Embroider the Bayeux Tapestry

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Transfer and Stitch 25 Historic Scenes Featuring Kings, Knights, Horses and More

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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In 2026, the UK celebrates the Bayeux Tapestry’s first trip to British soil in 900 years, with a feted exhibition at the British Museum. With Tapestry enthusiast and embroidery expert Mia Hansson as your guide, celebrate this historic moment: embroider your way through the story of the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and recreate some of the world’s most famous embroidery for yourself using simple stitches and full-size iron-on transfers.'If you’re at all interested in the amazing 11th-century piece of art that is the Bayeux Tapestry, or if you want to try your own hand at embroidering like an Anglo-Saxon, grab this book.' – Dr David Musgrove: Content Director of HistoryExtra and co-author of The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry.Bring the Bayeux Tapestry to life by embroidering 25 historic scenes featuring bishops, knights, trees, dragons, horses and, of course, King Harold with the fateful arrow in his eye.Discover creative insights into the craftsmanship and skill used to create one of the most significant cultural artefacts in the world and recreate key parts of it for yourself using simple stitches and full-size iron-on transfers.Choose from the 25 iron-on transfer designs: simply cut them out and iron them on to your fabric, giving you precise outlines and a shortcut to stitching.The book contains a complete guide to tools and materials (just seven shades of 2-ply crewel wool are used), and illustrated step-by-step instructions for working the four stitches (stem stitch, chain stitch, double running stitch and Bayeux stitch), along with advice on using the transfers and planning your stitch journey.Discover 20 additional key scenes of historical significance explored with Mia's technical insight, and uncover things you might not have noticed before: featureless seafarers, a man kneeling on an invisible leg, floating torsos and horses with impossible legs.The embroidery designs are presented chronologically, and with reference to their placement on the Tapestry, so that you can easily navigate this extraordinary work of art and understand the historical context.Stunning photography and instructive stitch diagrams make this historical and artistic masterpiece accessible whether you want to replicate one of Aesop's fables that appear in the friezes, or majestic sections such as Harold's coronation.About the author: in 2016, Mia Hansson started embroidering a full-scale Bayeux Tapestry replica, using fabrics and threads as similar as possible to those used in the original work. She is due to finish this extraordinary achievement in time for the 1,000th anniversary of William the Conqueror’s birth, in 2027. The Bayeux Tapestry spans almost 70 metres (77 yards) and features over 1,500 designs.'This is a beautiful, practical, and incredibly informative book. Mia’s up-close and personal experience of recreating the Bayeux Tapestry with her own needle adds an extra dimension to our knowledge of the embroidery. If you’re at all interested in the amazing 11th-century piece of art that is the Bayeux Tapestry, or if you want to try your own hand at embroidering like an Anglo-Saxon, grab this book.' – Dr David Musgrove is Content Director of HistoryExtra and co-author of The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-06-16
Mått204 x 260 x undefined mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor144
FörlagSearch Press Ltd
ISBN9781800923669

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Mia learnt cross stitch from her grandmother at the age of five. She continued her needle journey through school to become a Viking-age reenactment seamstress. In 2016 she started making a full-scale Bayeux Tapestry replica, knowing that it would take at least ten years to complete. What started as a labour of love became a personal challenge of epic proportions! Mia has 12K members on her Facebook group, Mia's Bayeux Tapestry Story. She lives in Cambridgeshire, UK. Visit Mia's website for more information: www.miasbayeuxstyleart.uk

Foreword by Jan Messent 8Introduction 10About the Bayeux Tapestry 12Materials and tools 14Stitches 16Order of work 19Getting started 20PROJECTS AND SCENES OF SPECIAL INTEREST 24PROJECT: King Edward the Confessor’s palace, scene 1 26PROJECT: Harold with a bird of prey, scene 2 30PROJECT: Bosham church, scene 3 34PROJECT: The fox and the crow: an Aesop’s fable, scene 4 38The second English ship, scene 4 40PROJECT: The capture of Earl Harold Godwinson, scene 7 42A group of Guy’s four horses, scene 7 46A group of men outside Guy’s residence, scene 8 48PROJECT: The deer and the lion, part 1: an Aesop’s fable, scene 8 50PROJECT: The deer and the lion, part 2: an Aesop’s fable, scene 8 52PROJECT: A tree and a ram, scene 8 54My favourite tree, scene 9 56PROJECT: The look-out tree, scene 11 58PROJECT: Interlaced birds, scene 12 62PROJECT: William’s meeting with Harold, scene 14 64PROJECT: Peacocks, scene 14 68PROJECT: Ælfgyva between the pillars, scene 15 70PROJECT: My favourite dragons, scene 15 74William and three men on horseback, scene 16 76Conan on a rope in Dol, scene 18 78The fort at Dinan, scene 19 80PROJECT: Tall dragons, scene 22 82PROJECT: Birds on a stand, scene 22 84PROJECT: William on his throne in Bayeux, scene 22 86PROJECT: Harold between the relics, scene 23 90PROJECT: The wolf and the crane: an Aesop’s fable, scene 24 94Elderly King Edward, scene 25 96Westminster Abbey, scene 25 98King Edward being buried before he died, scene 26 100King Edward’s sickbed and death, scenes 27 and 28 102PROJECT: Harold’s coronation, scene 30 104The men outside the palace, scene 31 108PROJECT: The comet, scene 32 110The tittle-tattlers on a ship, scene 34 112The men loading the ship, scene 36 114The uncomfortable-looking horse and more, scene 37 116The racing horses, scenes 39 and 40 118PROJECT: The man cooking, scene 42 120A family of trees on the edge of the battlefield, scene 48 124A group of horses, scene 48 126PROJECT: Twin trees, scene 48 128William and Odo on horseback, scene 49 130PROJECT: The winged horse, scene 50 132PROJECT: Harold with the arrow in his eye, scene 57 134Harold’s death, scene 57 138Using the transfers 140Acknowledgements 144

This is a beautiful, practical, and incredibly informative book. Mia’s up-close and personal experience of recreating the Bayeux Tapestry with her own needle provides insights that no amount of academic research can replicate. If you’re at all interested in the amazing 11th-century piece of art that is the Bayeux Tapestry, or if you want to try your own hand at embroidering like an Anglo-Saxon, this is the book for you. – Dr David Musgrove is Content Director of BBC History Magazine and HistoryExtra.com, a regular podcaster on HistoryExtra and co-author of The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry.