Sarah Rakestraw is the owner of the online embroidery store, Golden Hinde.  She has been teaching embroidery for over 25 years and is an expert in her field, she has taught in many different settings to different skill levels, from taster classes at the likes of the knitting and stitch show to full week long retreats. 

Sarah has also taught for Lady Anne’s Needlework where she has taught a goldwork book, which involved samples of lots of threads and wires. In 2023 she taught Lady Margaret’s Pin Cushion, these were all taught online. 

Having developed her expertise over so many years, Sarah is delighted to launch the Golden Hinde Academy in December 2023.

Summer camp is a BRAND NEW way to create an embroidery project online and is not available anywhere else.
During August 2024 YOU will have the opportunity to receive a weekly online tutorial to follow along and enjoy creating your own “Summer Cocktail.”

Summer Camp starts in August 2024 and will run throughout the month. 
Your Membership Login will enable you to access the course through a specially created dashboard.

You’ll receive a heads up at the end of July reminding you we are starting. You can join the online community straight away by clicking the link in this website’s footer.

Each module will be uploaded separately.
If you are going away, don’t worry, you will still get all the course with lifetime access.

After payment you will receive an email with a log in.
When you log in you will see a dashboard and there is a button ‘My Courses.”
Click on that button and you will be directed to the courses page where you will see the Summer Camp course waiting for you.

When you have joined the Course you will see an option on the course page called “Materials.”
Click this page to learn what you need and purchase a pack in advance.

Inside the Academy there are projects for all levels. If you are just starting out, you will find lots of really helpful reference guides and videos. For those with more experience, our projects will give you new inspiration.

If you join as an Annual member you will receive 10% off your material and accessory purchases.
Golden Hinde, and Golden hinde embroidery academy are 2 different companies so the websites are not directly linked. The team at Golden Hinde run both websites. Golden Hinde are able to offer you 10% off all purchases made on the website www.golden-hinde.co.uk in order to claim the discount you must register an account with the same email address that you have used to register/login on Golden Hinde Embroidery Academy (This is for audit purposes) we will manually upgrade your account on the shop site when we can match you up. 

The Balloon project is a six month Goldwork project only included in memberships purchased prior to 1 September 2024.  All the course modules were recorded live and then available for later viewing and can be found on your dashboard under “Embroidery Projects.”

Your membership payment is taken securely via the payment processor, Stripe. 

We will be very sad to see you go, but we understand that on-line courses are not for everyone. If you decide to cancel your account this must be done on your dashboard. You must be logged in and you will see my membership, here you can renew, change or cancel your subscription. Any cancellation must be done via your account (we are unable to action this via email or telephone) any cancellation will take effect immediately for Summer Camp or at the end of your current paid term if you are a member. 

If you prefer face to face teaching Golden Hinde do hold retreats 3 times a year which can be booked via our sister site www.golden-hinde.co.uk we would love to see you there.