Oldest embroideries
Embroidery from the 10th century
Embroidery from the 11th century
Embroidery from the 12th century
- More medieval embroidery
- Exhibition: L'art en broderie au moyen age 2
- New eBook: long-armed cross-stitch counted thread embroidery from the Middle Ages
- Diocesan Museum of St Afra
- Byzantine splendour in Eichstätt: the chasuble of St Willibald
- The Uta-chasuble: an embroidered relic from the 12th-century
- More on the little golden tubes used in 12th century Palermo, Sicily
- The Complete Emperor's Clothes
Embroidery from the 13th century
Embroidery from the 14th century
- Regensburger Domschatz: medieval Paraments
- The medieval beaded Antependium from Cheb, Czech Republic
- Tridentine Diocesan Museum
- Exhibition: L'art en broderie au moyen age I
- Exhibition: L'art en broderie au moyen age 2
- Exhibition: L'art en broderie au moyen age 3
- Medieval embroidery at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum
- Late medieval thimbles
- A rare Medieval Vestment: the Rationale
- Opus Anglicanum in Belgium
- Medieval Embroidery in Görlitz part III
- Medieval Embroidery in Görlitz part II
- A 14th century Antependium from Vienna
- Another Antependium from Königsfelden
- Embroidery techniques on the Grandson Antependium
- The Grandson Antependium
- Spectacular 14th century embroidery from Cologne
- Musical angels: Mid-14th century and 2nd quarter 15th century embroidery from Cologne
Embroidery from the 15th century
- Bavarian National Museum: late medieval chasubles
- Bavarian National Museum: golden dragon
- Regensburger Domschatz: medieval Paraments
- Medieval secrets in gold thread and silk
- A textile road-trip to Northern Italy
- The embroidered Heaven
- Medieval embroidery @ Dommuseum Fulda
- Beautiful goldwork embroidery from Romania
- Gold threads and paintings in silk: Velvets and embroidery from the Gothic era and the Renaissance
- Exhibition: L'art en broderie au moyen age 3
- Saint John and his identical twin: mass production of goldwork orphreys in the late-medieval period
- Kölner Borte: What are they?
- How a particular nativity scene went viral in the Middle Ages
- The use of fresh-water pearls in medieval embroidery
- Late medieval thimbles
- Medieval embroidery in Görlitz part I
- Similarities between Orphreys from Catharijneconvent and those on the Vestments of the Golden Fleece
- Similarities between Orphreys from Catharijneconvent and those on the Vestments of the Golden Fleece II
- The CIETA conference at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich
- Musical angels on a stunning chasuble from the Diocesan Museum Freising
- More 'measles' from medieval Venice
- Remnants of the splendid cope of Pope Gregory XII (AD c. 1335-1417)
- Venetian embroidery from the mid-15th century
- Musical angels: Mid-14th century and 2nd quarter 15th century embroidery from Cologne
- An all female affair: late 15th century embroidery from Central Germany
- Do we collectively lose embroidery techniques and standards?
- From Cologne to Frankfurt: the Schlosser vestment set
- Le-Puy-en-Velay: the Cougard-Fruman Collection
- The life of Mary in embroidery
Embroidery from the 16th century
- Bavarian National Museum: Lauinger Fürstengruft
- Bavarian National Museum: late medieval chasubles
- Bavarian National Museum: golden dragon
- Regensburger Domschatz: post-medieval Paraments
- Medieval secrets in gold thread and silk
- The embroidered Heaven
- Medieval embroidery @ Dommuseum Fulda
- Beautiful goldwork embroidery from Romania
- Gold threads and paintings in silk: Velvets and embroidery from the Gothic era and the Renaissance
- Late medieval thimbles
- Another John and his identical twin
- The Stitching: comparing the face and hands
- The Stitching: comparing the clothing
- The Stitching: comparing the or nue
- Textile sculptures from the early 16th century
- Halberstadt & Lübeck: must-visit medieval textile collections
- The golden vestments in Bern
- Musical angels on a stunning chasuble from the Diocesan Museum Freising
- A lone cope hood from the V&A: part 2
- A lone cope hood from the V&A
- Medieval embroidery remniscent of the art of Anne Geddes
Embroidery from the 17th century
- Bavarian National Museum: Lauinger Fürstengruft
- Regensburger Domschatz: post-medieval Paraments
- A textile road-trip to Northern Italy
- Finding a 'mistake'
- Linen Vestments from Tyrol
- Ecclesiastical embroidery at Moni Arkadi
- The embroidered Heaven
- China: Dragon robes
- China: embroidered rank badges
- Overpowering Bling: the Dommuseum in Fulda
- Beautiful goldwork embroidery from Romania
- Tridentine Diocesan Museum
- Being stalked in a Museum ...
- Renaissance embroidery at the Rüstkammer, Dresden
- The CIETA conference at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich
Embroidery from the 18th century
- Bavarian National Museum: late 18th century embroidery
- Regensburger Domschatz: 18th century Paraments
- Need help with a flea market find
- Georgian silk sampler
- Ecclesiastical embroidery at Moni Arkadi
- The embroidered Heaven
- China: Dragon robes
- China: embroidered rank badges
- Overpowering Bling: the Dommuseum in Fulda
- Museum der Schwalm, Schwalmstadt
Embroidery from the 19th century
- Regensburger Domschatz: 19th century Paraments
- Exhibition with lots of beautiful needlework on display
- The Textile Museum in Mindelheim
- Ecclesiastical embroidery at Moni Arkadi
- The Historical Museum of Crete, Heraklion
- Band samplers: the pronkrol
- China: Dragon robes
- China: embroidered rank badges
- One beaded Antependium leading to another!
- Museum der Schwalm, Schwalmstadt
Embroidery from the 20th century
- Chasubles: Leo Peters and Art Nouveau
- Embroidered postcard from 1939
- Goldwork flea market find
- The Textile Museum in Mindelheim
- Federkielstickerei
- An antique embroidered towel cover (with downloadable cross-stitch pattern)
- Stitched or woven; that's the question
- The embroidered Heaven
- China: Dragon robes
- China: embroidered rank badges
- A festive dress from the Sinai
- Zardozi embroidery from India
- Another little black goldwork clutch
- Inclusion or 'we have come a long way'
- Museum der Schwalm, Schwalmstadt
- Ethnic embroidery from China
Embroidery from the 21th century
(Embroidery) Techniques
Appenzell whitework
Bead Embroidery
Boutis Embroidery
Cross Stitch
- Folk costume: Bavarian braces
- Bavarian braces finished and a little Maths
- Trachtensticken and the importance of education
- Almost finished...
- Embroidered pebble and other small projects
- Commissions
- Another Bavarian Hosenträger
- Embroidery plans with a herbal theme
- A very happy customer
- Embroidery on mesh food covers
- An antique embroidered towel cover (with downloadable cross-stitch pattern)
- Easter egg by Riolis design
- Pumpkins in my cupboard
- Cute embroidered mice from 'Just Nan'
- Vintage Fallahi embroidery from Sinai
Federkielstickerei
Glazig Embroidery
Goldwork
- Make it your own!
- New Goldwork project: Saint Laurence
- Update on St Laurence
- Progress on St. Laurence after six days of stitching
- St. Laurence's face and hands
- St. Laurence: the background
- Progress on St. Laurence
- St. Laurence: well done ...
- New Goldwork Project: Pope Francis
- Pope Francis: part II
- Pope Francis: part III
- Pope Francis: the big reveal!
- Pope Francis: part IV
- Pope Francis: part V
- New project: On the shores of St Nick
- Fudging it medieval style
- Progress: On the shores of St. Nick
- Epigraphy in medieval textile art part I
- Epigraphy in medieval textile art part II
- Epigraphy in medieval textile art part III
- Epigraphy in medieval textile art part IV
- On the shores of St. Nick: an update
- Wilhelmina beetle
- Interplay of silk, linen and goldthread
- Beetles for my mum
- Exciting experiments part I
- Exciting experiments part II
- Stitching St Nick
- On the Shores of St Nick: progress
- Starting a new project (orphrey background)
- Burden Stitch re-visited
- Progress on my orphrey background
- Recreation of the 'Angel Choir' finished
Needle binding
Needlepoint or Canvaswork
Schwalm white work
- Stitched Nativity: Melchior and co.
- Tutorial: How to stitch a Schwalm Shepherd?
- Finished stitched Nativity.
- Stitched Nativity
- Embroidered bits and bobs
- Mountains and fish
- Eye candy Monday
- Schwalm meets stumpwork
- Tutorial: How to load-up your Dandelyne mini-hoop
- Finishes and a free embroidery pattern
- Creating modern pieces with heritage skills
- Embroidered Nativity
- Collaboration with LoveCrafts.com
Silesian white work with Hirschberg lace
Silk shading
Stumpwork
Surface Embroidery
- Millie Marotta's Fox embroidered
- Fox progress and a yummy donation
- Real foxes and a lot of mayhem
- Mary Corbet's Stitch Sampler Alphabet
- Tutorial: embroidered children's bookmarks
- Police interest in THE fox
- Finished: Millie Marotta's fox
- Make it your own!
- Black Board Quote: stitched
- Tutorial: Ukrainian figure-of-8-stitch
- Victorian 'Mice' Etui
- Embroidered pebble and other small projects
- Commissions
- And the winner is ...
- A happy blue snail
- Tutorial: Monogram Stencils
- Stitch Along: Carolyn Pearce
- A textile road-trip to Northern Italy
- Strawberry Fayre: part 1
- Embroidery on mesh food covers
- Strawberry Fayre: part 2 the flowers
- Strawberry Fayre: part 3 the leaves
- Strawberry Fayre: the Strawberries?
- Strawberry Fayre: inner Hearts
- Plumetis-Express Monogram
Tambour Embroidery
Tenntrådsbroderier
Book Reviews
- English Medieval Embroidery: Opus anglicanum
- Book review: RSN Raised Embroidery
- Book review: Embroidered Cats Hiroko's Style
- Palestinian Fallahi embroidery: a book review
- Pattern darning from Norway: a book review
- A doctoral thesis from 1948 on the late Gothic embroideries from the Netherlands.
- Book review: One Needle, One Thread: Miao (Hmong) embroidery and fabric piecework from Guizhou, China
- Book review: The Goldwork Masterclass
- Book review: The lost art of the Anglo-Saxon world. The sacred and secular power of embroidery.
- Book review: Clothing the clergy
- Book review: Paramente in Bewegung
- Traditional Icelandic Embroidery
- Book review: Kaisergewänder im Wandel
- Book review: Opus Anglicanum; a practical guide
- Book review: Die Bamberger Kaisergewänder unter der Lupe
- Book review: Clothing the Past
- Book review: The Bologna Cope
- The emperor's last clothes
- Panni tartarici: Liturgische Gewänder des Mittelalters aus St. Nikolai in Stralsund
- Book review: The embroidered altar piece from El Burgo de Osma
- Book review: Die Bamberger Kaisergewänder im Wandel - kunsttechnologische und materialwissenschaftliche Aspekte
- Book review: Fashion for God
- Book review: Art of Gold Embroidery
- Book review: The Art of Gold Embroidery in Uzbekistan
Gold Threads
Silk Threads
Medieval Embroiderers
- Whodunit? 15th-16th century embroiderers
- Medieval silk embroiderers from Munich
- Embroidery Scandal in AD 1544-50
- A list of embroiderers from AD 1425
- Can you stitch in Winter?
- Image and reality: embroiderers in the medieval period
- Size matters: Experiments with Elisabeth
- Whodunit? A list of medieval embroiderers from historical sources
Iconography
Other Topics
- Arts and Crafts movement: Liberty Silks
- Johann Merkenthaler: Monogram King of Nürnberg
- Textile Tours of Paris
- Pattern transfer: enigma of the silverpoint
- Amazing online resource
- Why academic standards are important
- My new home or what my studio looks like
- What size slate frame to buy
- Embroiderers' Guild of America
- Join the Medieval Embroidery Study Group
- International Festival of Gold Embroidery, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Tutorials
- Tutorial: Monogram Stencils
- Tutorial: Ukrainian figure-of-8-stitch
- Tutorial: embroidered children's bookmarks
- Tutorial: How to stitch a Schwalm Shepherd?
- Tutorial: Ajour +Couching = Appenzeller Lääteli
- Tutorial: How to load-up your Dandelyne mini-hoop
- Tutorial: Appenzeller fine whitework: how to make a Böllerli
- Tutorial: Oh, but I don't read (fill in a language) ...
- Video Tutorial: Setting up a slate frame
- Stitch Sample: Medieval Marigolds
- Recreating an ornate goldwork border from 15th century Venice
- Goldwork Tutorial: Venetian Floral
- Tutorial: Pearl-edged Nimbus
- Tutorial: a fancy border with triangles
- Tutorial: A Dutch column made in Cologne?
- Tutorial: Uzbek Gold Embroidery
- Tutorial: Lazy Grapes; cutting corners like a pro
- Tutorial: Sampler Motif Needle Minders with a Beaded Edge