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| Late 16th / 17th century. A blackworked bee. The tape that you can see at the side of the picture is marked every eigth of an inch. Click on the photo for a larger picture. |
| Blackwork, late 16th / early 17th century. A pattern taken from an extant linen shirt. The tape at the left of the main photo is marked in eights of an inch. |
Somebody at Tewkesbury a few weeks ago looked very closely at this, and assumed
it was machine sewn. I suppose I should take that as a compliment?? But no, it's all
done by hand (my hand as it happens....).
Click on the pics for a better view.
it was machine sewn. I suppose I should take that as a compliment?? But no, it's all
done by hand (my hand as it happens....).
Click on the pics for a better view.
| Blackwork, 16th / 17th century. Another piece of blackwork... This one was also assumed to have been done by machine. Again, nope, all hand stitched. Click on the picture for a much better view. |
| 17th century. This is a salamander, embroidered in stem stitch, in naturally dyed woollen thread. Again all hand done, and click on pictures for better views! |
| 17th century Taken from a design on a shift in the V&A museum. This is a tiny embroidery of a dragon. The priginal is bigger - I was just playing! You can seethe tape in the picture to the left marked in eights of an inch. Embroidered in pink silk threads, in backstitch. Again, all hand done, and click the photos for larger versions. |
| 17th Century Another 17th century embroidery taken from a shift. This one is in darkish red silk, and entirely executed in backstitch. As ever, click the photos for a better look. NB - apologies for staining in the picture - this is one of the samples I take out with me when I have a stall at outdoor fayres, and has been through a lot!! |
| Regency This is a pattern taken from the sleeve of a regency dress. I have changed the colours slightly from the original version. This is stitched using stem stitch and satin stitch, using silks and metallic threads. It is embroidered onto cotton muslin, as per the original. You should have got the hint by now about clicking on the picture..... |
| Modern This is a modern piece - which is on the front of a lavender bag that I made. Again, entirely done by hand (it would be since this is the hand embroidery page) - this time in satin stitch and backstitch. |
| Modern As the big letter 'L' might give away, this adorns the same pair of lavender pouches as the floral spray above. Again, it's all done in satin stitch and backstitch |
| Modern Ok, it's modern because it's entirely in gold metallic thread, with freshwater seed pearls, and sewn on handwoven silk dupion. But, yes, it is a historical design - 16th century, taken from an extant piece of embroidery (blackwork, to be precise, if you hadn't worked it out!) |
