your second one posted so that I could prolong the experience. I'm off to watch that one now, and see where you went. Thank you for the Hampton Court sojourn, it was lovely. 💖🤗
Videos like this are yet another reason why I don't feel the need to travel (on top of getting motion sick). Your video is beautiful and I thank you for sharing so many of the pretty and exciting things in London Your embroidery turned out very nice as always
I loved every minute of your vide and your wonderful sense of humor. I have just started embroidering at - over 80 years old! I love it but this simple thing is exhausting learning all these stitches. I can’t image at any age what you have just gone through. You definitely should be proud of your work at such a prestigious place and what an experience! You showed anyone who was considering taking any of their courses especially temporarily that it is possible but know that there is a lot of hard work. Glad you had a lot of fun also.
I can explain the "chasing the sunset/sunrise" thing! You went up into the Arctic Circle! During the summer, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. If you are north of a certain latitude line, the sun will not fully set in the summer. This is also why summer days are longer than winter days in the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, just not to the same extent as in the far North. (The same also happens in the Southern Hemisphere during their summer, which is our winter--the South Pole is tipped closer to the sun, so their days are longer and our days are shorter. The opposite also happens during the respective winters: the sun never quite manages to rise!) I have also had the privilege of being on a plane in the Arctic Circle at night. It is SO cool! So glad you got to experience it too!
Thank you for this amazing travelogue of your experience as a student at RSN at Hampton Court Palace. You have lived my dream! Thanks for sharing the ups and downs of the course! I think I'll take a pass on doing this at my age, preserving my hands and back for my needlepoint! Your finished piece is just lovely and will be a treasure for you to enjoy for decades to come!
This video was a joy to watch. The castle looks amazing. Really enjoyed the process of the course and shared enjoyment of afternoon tea. Your piece looks amazing, the variety of stitches add lots of lovely texture.
I've lived in South Dakota, (where houses are built in a similar way) during a nasty heat wave... and Texas during a blizzard, where the houses are built to LOSE heat. I can't win for losing. 😂😂
I do indeed know exactly what you mean. I've had that feeling many times, but for instance I used to work in hotels. So many stories. Your music descriptions in this one were absolutely brilliant! Spot on and evocative. Or the music was evocative of the descriptions, which you were nailing. Or the evocation... the poetic... er... was... anyway, they're always so good, these were especially great, and the phrase "sheep-strewn field" alone was worth the price of admission. Which, to be fair, was the low, low price of just under 40 minutes of my life spent in a most delightful way. Thanks for taking us along behind the scenes! Edited because I forgot to mention how lovely and perfectly fitting the aesthetic your piece is! BEAUTIFUL. And don't think we don't notice the work that went into filming *and particularly editing* this video to make it flow so well. Even casually dropping in a "Princess Bride" quote. True craft on both counts.
OMG what an amazing experience! Hampton Court and embroidery…. Heaven!!! Thank you so much for sharing! Oh and your work, sooooo beautiful! Absolutely loved your video!
Everytime you showed parts of the palace I kept imagining Anne Boleyn and her ladies in waiting walking down the paths... I can't take up yet another hobby at this point, but I will definitely keep this pn the backburner for the future! 🙂
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I really enjoyed your video. My mum did this course in her 70s and was the only person to actually finish her piece! It was a bit like strolling down memory lane and I could feel her presence with me as I watched. Like you she loved the history of the place. I miss her terribly but her beautiful embroidery lives on.
@@janiegreen3394 First, Sorry for your loss. Second, I find it odd that they would continue the course the way it is for decades, fully knowing that only the super human students will finish on time.
Ohhhh this was a very sweet thought...I hope my daughters feel that way about things I have made
So sorry for your loss, I lost my Mum suddenly 5 years ago and still miss her terrible, so I can relate. I do hope my children look at my handiwork and have such sweet thoughts of me as you do of your Mum.
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"I bet I could do that" has been the bane of my hobby-life since forever 😂
Deciding to NOT take the easy road, is one of the best ways to learn a lot, to develop new astonishing talents and skills, and to get the ABSOLUTE MOST out of your life!
@@Mariecherement Yes, but it will surely be a frustrating one :D Jokes aside, beautifully said!
Same as me….then diagnosed ADHD 6 months ago!!!
Answers so many questions as a multi crafter…with lots of work in progress projects lol
I'm so beside you! At any moment, I may see something to which I make that comment. Latest--a shawl on Miss Marple, rich tweedy brown, luxuriously long and fringed. "I can do that!" Made me hunt out and buy the yarn.
That's how I got the best paying job I've ever had. I became one of the first female equipment maintenance technicians in a large manufacturing plant. It's started with "I bet I can do that"
That was a very nice design. Looking forward to hearing what "they" said about it.
As someone who works in a museum I totally agree with the fun of being behind the scenes and getting to go through doors others aren't! Glad you had a lovely time in London - can't wait to see where else you visited
This is one of my FAVORITE videos you've ever made!!! It looks like you had such a good time, and your stitching is incredible. Thanks for giving me the feeling of being there too
Perfectly said! 👏❣️
Marvelous! I am crying of envy right now 😭🥹😅 - but I do machine embroidery. Strangely, or maybe not strangely, I picked up a lot I will use when I digitize my next design, like actually drawing it all out by hand as a first step and looking for potential trouble spots. Looking forward for the sequel to this video! ❤
I had no idea they have these classes as a vacation idea. Omg...lol
I'm surprised the didn't have boards that adjusted so you could stitch at a 45° angle, like a drafting table. When I did crossstitch I had something like that and it made stitching so much easier on the back and neck.
Same! I have a quilting stand that does tilt the piece and it is absolutely necessary for me lol
Perhaps it's historical?
Historical backache? 🤣
the trestles are adjustable, although I have found many students forget / are reluctant to adjust them
They're fully adjustable :D
"Let me explain... There's too much, let me sum up" love that movie
A+ for the Princess Bride allusion!!
I started watching thinking "cool, class in a castle", then you said "Hampton Court Palace" and I was like "I'VE BEEN THERE! HEDGE MAZE!" and felt very international, never mind that I haven't left the continent in nearly 10 years, and haven't been overseas in nearly 20.
I said the same and when I asked a tour guide about the School they knew nothing So Sad It was 2019
One of my favouritists places! The furthest I've been since I was 18, is Ireland. I'm 68 in a couple of weeks! lol I haven't even got a passport!
Yes, I have been through the Maze at Hampton Court, too. That was my first hedge maze, and so much fun!
The people painting was possibly a TV series called Watercolour Challenge. I'm glad you enjoyed your class and considered it worthwhile. Getting to pass through 'No Entry' signs and doors marked 'Private' is one of those little thrills that just never gets old. Looking forward to hearing about the rest of your trip.
They were definitely the "Sky Arts Landscape painter of the year" pods. It's one of my favourite shows😊
Absolutely, those pods are so recognisable, one of my favourites too❤
Probably more likely the Landscape Artist of the Year which is on Sky
Definitely landscape artist of the year - the pods are unmistakable. I shall look forward to seeing that when it airs
I was a custom framer, whose main clientele was needle workers. When I tell you my hands HURT at the end of the day, they HURT. Mounting on foam board with the pins does give the best look, and is so worth it. I love doing still.
Pork pies are usually eaten cold so you had the authentic experience
Im with you their. Also In the UK and agree cold pork pie every time.
I know, I was so confused by that comment, I hadn't realised that hot was ever an option and feel a little turned off at the thought of them hot 😅
Right? TIL that some people eat their pork pies warm 😳
Yep they're a picnic food. Try them with some nice sandwiches, Scot eggs, fruit, salad, and good crisps.
@@vickymc9695 and a Mars bar! I don’t know why, but my brain automatically associate these kind of cold lunches with Mars bars 🤷♀️😂
This was so brilliant! I love the combination travel diary and class reflection. I know what you mean exactly about that feeling of specialness, of wholly being present in that moment and in that place and just sort of savoring the magic of it. It's so nice to know I'm not the only one who has those moments.
I know you tend to film ahead, so presumably you're back home now--but I'm so looking forward to hearing about the rest of the trip (and secretly hoping you made it to tea at Chatsworth!).
Oh you know I made it to tea at Chatsworth… keep an eye out for next weeks video!
Yay! 👏😃
@gettheetothestitchery For future going across the pond shenanigans... we saw the Ros Tapestry in Kilkenny Castle. Unfortunately, the exhibit ends next month!! 😢 But it's a gorgeous series of tapestries being created by modern embroiderers in the style of the ancient tapestries. Oh, and their ancient tapestry collection is also STUNNING. 👌
When i was in college, I did 3 intensive classes that were scheduled for a month period. An entire semester of work was condensed into that month. I was so burnt out by the end of that month. But it cut off an entire semester of college by doing it. I also did this while also holding a full-time job. I envy the things i could do when i was young!
Thanks for mentioning their stitch library, I just finished poking around in there, and it looks like a really solid reference/rabbit hole ❤
Oh my, yes! To see the stitches up close (really up close) is great. And I love how you can make your own lists!
Those big bags that Artists carry everywhere are called "portfolios" , AND YES, they are TOTALLY WORTH BUYING when you have to bring your art/ stitching homework home to your apartment!
As a Brit it so nice to see an American loving some traditional English art and pastimes .
This is my first viewing of your channel but I will now spend a few happy hours watching your back catalogue. Thank tou.
Welcome!
Your desire to be a part of something behind the scenes and being a part of the inner workings is very understandable. It also explains why you like being a background extra (actor)!
absolutely loved your finished design and hearing your honest thoughts about the course! i think it's good to have videos and reviews like this that are honest in their assessment, not just singing the praises or discussing failures but sharing the good with the critical
your videos are so lovely i find myself going from "ill have this on in the background while i do other things" to "its been 2 hours and i haven't moved, let alone started said other thing" and i mean that as the highest of compliments.
SAME. I'm organizing fabric and putting it on bolts. This did NOT increase my output. 😂
I loved watching this video! One suggestion if you haven't done this already: Sitting with your very best posture, measure the distance from your eyes to where your hands are most comfortable doing handwork, and at your next eye exam (especially if you start out myopic), get a prescription for glasses dedicated to that distance. (Better still, bring your handwork to the appointment!) Eyes begin to change without our being conscious of it; and I because I could see just fine peering over the top of my glasses and either bringing the work close to my face or more often hunching over it, I didn't realize how poor my upper back posture was becoming even in my early 40s. (My brother, bless him, pointed it out to me.) Now in my 70s I wear progressives for most of the day, but when it comes to close work, reading, etc., I whip out those dandy dedicated glasses. What a difference that makes to sidestepping a pain in my neck and everywhere else up & down the spine!
That is an excellent suggestion!
I've looked at their kits and classes and they're all waaay out of my price range, so thank you for letting us live vicariously through you! 😂❤
I wanted to take a course at RSN way back in 2002🎉 when our daughter who lived in London was expecting her first baby. I was not a stitcher but called about a course I might be able to manage. The only course with any openings was a goldwork class. Seriously I didn’t know what goldwork was, but I registered for it anyway. I was overwhelmed and very nervous the first day. The instructors were amazing and patient and kind, they took us step by step through the process. By the end of the week I had two amazing pieces done and I was hooked and knew the basics. I have continued with the work and absolutely love it and I have adapted it to my work . An experience I will never forget It was not very expensive in those days. today I cannot afford the prices for classes which to me are quite astronomical
I live in england and never had a cream tea train ride. Adding it to the bucket list. Pork pie definitely eat it cold. I used to nurse a family member of the chap who restores the queens art. And got to visit the apartments in the palace and got to see him working on an old ornate chair. I felt so privileged getting to all those places that were off limmits to public
YEP. ART SCHOOL IS INTENSE!!!!!!! THE PUBLIC CLASSROOM CRITIQUES are also a trip to sit through, after all of that work, and staying up all night.
Hopefully, the Art Professors are more polite over in England. After I had spent HOURS drawing a woman running along a beach in a white dress, my professor threw a can of diet pepsi at my drawing screaming that it looked like a Tampax ad.
@Mariecherement Unfortunately not, my animation teacher passed me so he wouldn't have to deal with me but wrote in my report that he hoped I never became a Character Animator
What a tool!@@SeraphinaThorbes06
"The weather realised its reputation was at stake" 😂😂
I loved that one too 😂❤
I loved your finished piece! So beautiful!
I popped along to view the graduate show a couple of years ago. Fabulous, breathtaking student work and 'going behind the scenes', albeit briefly, was such a thrill.
Chatting with the students was fascinating - they talked about the many couture shows they had worked on (more 'behind the scenes' info - glorious!). Top-notch designers will employ RSN students as they absolutely know what they're doing, and they do it so beautifully. I follow a couple on IG, and their skills and the projects they work on are just amazing!
One day I'll do a course... Thank you for the inspiration 🙏
"music like a sunrise over a sheep-strewn field" Absolutely immaculate vibes?? In love with that. Also this video has made me want to look into crewelwork and learn more about it because damn, that first leaf you stitched with the crisscross pattern was just so gorgeous, not to mention the whole finished piece. Just wow!
Aw thanks! It's my favorite embroidery style because there's so much color and texture, you can just get lost looking at every little detail!
Gotta comment! Delighted in your color choices for the piece. The little knowledge I have of such embroidery is that it is so often vivid, bordering on gaudy. Yours is so pretty to my "shady" taste. And thanks so much for taking us along to other London scenes. Several shots took me instantly to sights I've seen in CZ. I watched it all twice, and may even take a third look. ... I also love being an "insider" and thinking through all that was also lots of fun, Shalom!
Castle, tea train, plays... a dream! Faberge emoji face egg pod toilets?! I don't even know what to say... something between intrigued & disturbed 😅
All of the intensive classes I’ve taken, I’ve been able to stay in the evenings. Stay for the day, leave for dinner, and return for a few hours in the evening. Actually, on those days, we would go for dinner as a class and that was very nice.
Maybe post-Covid they don’t stay open in the evenings? Or maybe just this venue doesn’t allow it.
I'd suggest a metal thimble at the mounting stage to protect your fingers. It looks intense!
Oh, how lovely!!! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't just a wee bit envious, but I get to live vicariously through you so that helps. Thank you! 💖💖💖
Only 'a wee bit' jealous? I'm closer to 'extremely' jealous.
I thought the exact same way
I'm positively vibrating with envy.
I've so enjoyed your video. I'm English live in the South of England. I enjoy sewing and back in 1982 I started watching on TV BBC 2 paper piecing patchwork. Fell in love and ordered the small book which
Came with two metal templates. One size for fabric and a smaller one for paper patterns. I didnt make any paper piece quilts, but small items like pin cushions and tea cosies to go over small tea pots. 2000/2001 saw me attending a City and Guild's Patchwork Course. I love history and been to Hampton Court a few times. I'm currently just making monthly journals covering 9x11 brown envelopes with copy paper. Buying note books and pulling out 16 double lined pages, and sewing them into the cover with 3 pamphlet stiches. I'm subscribing to your Utube channel😊.
@@GM-qq1wiWait till you see her solo road trip video, where she ends up in Chatsworth House (a bucket list destination for me, which now I totally see, I can do by myself since none of my friends are really into all that)! My envy meter is off the charts!!! (But so is my dream of possibilities!)❤
I don't even embroider but the castle and the feeling of "behind behind the scenes" you described makes me want to take a class there! Looked like a dream!
Wow, the poppies are gorgeous
I agree! I may need to plant some next year!
I have this vision in my head of a video montage devoted to pre RSN intensive course training wherein you are doing planks and crunches to build core muscle strength and poking your fingers to desensitize your fingertips and getting fitted for fancy headgear with magnifying glasses for your eyes. With the music from Rocky in the background of course.
Thank you for making a video about your experience and sharing your review of the course. It does sound like they need to make some changes to how they run it.
Welcome to this side of the pond 😊
I love seeing my country through the eyes of visitors! It’s so easy to grow accustomed to it when it’s my everyday, so thank you for reminding me to appreciate the beauty and history I’m surrounded by ❤
Your design is absolutely gorgeous! I can’t wait to hear your results and to see your road trip.
(If you’re up Lincolnshire way at all, swing by Belton House. Their Orangery was used in the filming of Bridgerton and is absolutely stunning! 😉)
I loved living vicariously through you as I am unlikely to go on embroidery trip to England! This week I have been cleaning up my sewing space and today I started sewing a skirt for my daughter. Your videos, bring me much joy, and inspiration ❤
Caffeinated coffee and a nutritious breakfast and perhaps some aspirin, a vitamin and fresh air, maybe am yoga stretches helps A LOT when you are a student artist working on a two-week deadline! Coping with constant stress in a positive manner, and keeping your patience up is a very real challenge and learning how to do this is a VERY REAL part of becoming a great artist.
I understand the behind the scenes, for sure. I've always wanted to be part of a crew rather than a tourist. I went to school in Cambridge and that was a total joy. You needed to have a massage person to take care of you every night! :D I love your humor, thank you!
I have been watching your channel on an off for about a year now and it was so surreal to see the classroom I teach in on UA-cam. Whilst I have taught the RSN intensives before, I have never experienced one as a student but I can tell you that finishing any of the topics is a rare achievement! congratulations, your piece looked lovely. If you need help with anything, don't hesitate to ask me! With regards to pinning on your piece when mounting - keep the piece flat on the table and the edge of your board lined up with the edge of the table - this makes it easier tension the fabric.
To you mean the edge of the board that you are pinning your anchoring pins *to*? Or the adjacent edge so you are stretching from left to right with one of the side edges at your table edge? (This question may not make sense as I’ve never mounted a stitchery piece before, so I’m just trying to visualize it). 😊
@@HRHDMKYT Yes the edge you are putting pins into. The line of pins would be directly in front of you (think south on a compass) with the edge of the board lined up with the edge of the table. You can then pull the fabric down over the edge of the table giving you more purchase. You can place the heel of your hand on the north side of the board to hold in place which again allows you to pull more firmly on the fabric.
It sounds like finishing is an achievement in itself, but she also didn't take it home and work on it nights and took a day off! Even more amazing that she was one of the few who finished!
I swear if I went to a class in Hampton Court Palace, I would be so distracted by constantly looking around to make sure Lucy Worsley didn’t walk by! 😂
Love the Princess Bride quote! 😃
This made me cry lol this is so sweet and seeing someone just do things they love in a beautiful setting - may this happen more for us all!
Such an amazing video!!!! ❤Quotable moment: “yes you pee inside the eggs” OMG did not see that coming!!!! And other random thought: thanks to the people in/leading your course who let you film so much and let us all eavesdrop on the experience!!!! So amazing of them!!!!!
Yikes! The rabbit hole of yet more crafts! I know this SO well
I'm so glad you enjoyed the course and thought your finished piece was beautiful! My Aunt trained at the Royal School of Needlework, specialising in Embroidery and actually worked upon Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Dress. Their contribution was shrouded in secrecy as they worked long hours behind closed doors. When I was a young adult, she offered to train myself or any of my cousins; sadly, I declined as I was painfully shy at the time and she was a tremendously elegant lady and I have ever since regretted my decision. Yet, needlework and stitchery permeates my existence, such as rescuing pictures, some which require repair. Perhaps taking a needlework course might calm my soul?! Thank you - a delightful video!
Staying up ALL NIGHT several nights a week in large groups and working together is VERY COMMON when you are a College student majoring in Art. It's par for the course.
I have always wanted to take a class at the RSN, so thanks for the opportunity to live vicariously through your experience. You did great and even got some tours and shows in, so well done Charlie! I agree that they should provide the pattern for this two week intensive and limit the number of stitches to allow more time to complete the project while there. I hope you managed to bring the frame home as a carry on item.
You starring at fern flicking leaves to gather thoughts is something I can relate to 😂. Excellent editing at picturesque scenery. Nice job. Very much enjoyed.
Getting up and stretching, taking some aspirin and a short walk are very necessary daily when you are working hard as an artist!
You're not supposed to take asprin daily ૮₍ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ₎ა₊˚⊹♡ kidneys! liver!
As a Britsh person, l say Thank You for your honesty. Your work was lovely, as was your realistic commitment. I am glad you got to enjoy a number of touristic outings and that you get the opportunity to visit our country again. Annette from Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Your stitched piece was beautiful. Thanks for showing us the whole experience. Xxx
Re: being behind the scenes… I totally get it. I lived in Glasgow for a year and my flatmate was a bagpiper who took lessons at Edinburgh Castle. Being able to cross the ropes and go where the average tourist can’t, is a special memory!
It’s fantastic to see you around my old stomping grounds! I could see Hampton Court palace from my bedroom window in my university days.
Years ago, my sister-in-law & I got to spend a week living in Hampton Court Palace. It was one of the most amazing weeks of my life. I get your feeling of ownership of that history. It lives for me in ways I had not thought possible. I'm glad that you got to go!
How in the world did you manage to *live* in Hampton Court Palace? I was just there as a tourist in June, and having read Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies”, I really think I’d be worried about the ghosts of Anne Boleyn & Henry VIII haunting my dreams!
Oh my gosh, I soooo enjoyed your video! I felt like I was living vicariously through you and I enjoyed every single step, including the fun video ending. Thank you so much for sharing your adventure with us!! By the way, I agree with you 100% about the course needing to be rethought and the first step should be to make the design smaller and that might be just enough to make it a do-able class for every student rather than just the top students.
I loved everything about this video! The subtitles, the music, the b-roll footage, the fact that you did it in Hampton Court... and of course all the embroidery! Fantastic video and I'm glad - despite the sore back and constructive criticism - that you had a great time!
I just spent 11 days in Lexington doing my silk shading intensive. I took the Jacobean intensive online. Having done the silk shading, I am ready to come back to the Jacobean. I really hate the color of the linen we have to use for the Jacobean, so I parked it away.
In terms of the time involved, remember that one of the goals for the certificate and diploma program is to train workers to work in their studio, where the hours can be that long, especially when dealing with a royal wedding or coronation or other high impact/quick turnaround project. Therefore the intensity becomes a way of acclimating to being a professional embroiderer.
I really like the feedback that you offered. I think that it is very practical guides and I hope the RSN takes the feedback. I can’t imagine the pain on the body. Sewing for 8 hours ruins my neck and back and it takes time to bounce back. I can’t imagine what it would take to be hand stitching that many days…
For people having back issues: you don't have to use your back when you hinge forward. If you know how to use your glutes while moving in an RDL, Good Morning, or a proper back extension, you can do the same sitting and bent forward as a sort of isometric hold. Flatten your back and tense your glutes so they take the weight of your torso. It can still make you very sore, but not in your back.
Oh! Now I want to go London and learn embroidery! Oh wait - I hate flying. Is that what you were talking about on your other channel of things that seem great in theory but not really enjoyable in practice? Yeah. Probably won’t be going to London after all.
I love traditional needlework techniques. It makes me feel super connected to other needleworkers through the centuries. It's a really special feeling of being part of that "thread" stretching through time. 🥰
Your outfit on the train you made is stunning. Your appointment looks great. Enjoy your stitching school.
I'm uses to seeing her do quick projects. The piece is a very nicely done. It really isn't surprising that she finished since she's done several pieces.
Peopleing is exhausting for me, too.
Gorgeous! My arthritic hands don't let me do this kind of hand work any more, so I always enjoy watching others who are still stitching
What a lovely kind of taking us with this class!😊 Thank you so much ☺️
At about 26:05: Oh no!
I guess you already figured it out, but the frame will probably fit on the diagonal of the "whole" suitcase, I mean like the 3-dimensional one when you close it which goes from one corner to not only the other corner on the same bottom piece of the case but to the corner on the top piece. This would make packing a bit more of a Tetris challenge (and you couldn't use the divider thingie), but maybe that would work?
I had tge same thought. Also she vould post it home.
@@greatauntlizbethg9137Yes, that’s what I was thinking. Find a long cardboard box or tube, and either carry it or post it home.
I was thinking but a slightly larger suitcase, shove the current one and the frame into it, and check the bag. I might have done that a time or two returning from Europe.... 😂
My sister in law works at the RSN and it’s every bit as beautiful as your video shows! Glad you enjoyed your trip. Fascinated to know how you got the frame in your luggage!!
I also wondered how U got frame home.
@@bittersweet3-I’d think she just got herself a cardboard tube or box, and either shipped it home or carried it with her…
A long time ago I mounted needlework and watching you go through that process reminded me of what I had totally forgotten about.
I loved seeing this. I am 71 and have embroider ed all my life. Mom taught me when I was about 10. I learned more from books and kits. Then at 39 I joined a quilt guild. some of those ladies had an embroidery group. I joined that and learned a lot from them. Some had taken classes from EGA. Great, but no castle! I would love to visit England. Thanks for sharing!
that last scene was such cat energy XD also I think that feeling can be summed up as "In the know"
I took this class many years ago, twice! Once in the UK and once in San Francisco when the satellite course was held out there. The San Francisco School of Needlework was started and is run by one of the former teachers at the RSN!
The San Fran school has closed, unfortunately :(
@@hazey_dazeyoh no! Sorry to hear it :(
The subtitles for the background music are hilarious. Thanks for sharing your experience!
You guys need a coffee and a teapot set -up and hot kettle and coffee creamer, sugar and teabags inside your classroom for everybody. That's the ONLY WAY TO STAY PRODUCTIVE IN A CLASS LIKE THIS. But you must not drink it near your work in progress! That's what we did at our Art College, VCU school of the Arts in Richmond, Virginia.
Oh dear. Not a chance at the Royal Collage of Needlework. To mush precious material etc around. There are cafes you can pop down to for a coffee or lunch and a good idea for some fresh air and stretch of the legs. A closed water bottle would prob be allowed now. I did a 3 day Goldwork Course there 20 years ago and loved it.
Wow, so cool. Thank you for sharing your journey. You did a great job capturing the ambiance.
Your video was unexpectedly presented to me (I was SURE that I chose the Free Spirit Equestrian "An Airbnb for horses and riders?! Michigan horse glamping trip."🤔), and I thoroughly enjoyed every last bit of it! Needles and I, whether medical or otherwise, do not get along--but that does not hamper my deep appreciation of the obvious talent that an experienced needlewoman like yourself has exhibited during this video. Also, you remind me of my late sister--who absolutely would have done afternoon tea in a heartbeat with you--then after class dragged you out to a different pub every night. 😆
WOW! Your piece is just magnificent! What a treat for you to take the class, and learn a very old art. Now I’m going to watch your road trip! Love from Pennsylvania 💕🌷🐻
I so enjoyed this video. You walked us through the complexeties and intensity of the RSN's two week course. I am a Brit and have visited Hampton Court on a number of occasions, but YOU got to see some very special aspects of this wonderful structure that many of us have not. You made the content really refreshing and your joy and honesty has been a pleasure to witness. 😊
You had a feeling of belonging to that castle at that time. I have had it when I have visited places steeped in history. Thanks for sharing your adventure. And, your piece is lovely.
Great episode. I know exactly what you mean about being on the inside of something... it's like belonging to a secret club that only you and a few other people know about. It gives you a curious, warm feeling somehow. Congrats on finishing your piece. It looked fabulous. It was worth all the hard work. Hope the eyes, back and fingers have recovered😉 Glad you enjoyed your time in the UK. Shame no one offered you a lift to your digs so you could do more work on your piece at home but then maybe a break from it was a good idea. Toodle pip from Ye Olde England.
I was thinking this also. She said all the students in her class were visitors, so likely no one had a car (Although Hampton Court Palace is a very slow bus ride out from far-west London Underground’s Richmond station, so they must all have found somewhere close yo rent).
White blouse, green shirt…love, love, love!!! Stunning!
The gardens are amazing, very inspirational for beautiful needlework.
This was a fantastic video! So interesting......thanks for taking us along with you.
Your subtitles describing the music are honestly everything I love them so much
I loved this video. Thank you for sharing so honestly. I'm from the northeast of England, Northumberland, but I've lived in Alberta Canada for 57 years, so I was looking forward to having a vicarious visit home with you.
I took condensed summer courses at university so I could finish my degree faster, after I'd worked and saved up enough to do so.
It's exhausting but also satisfying. You dive deep and learn intensely and it sticks.
I saved this video until your second one posted so that I could prolong the experience.
I'm off to watch that one now, and see where you went. Thank you for the Hampton Court sojourn, it was lovely. 💖🤗
Videos like this are yet another reason why I don't feel the need to travel (on top of getting motion sick). Your video is beautiful and I thank you for sharing so many of the pretty and exciting things in London
Your embroidery turned out very nice as always
I loved every minute of your vide and your wonderful sense of humor. I have just started embroidering at - over 80 years old! I love it but this simple thing is exhausting learning all these stitches. I can’t image at any age what you have just gone through. You definitely should be proud of your work at such a prestigious place and what an experience! You showed anyone who was considering taking any of their courses especially temporarily that it is possible but know that there is a lot of hard work. Glad you had a lot of fun also.
9:40 you need a t-shirt with "Faff it up I'm a Palace" on it. Perfectly irreverent ❤ I'm HERE FOR IT!
I can explain the "chasing the sunset/sunrise" thing! You went up into the Arctic Circle! During the summer, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun. If you are north of a certain latitude line, the sun will not fully set in the summer. This is also why summer days are longer than winter days in the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, just not to the same extent as in the far North. (The same also happens in the Southern Hemisphere during their summer, which is our winter--the South Pole is tipped closer to the sun, so their days are longer and our days are shorter. The opposite also happens during the respective winters: the sun never quite manages to rise!)
I have also had the privilege of being on a plane in the Arctic Circle at night. It is SO cool! So glad you got to experience it too!
Thank you for this amazing travelogue of your experience as a student at RSN at Hampton Court Palace. You have lived my dream! Thanks for sharing the ups and downs of the course! I think I'll take a pass on doing this at my age, preserving my hands and back for my needlepoint! Your finished piece is just lovely and will be a treasure for you to enjoy for decades to come!
This sounds like a fun experience to have and I would have loved to do this course 35 years ago! Thanks for taking us along with you!
Wow Charlie, your piece is absolutely gorgeous!
10 out of 10 from me! 🎉❤
batting at the plant like a cat is so real of you
This video was a joy to watch. The castle looks amazing. Really enjoyed the process of the course and shared enjoyment of afternoon tea. Your piece looks amazing, the variety of stitches add lots of lovely texture.
It's because our homes and palaces are insulated against the cold, heat has nowhere to go. Over the videoing I'm tempted to do a course.
I've lived in South Dakota, (where houses are built in a similar way) during a nasty heat wave... and Texas during a blizzard, where the houses are built to LOSE heat. I can't win for losing. 😂😂
I do indeed know exactly what you mean. I've had that feeling many times, but for instance I used to work in hotels. So many stories.
Your music descriptions in this one were absolutely brilliant! Spot on and evocative. Or the music was evocative of the descriptions, which you were nailing. Or the evocation... the poetic... er... was... anyway, they're always so good, these were especially great, and the phrase "sheep-strewn field" alone was worth the price of admission. Which, to be fair, was the low, low price of just under 40 minutes of my life spent in a most delightful way. Thanks for taking us along behind the scenes!
Edited because I forgot to mention how lovely and perfectly fitting the aesthetic your piece is! BEAUTIFUL. And don't think we don't notice the work that went into filming *and particularly editing* this video to make it flow so well. Even casually dropping in a "Princess Bride" quote. True craft on both counts.
Aww thank you so much! These style of videos are way harder for me to edit, so I really appreciate when people enjoy them!
OMG what an amazing experience! Hampton Court and embroidery…. Heaven!!! Thank you so much for sharing! Oh and your work, sooooo beautiful! Absolutely loved your video!
Brava! Beautiful design and work! Love your goofy delivery. 😆
What an awesome inspiring experience!
Everytime you showed parts of the palace I kept imagining Anne Boleyn and her ladies in waiting walking down the paths... I can't take up yet another hobby at this point, but I will definitely keep this pn the backburner for the future! 🙂
😳you went to THEEE Embroidery School😳....that'ssocooooool!!