TAPESTRIES created by a Royal needleworker to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta are go on display in Kendal throughout November.

Next year will be the milestone anniversary of the sealing of the historical document and eight completed pieces created to mark the occasion will be on display at the Quaker Tapestry Museum for the next month.

The designs have been sewn by Royal embroiderer, Rhoda Nevins - one of the needleworkers who helped embroider the Duchess of Cambridge's wedding dress - and will be seen by thousands of people next year as part of anniversary celebrations.

This is the first time such a collection will visit the North West.

"It is lovely to have eight of the twelve tapestries here as well as Rhoda Nevins to talk about them at the launch event,” said museum manager, Bridget Guest.

“The panels produced by Rhoda and her team are beautifully done and this exhibition presents a rare opportunity for people in the North of England to see them at a local venue.”

Rhoda and her team have been working around the clock to make sure the panels are ready in time. Work began on the first one in 2012 and the last one is due to be finished next May.

The panels on show in Kendal include four dedicated to each Magna Carta Trust town: Bury St Edmunds, St Albans, Runnymede and Canterbury.

A further panel depicts the shields of the 25 barons who were present at the sealing and three other panels show the involvement of the Commonwealth and British Empire countries.

Each panel is embroidered using appliqué techniques with silk fabrics and gold threads.

It has been created to mark next year's anniversary, which recognises the Magna Carta as one of Britain’s most important historical

documents, and a symbol of national values, which provided the foundations on which British laws and principles are based.

Events to celebrate the sealing of the Magna Carta are being held throughout the world and it is estimated the tapestries will eventually have been seen by thousands of people.

“The ‘tapestries’ as we call them are actually embroidered panels made in a similar style to the museum’s own 77 Quaker tapestry panels,” added Bridget.

“It’s also a lovely coincidence that Rhoda attended a Quaker school and her grandparents were Quakers too."

The exhibition will run between November 1 and 29. For more information visit www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk