I’d wanted to visit Cambodia for a long time and in summer 2018 it actually happened. Once of the places we visited was the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh where I saw these fabulous gates and just had to snap a photo.

I’ve been wanting to make and embroidery based on this picture for a while. At first I tried printing the photo directly onto fabric but because I’d taken the photo on my iPhone the resolution wasn’t great. So instead I used a drawing app on my iPad to trace over the photo and create a line drawing. I got this printed on to fabric and it worked so much better.

Having seen so many beautiful gold Buddhas on my trip I knew that stitching in gold would be perfect and I love it!