English embroidery

Explore the art of English embroidery and get inspired for your next stitching project. Discover top ideas to create stunning embroidery designs with a touch of elegance.
A Saucy Stitch: A Vintage Embroidered Garden https://asaucystitch.blogspot.ca/2014/05/a-vintage-embroidered-garden.html Embroidered Garden, Haft Vintage, Tattoo Plant, Garden Embroidery, Hungarian Embroidery, Pola Sulam, Embroidery Transfers, Embroidery Patterns Vintage, Learn Embroidery

It's already a beautiful day here in the garden of England, although sadly I will be stuck to my pc all morning, bashing out an essay which is due in by lunchtime - arghhhhh!!! Before I hit the books, I wanted to show you this beautiful piece of embroidery that I found in a charity shop a few weeks ago. It was rather shrouded in a tatty old frame with dirty glass, but underneath was revealed this charming piece of vintage embroidery. This quintessential English cottage garden scene is my…

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❤°❦⊱•✿Karen Bartley✿•⊱❦°❤
English Embroidery, Jacobean Embroidery, I Am Learning, Contemporary Textiles, Thread Painting, Embroidery Needles, National Gallery, Embroidery Inspiration, Crazy Quilts

I visited the Exquisite Threads Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria on my recent trip to Melbourne. It was fabulous. Most items belong to the museum's collection. Visitors are allowed to take photos without flash - so I did. Items included some wonderful samplers, displayed using mirrors, so the backs can be seen, and with chairs provided so you can sit to read and view the detail. There is also a dress uniform. and a cope. There is a pair of embroidered leather gloves. The…

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Sabrina Broadaway
English Crewel Designs: 16th to 18th Century Elizabethan Blackwork, Antique Crafts, Historical Embroidery, Book Embroidery, Embroidery Theme, Embroidery Books, English Embroidery, Jacobean Embroidery, Crewel Embroidery Patterns

Keeping with the crewel embroidery theme, if you’re looking for source books for designs or inspiration for your own designs, I thought I’d show you a couple books currently available that focus on crewel designs. Keep in mind, though, that the designs are not necessarily only for crewel work. They’d all be equally adaptable to ...

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Renetta Mondragon
Old English Embroidery: Its Technique & Symbolism – NeedlenThread.com Crewel Embroidery, English Embroidery, Learning To Embroider, Embroidery Lessons, Hungarian Embroidery, Drawn Thread, Contemporary Embroidery, Hand Pictures, Embroidery Supplies

Time for a little mid-week delve into the history of embroidery by way of a fabulous little book available on Internet Archive for download. The book is called Old English Embroidery: Its Technique & Symbolism, by Frances and Hugh Marshall. If you’ve not come across this book before, and if you have an interest in ...

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Sonia Scott