British Patriotic Samplers: Coronation gowns

28 January 2012

Coronation gowns

Plays With Needles set herself a needlework challenge she inspired by Elizabeth II's coronation gown. Her blog entries about it include historical photos as well as photos of the work she stitched.

Welcome your Majesty : the start of the project
Becoming a Queen: Part I has general photos, royal orders etc
Becoming a Queen: Part II has some fabulous close-up photos of Elizabeth II's coronation gown.

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The focus of this blog is British patriotic samplers and embroideries, especially those from 1901 to the present day. Its purpose is to be a catalogue/reference of the remarkable array of these hand-made works. Each one is a piece of social history, someone's time and skill and heart-felt emotion stitched to commemorate an event to which they must have felt a strong connection.

If you know of examples not yet here, or further sources or links which could be added to this site, please do leave a comment. All comments are moderated (ie. not published automatically). You can also contact me at rooruu ATgmail DOTcom (remove spaces, replace words with relevant symbols).

The general world of royal and patriotic memorabilia is huge, and the focus here is very narrow; I'm not so much a royalist as a student of social history and needlework. Every one of these items has a story.