Elizabethan and Jacobean Embroidery Discussions (17)

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Thomas Trevelyon Embroidery patterns from 1608 available online

You know you're a geek when Elizabethan embroidery patterns make your pulse race!   For anyone interested in Thomas Trevelyon's 1608 Miscel…

Started by Kimberly Servello

15 Jan 31
Reply by Mattie

Crewel wool

I am interested in what wool your favorite is to do crewel embroidery in particular for long and short shading. What thread have you used?…

Started by Marjolein Mieras

18 Jan 24
Reply by Noelle Ferry

Silkwork Technique on Bishop's Cope

Hi everyone :-)   Looking at the gold cross (two shades of gold) and also at the wings of the dragon (green and yellow), you can see that t…

Started by Elmsley Rose

18 Nov 22, 2011
Reply by Elmsley Rose

Help! Name this stitch!

I have a bit of a conundrum. Chalk it up to my relative lack of embroidery experience, meaning not a classically trained background. I star…

Started by Kimberley Arnold Mitchell

16 Sep 11, 2011
Reply by Leigh Aldrich

Seed and Hopsack Ground for Jacobean work

OK, I won't be doing it for a couple of years, but I've been poking around, and fell in love with a Jacobean design http://www.australiann

Started by Elmsley Rose

0 Jun 23, 2011

Embroidered Frame on e-bay

Realizing that this is not specifically our period, this frame has some interesting ideas that we could easily adapt for Jacobean and Eliza…

Started by Kimberley Arnold Mitchell

0 Feb 28, 2010

Thistle Threads Online University

Thistle Threads will be offering three courses next year in their new online university. Floral Glove Needlecase Course Tudor and Stuart…

Started by Carol-Anne

5 Nov 19, 2009
Reply by Elmsley Rose

Pillow for needlelace - where to buy

I have been looking online to buy a pillow for making needlelace but can't find any in the U.S. -- just pillows for bobbin lace. I'm not ve…

Started by Janice Lee

1 Oct 28, 2009
Reply by Elmsley Rose

Trellis stitch mechanics

I am focusing on the trellis stitch just now, and am working my way through the different methods I have found for it. I was hoping that an…

Started by Kimberley Arnold Mitchell

12 Oct 27, 2009
Reply by Elmsley Rose

Help - Identify these flowers for me?! :-)

From a cushion cover at the V&A T.21-1923 (not that I can get it to come up) and also Figure 36 in Santina and Level (V&A Embroider…

Started by Elmsley Rose

25 Jul 15, 2009
Reply by Elmsley Rose

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