Liz Tapper -
hand embroiderer, designer & tutor

I am a professional hand embroiderer, having trained for three years at Hampton Court Palace as an apprentice at The Royal School of Needlework,

where I achieved a First Class qualification in 1998.

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During this time I was taught many different techniques of traditional and decorative hand embroidery, such as canvas stitches, canvas shading, crewelwork, blackwork, whitework, goldwork and silk shading, as well as many other techniques. I was also trained in the restoration and conservation of delicate

antique textiles and embroideries. 

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I have worked on commissions for Harrods, Lulu Guinness, Monsoon and for television, as well as for London Fashion Week and on numerous private commissions. My work has been featured on the BBC and the interview can be seen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-60439717

 

I design my own embroidery kits & embroidered art, which are sent all over the world, work on a wide range of commissions and give talks and teach for the Royal School of Needlework, affliated Embroiderers’ Guild branches and other embroidery groups, as well as running my own private classes both in person and online.  

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I live in Somerset in the UK and am a Member of the Somerset Crafts Guild, the Society for Embroidered Work, the Heritage Crafts Association and a Fellow of the Royal School of Needlework.