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Category Archives: Embroidery styles
Hmong embroidery I: Geometric cross-stitch
Today I have two embroidery pieces to share, both very detailed geometric cross-stitch designs. My parents bought these in Thailand at the Chiang Mai Night Market in the mid-eighties (they had an awful lot of fun in the mid-eighties, as … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-stitch, Embroidery around the world
Tagged cross-stitch, embroidery, hill tribe, hmong, hmong-american, laos, minnesota, st paul, thailand
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Colcha embroidery
Recently I discovered another style of embroidery: Colcha embroidery is a traditional New Mexican wool-on-wool embroidery using the colcha stitch. It dates to the Spanish colonial era (colcha is also Spanish for quilt). When I investigated further, I discovered the … Continue reading
O Canada
I was thinking. My philosophy of embroidery is: I know how to doggie paddle so why not jump in the deep end? Sink or swim, y’all! If I get stuck then I desperately hope that Needle ‘n Thread can bail … Continue reading
Drawn thread embroidery
Today I found you a (free!) beautiful 19 page tutorial on drawn thread work from the Heritage Shoppe. This shows you, in detail with many photos, how to do the work in this picture. It’s a type of embroidery where … Continue reading
Kalaga: Burmese angels dancing
This is a kalaga, from Burma (Myanmar), which my parents bought in the mid-eighties. Traditionally, there are padded figures in the middle, and they are heavily embroidered with sequins and other decorations. In this piece, the figures are five dancing … Continue reading
Posted in Bead embroidery, Embroidery around the world
Tagged bead embroidery, Burma, embroidery, kalaga, Myanmar, sculptured embroidery
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Talliaferro Designs
I am very very excited to announce that I found a brand new line of crewel embroidery designs by Anna Garris Goiser from Virginia (USA)! So brand new that the chartpacks are in fact being written right now. The Royal … Continue reading
Hardanger
This is a type of Norwegian embroidery, popular also in the northern midwest USA. It’s very geometric with lots of square eyelets and lacy fillings. Nordic Needle’s specialty is hardanger, and they provide an extensive overview of the topic, lots … Continue reading
Singapore: Chinese embroidery
Look what I got for Christmas! My parents bought this in Singapore in the mid-eighties. It’s definitely from the Chinese tradition, and probably created in Singapore itself. Sorry about the flash reflection in the glass. This is partially painted and … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery around the world, Surface embroidery
Tagged Chinese embroidery, embroidery, Singapore
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Bird Brocade II
So, I’ve been stitching up a storm in the last week. You can see the last report in the earlier post Bird Brocade. As a reminder, I am keeping the colors and designs from the kit, but inventing my own … Continue reading
Posted in Crewel, My work
Tagged crewel, Elsa Williams, embroidery, Jacobean, Janlynn, kits
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Balinese legong dancer
I finished the Rowandean cat, so that means I can start another project. Technically, this is double-counting since I started the Bird Brocade crewel project on the basis that I was almost done with the cat, but whatever. This post … Continue reading
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