The Royal Wedding Dress

I was keenly interested to see the Royal wedding on Friday, with a special reason: I was privileged to be part of the team at the Royal School of Needlework, who created the lace for Catherine Middleton's dress, designed as everyone now knows by Sarah Burton. It was intricate work, and a beautiful design. I'm only just beginning to realise what a privilege it was to get to work on such a one-off project.

I had to make special arrangements to see the wedding as I have no television, while not letting on to my nearest and dearest my involvement until it was all over!

At left: my take on the applique lace: I used free-machining techiques to apply the lace.