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Free Give Away - Darning Sampler Booklet 26 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm
This sweet catalogue of darning samplers was produced by Erna Hiscock some years ago and is full of little images of darning samplers of every kind - Quaker, Norfolk School and school exercises. Simpl...
The Holy Roman Emperor's Bonnet * Château d'Écouen Renaissance Museum 25 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
Until sold at auction in 1836, this embroidered linen bonnet was kept in the Treasury of the Cathedral of Basle and was accompanied by a signed parchment stating that it belonged to Charles V Emperor....
Michele Walker @ West Dean College * Sashiko Furoshiki * 20-23 October 2013 24 Aug 2013 | 04:49 pm
Sashiko Furoshiki are square-shaped pieces of cloth used for carrying gifts in Japan. Using the sashiko method of stitching pieces of cloth together, course participants will make hand sewn compositio...
Michele Carragher * Supreme Embroiderer of Game of Thrones 23 Aug 2013 | 10:19 pm
It is Linda's granddaughter, Jenn, who is about to take up a design internship with Michael Kors in New York (Good Luck, Jen) who is to be thanked for drawing our attention to the fabulous embroidery ...
Joan Sallas & The Gentle Art Of Napkin Folding 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Possibly like me you may have dabbled in a bit of napkin folding yourself for that special dinner party. I learnt to make napkin waterlilies as a child and somehow never quite forgot though the practi...
Diane Pelham Burn's 47 Sampler Lots For Auction @ Dreweatts, Donnington Priory * 30 August 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
The late Diane Pelham Burn was a lecturer and writer on needlework and thimbles. Her sampler collection represents a foremost passion, and evidences a lifetime of interest in the subject.The daughter ...
Saved By Mud - The 14th Century Anjou Textile * Castle Museum * Budapest 20 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
In a well nearly 14 metres deep in the grounds of the former Teleki Palace archaeologists searched a 5 meters thick layer of mud. At the bottom were coins minted 1390 and 1427. Some 10 metres down, ap...
Samplers @ Holdsworth House 19 Aug 2013 | 11:21 pm
About a year ago I booked a Yorkshire mansion for a special family gathering in Yorkshire and we were all looking forward to spending time together and celebrating a special birthday. You can imagine ...
Schifanoia Jigsaw 2 - Free Jigsaw Download 18 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
This is the second jigsaw from the Salone dei Mesi in the Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara and is an allegory for the Month of April. Here can be seen young women and men coming out when the sun begins t...
Old Bleach Linens * Ireland 17 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
While rereading some of my early embroidery journals, I came across these adverts for a linen company that was still marketing their traditional cloths in 1955 and I was thrilled to see that they were...
