Needlework & Embroidery Vacations and Tours
There may be some important Needlework or Embroidery collections that you have wanted to view for a long time in England! Let us know the details and we will tailor make a Needlework or Embroidery tour around your preferred collections.
Needlework & Embroidery Collections
Visit stately homes and medieval castles housing the most prestigious collections of Needlework and Embroidery.
Guided tours concentrating on the Needlework and Embroidery Collections.
Fulltime tour guide to accompany you whilst on tour who specialises in Needlework.
Visit to specialist Needlework shops.
After dinner talk by an expert in Needlework.
Attend a course at the Royal School of Needlework, located at Hampton Court
Palace and offers fine views of the Palace Gardens.
Behind the scenes tour of
the outstanding Victoria & Albert Museum,
which has a wonderful collection of Embroidery.
Enjoy a tour of Scotland that could include a special Needlework Workshop at the Burrell Museum, House of Dun to view Lady Augusta's exquisite embroderies on display, Blairs Castle for a special private viewing of the extenstive collection of exceptional needlework not normally on display and Traquair House - to see the quiltered coverlet worked by Mary Queen of Scots and the house if full of embroideries.
Visit to the D-Day Museum
and Overlord Embroidery, commissioned by Lord Dulverton of Batsford (1915-92)
as a tribute to the sacrifice and heroism of those men and women who took part
in Operation Overlord. It
measures 272 feet and is the largest work of its kind in the world.
If we submit a price that is too expensive, we can adjust the itinerary in order to make the tour affordable!
Sample Itinerary - Needlework Tour
Day One - Arrive into central London and check-in at your hotel.Day Two - Transfer to Hampton Court Palace, home of the Royal School of Needlework for a day course with its classroom that overlooks the elegant formal gardens of the East Front. The Royal School of Needlework is unique in the field of hand embroidery. Founded in 1872, it has a wealth of experience and expertise and its aim remains the same today as in previous centuries; to teach the art of hand embroidery. If you are interested in needlework as a creative hobby or as a professional activity, if you have a fascination for the history of textiles, fashion and design development or have a desire to see the specialist art of hand embroidery continue and ensure these skills are taught to new generations, then the Royal School of Needlework has something to offer you. Late afternoon return to London.
Day Three - Today enjoy a behind the scenes tours of the outstanding Victoria & Albert Museum, which has a wonderful collection of embroidery. This will be followed by a visit to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, for a behind the scenes visit to the costume shop and to learn about how costumes are made for the theatre productions each season. In the evening a Medieval Banquet, for a step back in time and sample a taste of Britain with costume, music and feasting.
Day Four - Depart London with your specialist guide for the journey into West Sussex for a visit to Parham House, a stunning Elizabethan House with award winning gardens to view its needlework collection. This will be followed by a visit to the D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery, commissioned by Lord Dulverton of Batsford (1915-92) as a tribute to the sacrifice and heroism of those men and women who took part in Operation Overlord. It measures 272 feet and is the largest work of its kind in the world. Continue to your accommodation in Hampshire for overnight.
Day Five- After breakfast depart for the journey into Dorset a visit to the Dorchester Museum. The museum boasts a wide ranging collection of items relating to work and everyday life in Dorset through the ages and includes samplers. It is an attractive market town with most of its interesting buildings dating from the 18th century and connections with novelist Thomas Hardy. Continue into Devon for a visit to Honiton Lace, famous all over the world and has been made in Honiton for over 400 years. Honiton was a textile town, skilled in a diversity of materials, and also having a well developed system of out-workers and merchants which was suitable for the production of lace. Honiton lace quickly became popular for its fine quality among the wealthy. By 1676 there were 5,299 lace makers in the east Devon area. Finally a traditional Devon Cream Tea before continuing to your accommodation in Wiltshire for overnight. Dinner is independent.
Day Six - Morning visit to Montacute House, a magnificent Elizabethan mansion and one of the best preserved in Britain to see the Goodhart Collection of 17th Century samplers. There is also a fine collection of 17th and 18th Century furniture and the National Portrait Gallery has provided a permanent loan of paintings from the Elizabethan and Jacobean period, and these are displayed in the Long Gallery and adjoining rooms. Continue to Bath for a guided tour of the city and a visit to the Museum of Costume. The collection focuses on fashionable dress for men, women and children from the late 16th Century to the present day. The Museum of Costume was opened in the Bath Assembly Rooms in 1963. It was the creation of Doris Langley Moore, a designer, collector and historian, who gave her famous private collection of costume to the city. Return to your hotel in Wiltshire for overnight.
Day Seven - Depart for the journey into the lovely honey stone Cotswolds for a tour of the villages to include a visit to the Burford Needlecraft Shop. Take the final journey to your hotel near the airport, stopping en route for a Farewell dinner in a traditional English pub.
Day Eight - To the airport for your return flight home.
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