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Comment by Ann Johnson on October 15, 2012 at 12:23

This is so gorgeous.  Your colours and stitches are wonderful.

Comment by luiz vaz on September 12, 2012 at 21:21

Que bordado maravilhoso!

Comment by Lucia Rosa Martins on September 10, 2012 at 16:03

Lindo, Madalena!

Comment by Salmah Salim on September 8, 2012 at 23:34

Your stitching is also beautiful.

Comment by Lydia Stevenson on September 6, 2012 at 15:58

Gosh.. its lovely...do you have any close ups?

Comment by VijayaBhat on September 6, 2012 at 15:30

Beautiful and nice thought behind it.

Comment by Lorelei Halley on September 6, 2012 at 11:32

Nice design.  Interesting idea.

Comment by Deborah-Anne Odendaal on September 6, 2012 at 10:27

What lovely work Madalena

Comment by Connie Kusevskis on September 6, 2012 at 6:58

Gorgeous

Comment by Madalena Beja on September 6, 2012 at 6:23

Thank you Ladies:)

Yes, Queenie. We can say it is folklore romance. The "Valentine's" ( as I call it) or Lenços de Namorados, (as we say in portuguese) is a essencial part of the popular art and tradition in the North of Portugal (Minho region).

"Lenços de Namorados" are introduced as the most genuine poetic and artistic form used by the young girls of Minho to express thier feelings when they were about to reach the age of the marriage, and aspired to win their fiancés hearts. They were for most part square shaped linen or cotton made and embroidered according to the taste of each embroideress, as a part of the female attire they had other purpose: the proof of the embroideresses devotion towards the men they were in love. (www.adereminho/pt/site)

 

In other words:

Young girls used to stich it ("scribling" funny writting with lots of ortographic errors) and give it to their boyfriends-to-be. If the boy accepted the gift, they would start dating, otherwise...

This one in the pictures was a recent wedding gift, but usually as stitch Lenços de Namorados just for fun :)

 

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