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Patch it, mend it, or darn it—visible mending is hot! Transforming a worn piece of clothing with vibrant stitchwork offers a great way to show off your handspun yarn.

Medieval Egyptian Counted-Thread Embroidery - Pattern Darning Charts

This is the scheduled three-weekly post for the SAL that I’m doing with several other crafty blogs. I only just got this finished in time for the SAL post. I was doing the last bit of darning…

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To explore this embroidery, I adapted from ikat weaving patterns The details are given on my blog-www.jizee6687.wordpress.com

Back in 2009, I reviewed Luzine Happel’s book, Basic Principles of Schwalm Whitework, which, in my mind, is still The Definitive Guide on Schwalm whitework embroidery. Since then, Luzine has written quite a few books that have been translated into English, some of which I’ve reviewed – like Fancy Hems, a book on Early Schwalm ...

I had wanted an embroidered high-necked Hemd (smock/chemise) for years, but with a chest already full of Hemden, it never quite made it to the top of the list… The simple materials make this one is suitable for the middle-class German clothes I usually wear. Research and Design Textiler Hausrat (Zander-Seidel, 1990) notes that this […]

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