Historical embroidery patterns

This year was the first year that I had ever attended RUM (Royal University of the Midrealm held on November 22, 2014). I chose to teach an Intro to Blackwork Embroidery class while there. Overall, the class went extremely well. At first, there was some confusion as my class was scheduled in one room and ended up being placed in a classroom across the hall. With my class, I provided a binder for display that had various blackwork embroidery patterns (both historical and modern) as well as…

Anglo-Saxon cuffs. Wool yarn (Appletons Crewel) on wool ground worked in split stitch. Info: Anglo-Saxon Embroidery

Unknown. Design for a white-work embroidery pattern. British, 1810-1825

Embroidery – Medieval Clothing Research

Punched work looks like drawn thread work but it’s much quicker to make because you don’t actually have to draw out threads! 😀 Punched work – also called Rhodes embroidery, pierced work or four-sided stitch – is a pulled thread embroidery from the Edwardian era. Related: How To Make Drawn Thread Work Punched work is … Continue reading Edwardian Punched Work – Pulled Thread Embroidery →

A list of 50 historical types of whitework embroidery and needle lace, focusing mainly on primary sources from the Victorian & Edwardian era.

Eleonora di Toledo - Historical Embroidery Designs Set

Medieval embroidery

"Random Spot" sampler of isolated floral and animal motifs.