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
• 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

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/