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[[category:arts]]
[[category:embroidery]]
'''Embroidery''' is the use of needles and threads of varing thickness, with or without beads or other baubles, to lay down a logo or pattern onto [[fabric]] using various sewing stitches.

Embroidery is a great way to show off your [[device]]. It can also be used to decorate [[girdle]]s, [[sleeves]], [[bodice]]s, [[neckline]]s or [[pouch]]es.

=== Techniques / Styles ===
* [[Couching]]
* [[Opus Anglicanum]]
* [[Or Nue]]

* [[Cross stitch]]
* [[Blackwork]]
* [[Goldwork]]
* [[Stumpwork]]

=== Cultures ===
* Anglo-Saxon
** [[St Cuthbert Maniple and Stole]]
** [[Maaseik Embroidery]]

* [[Elizabethan embroidery]]

=== Links ===

* Medieval Embroidery Wiki - http://www.seedwiki.com/page.cfm?doc=MedievalEmbroidery&wikiid=2734&wpid=
* Victoria and Albert Museum Image Archive - http://images.vam.ac.uk/