Comments on: The Broderers Of St Paul’s https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 06 Aug 2019 08:54:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Adrien von Ferscht https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1302652 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 08:54:15 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1302652 A thought.
Are there any male members of the Broderers@St Pauls?
From an avid male broderer [not of St Pauls but latterly of the Barbican].

]]> By: Kate Ford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299836 Sun, 21 Jul 2019 21:40:40 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299836 what a wonderful story.

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299431 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:00:27 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299431 Brilliant work – quite literally! It must be great to be able to create something decorative which has real meaning and will last a nice long time.

And I agree with Saba that a follow up blog with more details about the actual embroidery techniques would be very illuminating!

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299340 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:53:13 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299340 So creative and spiritual. Surprised they work without natural light, though. Is artificial light better? Wondering.

]]> By: Mary Stoneman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299339 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:53:11 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299339 Thank you for sharing this lovely story . Some years ago , a friend , who was a skilful embroiderer , was grateful for gold thread from my husband’s uniform when he left the Royal Navy , so I was interested to see mention of gold thread in the article .

]]> By: DEBRA MATHENEY https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299323 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:44:55 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299323 Thank you for the lovely article about an age old craft. I agree that it is a shame that Londoners can’t wander in as I recall doing so in the 1970’s. However, the cost of maintaining the cathedrals has got to be enormous. But 20 quid seems a lot.

]]> By: Carol Himmelman-Christopher https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299310 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:38:07 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299310 I used to embroider, although nothing nearly as elegant and complex. The comment “there are only so many cushions you can do” struck me especially as these days I only crochet and I have officially run out of people to whom I can give baby blankets, shawls and scarves. I only wish my embroider were nearly as good as these artistic women. I would love to be involved.

]]> By: Sarah Johnson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299308 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:28:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299308 Stunning … thanks for highlighting these incredible craftspeople.

]]> By: Saba https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299294 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:44:06 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299294 Beautiful! A gift to us all! I would like to see a follow-up article giving more detail about how the work is done, what threads are used, and how the pattern is transferred onto the garments.

]]> By: @rupertbu https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/07/19/the-broderers-of-st-pauls/#comment-1299282 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:59:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=175803#comment-1299282 Absolutely stunning work, long may their skills be appreciated.

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