I think this is a good size for the cuff. There will be button holes for silver cufflinks, cut horizontally below the embroidery.

I did a whole mass of embroidery these yesterday and today, I'm very very pleased with this progress!

#sewing #embroidery #whitework #bunad

A photo of whitework embroidery in a round wooden frame. There's beginning satin stitch blocks in it, as well as a horizontal and vertical centre line basted with black thread running through the fabric piece. Underneath is a charted embroidery pattern.

I've framed up the actual fabric, after marking the center lines with basting thread. I'm starting with the kloster blocks. I don't know how big the cuffs are supposed to be. I guess I can decide myself 🤷‍♀️

The kloster blocks stitch up so quickly. Really fascinating.

#bunad #embroidery #whitework

We’re looking forward to this too!

Highlights include #foodhistorian Ivan Day talking about #Tudor #sweetmeats, Sarah Thursfield on #whitework #embroidery, Mally Ley on #silkwork & costume historian @ninyamikhaila.bsky.social who is always fascinating.

& it’s bargain price & you can attend online

White wedding flowers for collars. The 2nd from the left about broke my hands, but it’s very pretty 🫠

#irish #Victorian #crochet #thread #threadwork #irishcrochet #whitework #whitewedding #collars #weddings

White work embroidery panel for a baptismal garment. Completed nearly 10 years ago!

#embroidery #whitework #needlework #fiberarts #fiber #crafts #hobby

'Frozen flow (winter field)'
acrylic & graphite on Yupo, 4x6", 2025

#winterinnewengland #litchfieldhills #torringtonartsdistrict #torringtonct #torringfordhistoricdistrict #nwctartscouncil #nwhills #nwconnecticutarts #frozenflow #localartists #smallworks #suzanscott #artistseye #whitework

Really enjoyed stitching these fabulous whitework and drawn thread embroideries over the Christmas holidays, designed by the lovely Liz Almond of Sacred Geometry. xx #embroidery #whitework #drawnthreadwork #FibreArts #FiberArt

#greensleevesproject update!
Greensleeves' coif/kercher is completed. Exquisite work by Sarah Thursfield, with detailed #whitework & #cutwork #embroidery
greensleevesproject.uk
#tudor #tudors #historicaldress #16thCentury #elizabethan #textiles #materialculture
Supported by @antiquaries.bsky.social

Next project I'm giving a go... stumpwork! It's a really weird name for what is basically 3D embroidery. I'm excited to try it out with this kit I bought!

#stumpwork #whitework #embroidery

I am in awe of my amazing collaborators!
Sarah Thursfield's work so far on #Greensleeves' "kerchers of the best...wrought fine & gallantly"
Can't wait to see the finished kercher
#tudor #greensleevesproject #embroidery #tudors #whitework #coif #historicalneedlework
greensleevesproject.uk

1600-1625 Portuguese embroidery samples worked in blue, green, carnation pink, red, and yellow. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

1600-1625 Portuguese embroidery samples worked in black, blue, green, carnation pink, red, and yellow. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

1600-1625 Portuguese embroidery samples worked in monochrome blue, brown/black, green, and yellow, plus alternating pink and red, graduated shades of blue, red with blue accents, and green with red accents. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Samples of 17thC Portuguese whitework, including cutwork, drawn work, embroidery, and needle lace. Although there are extant examples of whitework from the 16thC on, it became enormously popular in 1620-1670. (Met Museum, New York) For more on whitework, see the Royal School of Needlework Stitch Bank at https://rsnstitchbank.org/technique/whitework

Posted by John McCafferty:
"Booklet of early #17thC Portuguese #embroidery & drawn work from metmuseum.org
Many small pieces of fabric...seamed together & loosely bound, to create a kind of glossary for a seamstress of coloured & monochrome openwork patterns. An amazing object" #whitework #lace