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'''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 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. |
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Revision as of 01:32, 11 November 2007
bocchi 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
- 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
- Atlantian A&S Links: Embroidery & Needlework - http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=56
- Historical Needlework Resources - http://medieval.webcon.net.au/index.html
- Victoria and Albert Museum Image Archive - http://images.vam.ac.uk/
- Machine Embroidery Designs - http://www.ahey-embroidery.com/
- Embroidery Designs Shop- http://www.embroidery-designs-shop.com/
