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An interview with… Amy Burt

We chatted to Amy Burt about high fashion for the famous, her life spent teaching at Hampton Court and how her new embroidery book Stitch came together…

Hi Amy! Tell us how you first got into stitching and embroidery…

I was really lucky to have two talented grannies. Both were amazing at needlework, Granny Martyn was an amazing patchwork quilter and Grannie Burt was a talented seamstress (and cuddly toy maker). At school I studied Textiles for GSCE and got my

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