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Showing posts with label blackwork. Show all posts
Friday, December 23, 2011

Variations on a Holly Theme

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           "Again at Christmas did we weave The holly round the Christmas hearth; The silent snow possessed th...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

And The Stockings Were Hung.....

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  Lo, Now is come the joyful’st feast  Let every man be jolly,  Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. ...
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Saturday, October 8, 2011

On First Looking Into Hatton's Herbal Handbook

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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one autumnal face... John Donne (poet 1572-1631) Recently a friend reco...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Early 17th Century Block printing on Linen for Embroidery

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I looked around a bit more on the Victoria & Albert museum site and found some other linen pieces that the V&A states were block pri...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Exciting Update about Trevelyon 1608 Miscellany

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Thomas Trevelyon embroidery patterns now available online! The other day I posted about the Trevelyon 1608 Miscellany reprint availabl...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Sir Christopher Hatton's Shirt

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Being the story of how Sir Christopher Hatton's shirt came to be in my closet..... Long ago and far away, before the invention of ...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Pomegranates & Peas Purse - Speckling Stitch

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***Please Note:  A kit to make this purse is available on my etsy shop, Baroque Embellishments.*** I designed this purse for a class I t...
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