This is the first of the Postcard from England subscription kits to return in a traditional folder.

The kit includes a cotton rag postcard and a piece of Bondaweb to allow you to mount the design onto the postcard ( need help? see the instructions at the bottom of this listing )

At the beach is inspired by the brightly coloured beach huts found up and down the English coast.

The kit contains printed linen, threads and full instructions.

Whilst the design is printed on a 10” square of antique linen - the design is quite small. Approx 2.5cm high x 10cm wide.

You will need to have a simple sewing kit to include small, sharp, embroidery scissors, an assorted packet of embroidery/crewel needles and an embroidery hoop.

There is the option of shading or painting the sky and beach - help can be found on our blog (www.nickifranklin.com / Feb 23rd 2021 / Apr 2nd 2020 )

All of our kits have been completed by complete beginners but we do rate our kits on a scale of 1-3 to help you

The ratings are

1) Absolute beginner

2) Enthusiastic beginner

3) Accomplished beginner

This kit is rated - 2 - for Enthusiastic Beginners

Other kits in the Postcard from England range are (12 in total)

After the Snow

When Love Speaks

Welcome Spring!

The Thatched Cottage

Hedgerow Pickings

At the Beach

The Balloon Festival

The Dahlia Patch

Scarecrow Season

The House on the Hill

Deck the Halls

Season’s Greetings!

How to apply Bondaweb (fusible web)

You will see that the Bondaweb is a kind of dense cobweb with a paper backing, which enables it to glue on both sides.

To use Bondaweb, finish your embroidery and trim all threads, so the back is neat.

Press your embroidery face down with a dry iron.

Take your Bondaweb and lay onto the back of the embroidery with the cobweb side down (touching the back of the embroidery) and the paper side up (facing you).

Put a hot dry iron onto the paper (you can use a pressing cloth or clean tea towel over the top if you prefer).

Your embroidery should now have a piece of paper stuck to the back. Let the paper cool and peel away. This leaves a rubbery surface on the back of the embroidery which becomes very gluey and sticky when hot.

Trim your fabric so that it sits within the postcard with a small border.

Take your embroidered fabric and place face up onto the front of the postcard and position carefully.

With a hot dry iron again press the embroidery to stick it to the postcard (again use a pressing cloth or clean tea towel to prevent marks on your embroidery).

Taking care to put the tip of the iron into all the nooks and crannies of the embroidery will ensure a tidy finish with lovely contrast between the stitched areas and the fabric.

Sew around the edge of the fabric postcard with a sewing machine or by hand if you like.