Today on the Stitchery Stories textile art and embroidery podcast, Sarah Rakestraw shares her story in fabric and gold threads! She is the founder and owner of Golden Hinde Goldwork, a specialist embroidery brand selling goldwork supplies, kits and also offering classes.

Sarah shares how she spotted an opportunity to grow her mum's love of goldwork into a family business. She was training to be a chartered accountant at the time. With her love of goldwork, and her head for business, and a lot of hard work, Golden Hinde Goldwork has flourished.

Susan Weeks chats with Sarah about:

• The excitement of her Goldwork embroidery book being published
• The benefit of goldwork kits as a way to develop skills
• Why cross-stitch is an excellent starting point for embroidery
• The range of wires and thread available for goldwork
• It doesn't have to be worked in Gold!
• Couching & Beading... we can all do that can't we?
• Enjoying meeting embroidery enthusiasts at the shows
• Making banners embellished with goldwork
• Building up the range of supplies stocked by Golden Hinde
• Expanding into blackwork and whitework
• Buying other embroidery supplies related businesses
• Encouraging & supporting beginners to develop goldwork skills

and much more...

For this episode... View Show Notes, Links & Examples of Sarah's work at https://stitcherystories.com/sarahrakestraw

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Visit: https://golden-hinde.co.uk/

Like: https://www.facebook.com/Golden-Hinde-Goldwork-Embroidery-170301689808514/

Look: https://www.instagram.com/goldenhindegoldwork/

Read: Glorious Goldwork by Sarah Rakestraw & Sue Hinde

Other guests mentioned in our chat:

Jen Goodwin

https://www.stitcherystories.com/jengoodwin/

Georgina Bellamy

https://www.stitcherystories.com/georginabellamy/

Anthea Godfrey

https://www.stitcherystories.com/antheagodfrey/

Other Artists mentioned:

Natalie Dupuis

https://www.instagram.com/sewbyhandmtl/