Alison Larkin Embroidery

27/03/2026

I've been spending time at Tabley House, near Knutsford, in Cheshire lately to examine some of the gorgeous Georgian waistcoats in their costume collection. So far I have looks at about a dozen, and they are all fascinating and all very different. They mostly belonged to Sir John Fleming Leicester, 1st Baron de Tabley, who was quite a fashionable chap!

11/03/2026

Come and see me at the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby on March 31st! I'll be stitching a design based on Joseph Banks' Florilegium. You could even join me for an embroidery workshop in the afternoon, and learn something of this popular and relaxing hobby.

Hope to see you there!

25/02/2026

I had a great day yesterday at Selby Textile Arts Group doing a workshop on Georgian Embroidery. We all had a lot of fun and stitching, and I was very impressed how much they all managed to get done! One of the gang went off piste on the colours, but it looked rather good. Well done, ladies!

17/01/2026

Joins us for a fabulous celebration of Jane Austen in Bath this Spring! With Strictly Jane Austen Tours.

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25/12/2025

Happy Christmas to all of my followers, and best wishes for health and happiness in 2026!

03/12/2025

New venture this weekend: a stand at the Mainly Lace Events Christmas Fair! Come and see what's doing on Saturday. (Ladies, the chaps can go to the Motorcycle Museum next door!)

30/05/2025

A great review of the recent Jane Austen Festival in Bath that I was a small part of. I very much enjoyed my couple of days there!

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Celebrating Jane Austen’s big 25-oh! The carriages have left Bath after the first of our six-day parties marking 250 years since Jane Austen’s birth. As we start preparing for the next, the programme’s Creative Director, Dr. Gabrielle Malcolm, looks back on a fabulous gathering of ‘clever, w...

07/05/2025

It’s only 10 days until I’ll be at the Threads Festival at Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, near Leeds. Come and see me on the Sunday: kits, books and finished items for sale!

27/04/2025

Work in progress on some new items: finished pieces based on original Georgian patterns from the Silk embroidery on silk fabric, hand embroidered and assembled. More to follow! Coming soon on my website… www.alisonlarkinembroidery.com/shop style

08/04/2025

Wonderful afternoon today teaching a workshop on Georgian embroidery for at for their Jane Austen event! Excellent progress made by all the ladies! Lovely to see you all.

08/02/2025

Great afternoon yesterday doing a workshop on Georgian Embroidery for HEY Volunteers. It was at Hull Guildhall, and a good time was had by all! We were making embroidered hankies for Valentine’s Day gifts, at least in theory. They all did very well, with several of them finishing the embroidery.

Plus some lovely tiles by the fireplace in the room we used!