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.

Techniques / Styles

• Couching
• Opus Anglicanum
• 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/