A patriotic embroiderer was inspired by her grandchildren to complete her latest work in honour of the Queen’s jubilee celebrations.
Surbiton-based Swadesh Bhatia started working on the embroidery of Queen Elizabeth back in 2000 but got sidetracked and did not get started properly until the beginning of this year.
The 67-year-old has created embroidery pictures to mark past royal occasions including a design featured in the Kingston Guardian of Prince William on his sixteenth birthday. But in the months leading up to the jubilee the Surbiton resident had lost motivation for the work, until encouragement from her three grandchildren helped her to finish.
Mrs Bhatia, who also created an embroidery design to mark the death of Princess Diana, said her latest work, which took four months to complete, may be her last for a while. The retired civil servant said she is very much looking forward to the jubilee celebration as she has been a huge fan of the monarch since coming from India in 1970.
Comments
Post new comment