This is the fourth of the Postcard from England subscription kits to return in a traditional folder but was the first kit in the 2022 subscription.

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 )

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 8cm high x 13cm 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.

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 (Available)

When Love Speaks

Welcome Spring!

The Thatched Cottage (Available)

Hedgerow Pickings (to be released)

The Balloon Festival (Available)

At the Beach (Available)

The Dahlia Patch (to be released)

Scarecrow Season (Available)

The House on the Hill (Available)

Deck the Halls (Available)

Season’s Greetings! (Available)

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.