Embroidery

Portal to Embroidery

Portal to Embroidery Projects

Canvas (Modern) – Painted Angel (2025) – I’ve never worked on actual painted canvas before, only modern preprinted. Time to unlock a new achievement. In-progress.

Canvas (Modern) – Butterfly in the Sky (2025) – In-progress. I have forgotten so much embroidery!

Counted (Modern) – Biscornu (2025) – This one is more about the shape and finishing techniques, than the actual embroidery. Completed.

Crewel (Modern) – Forever Friends (2025) – In-progress.

Cross-stitch (Modern) – Blue Cross-stitch Pillowcases and Dresser Scarfs (2025) – Completed.

Cross-stitch (Modern) – Christmas Ornaments (2025) – Completed.

Cross-stitch (Modern) – Various Decorations (2025) – Completed.

Free Embroidery and Beading – Elizabethan Assembly (2020) – In-progress.

Free Embroidery and Beading – Elizabethan Coif (2019-2020) – Started for a class on making a beaded coif.

Lacis – Lady’s Room Door Hanging (2004-present) – In-progress. Designed 2004, started 2011 and still in-progress in 2017.

Open Work – Drawn Thread Linen Towels (2017-present) – A often completed project related to largess since Linen Towels are easy to make.

Open Work – Smocked Apron Prizes (2016-present) – Prizes for the annual cooking competition I host in the Canton of Aire Faucon. All have drawn thread hemwork across the bottom. (Also recorded under Smocking.)

Smocking – Smocked Apron Prizes (2016-present) – Prizes for the annual cooking competition I host in the Canton of Aire Faucon. (Also recorded under Open Work.)

Portal to Blackwork

Basics of Elizabethan Freehand Blackwork Embroidery – Describes stitches and provides many pictures of period drawings and extent pieces.

Blackwork Embroidery Archives – a large pattern collection inspired by period patterns

Portal to Lacis

Portal to Embroidery Links: Lacis

Antique Pattern Library – This particular link points to their Filet/Lacis patterns. I don’t believe any are actually period, but I am really into Lacis so am saving this link for my own edification.

Project – Lacis Lady’s Room Door Hanging (2004-present)