Kit for Elizabethan needlework - A Schole House for the Needle facismile book, silk thread & white linen slashing • 52 full-colour pages

• 52 full-colour pages

100% linen fabric for the body and arms

The skirt is unlined and finished at the hem with a wool facing (see fifth photo)

• 8in x 10in (20

farthingale sleeves start to make an appearance in the household accounts and personal correspondence of ordinary gentlewomen

Kit for Elizabethan needlework - A Schole House for the Needle facismile book, silk thread & white linen slashing • 52 full-colour pagesTudor Tailor exclusive! Everything you need to try your hand at Tudor embroidery! Kit contains: A Schole House for the Needle: 17th century embroidery & lacemaking facsimile book Silk thread (available in red, blue or black or choose all three) 18in (48cm) square of white linen Information sheet with historic background and basic stitches A Schole House for the Needle is a facsimile of a 1632 original book now in the private collection of Elizabeth