Travelling With Velvet (I Try It So You Don’t Have To)| Hand Embroidered Victorian Velvet Coat Diary

Walking Skirt Course: Prior Attire: Izabela’s version of this coat, made in a single day Follow Izabela on Instagram at @izabelapriorattire I’m eight weeks into my travelling sewing room experiment, and the velvet, paper pattern, and an enormous hand embroidery frame have successfully made it five and a half thousand miles or so into the journey. So far, so good! The backing fabric and velvet for the first section of my Victorian velvet coat are now on the frame, and God, I didn’t think it’d be this big a deal to get this step done. But that’s the story of most projects, right? Music: ‘Turtle Swim’ by Johannes Bornlöf ‘Spring Queen’ by Dew of Light ‘Prosper’ by Megan Wofford ‘First Sun of Spring’ by Isobelle Walton ‘Footprints in the Sand (Instrumental Version)’ by Roots and Recognition ‘Chapters’ by Aerian ‘A Mountain Beneath’ by Lama House (All From Epidemic Sound) Edited by Sophie Black at @triskellepictures You can also follow me and see my own sewing on Instagram: Your letters and cards are welcome at: 1 Northumberland Avenue Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5BW United Kingdom Please don’t send parcels - the fees to have them imported/forwarded to me are expensive! Contact me first if it’s something special or important. Thank you, thank you, to everyone who has sent something to me. It is deeply valuable to read your words in your own handwriting and hold them in my hands. It helps me to connect to who you really are, and what you really need from me. I read, enjoy and treasure every one. Thank you.