Tent stitch: Difference between revisions

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Tent stitch was a popular and easy to work embroidery stitch used extensively for creating richly decorated furnishings.

There were two main techniques:

The first was made using tent stitch, silk thread and linen ground. The pattern was drawn on the ground and it was then embroidered using coloured silk threads. The whole of the linen ground was covered in stitching. This technique was used extensively for furnishings such as table carpets, cushions and bed valances.

The second technique was the making of slips; tent-stitched flowers and other figures that were cut from the linen ground and appliqued to another fabric, often velvet.

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+[[image:crown.jpg|thumb|right|Tent Stitch on [[linen]] [[canvas]]]]
-Tent stitch was a popular and easy to work stitch used extensively for creating richly decorated furnishings. A famous example of these are the Oxburgh Hangings, partly worked by Mary, Queen of Scots.
+'''Tent stitch''' was a popular and easy to work [[embroidery]] stitch used extensively for creating richly decorated furnishings.
+There were two main techniques:
-=== External Links ===
+* The first was made using tent stitch, [[silk]] thread and [[linen]] ground. The pattern was drawn on the ground and it was then embroidered using coloured [[silk]] threads. The whole of the linen ground was covered in stitching. This technique was used extensively for furnishings such as [[table carpet]]s, cushions and bed valances.
+* The second technique was the making of [[slips]]; tent-stitched [[flower]]s and other figures that were cut from the [[linen]] ground and [[applique]]d to another fabric, often [[velvet]].
+=== External Links ===
 * How to do Tent Stitch - http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/98-02.htm
+[[category:embroidery]]
+* [http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=447 Atlantian A&S Links: Canvaswork]