Bordado jacobean

A crewelwork embroidery project design size 20.5cm x 32cm Includes – 50 x 40 cm Printed linen twill panel – Full Project Instructions You Will Need

I promised to show you this, my crewel embroidery piece 'Tree of Life' started and completed in the mid 1970's. I recall it took me perhaps a couple of years, picking it up now and then between family and work commitments when we lived in Massachusetts. I bought it as a kit - complete with the skeins of wools in beautiful colors, printed Belgian linen, and stitch instructions - offered by one of the most admired American stitchery women ever, the late Elsa Williams. After a lengthy search…

I loved the blue linen that I used when I first set up this Jacobean “whitework” embroidery project. But since it is a discontinued fabric, and since I had some design tweaking I wanted to do, I decided to start over. I couldn’t find a blue linen I liked well enough that is suitable for ...

Learn to stitch Jacobean Embroidery with this technique guide

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Vintage kit stitched back in the 1970’s - it is still in good shape! Bucilla, I believe. #crewel #embroidery #needlework #stitchery…

After designing and doing most of the stitching of my RSN certificate Jacobean module, the end was in sight! By chatting to my fellow students, I learnt that the mounting would take about 1.5 days. So to be on the…