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 girdles, sleeves, bodices, necklines or pouches. It is promoted in Lochac by the Worshipful Company of Broiderers.

Techniques / Styles

• Couching
• Opus Anglicanum
• Or Nue
• Blackwork
• Goldwork
• Whitework
• Stumpwork
• Heraldic Embroidery
• Applique and Quilting
• Voided Work (Assisi and Reversa)

Cultures / Regions

• Anglo-Saxon embroidery
• Scandinavian
  • Icelandic embroidery
  • Swedish embroidery
  • Norweigian embroidery
  • Danish embroidery
• Elizabethan embroidery
• Coptic embroidery
• Middle Eastern embroidery
• Viking embroidery
• Russian embroidery
• Frankish embroidery
• Germanic embroidery

Stitches

• tent stitch
• back stitch
• cross stitch
• stem stitch
• split stitch
• detatched buttonhole
• chain stitch
• kloster stitch
• brick stitch
• satin stitch
• double-running stitch
• pattern darning
• couching

Extant Pieces

• St Cuthbert Maniple and Stole
• Maaseik Embroidery
• Bayeux Tapestry
• Syon Cope
• Malterer Hanging - 14th C

Misc

• Modelbuchs - printed pattern books

Links

• Victoria and Albert Museum Image Archive - http://images.vam.ac.uk/

• Historical Needlework Resources - http://medieval.webcon.net.au/index.html

• Machine Embroidery Designs - http://www.ahey-embroidery.com/