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From an old, long out-of-print Italian book on beautiful monogram embroidery. It includes some of the best examples of this type of work I've ever seen. Many of these pieces were ebroidered for royal and titled families over the last century, hence the use of crowns in quite a lot of the work. The text is in italian.
Rarely I make two of the same, often I cannot do it, but these two turned out well. I have been away from Flickr for a long time due to some damage in my home. I am now exited to work on and present new things.
Young girl working in an embroidery factory in Suzhou; this was one of those places where it would have been nearly impossible to enter without the help of our friends. Except for the unheated rooms, the working conditions were good and the payment acceptable(between that of a usual factory worker and the salary of a university teacher). They worked in daylight only as it would be impossible to choose the right colors under bad light! One piece of such embroidery can take up to one year time for more than one embroiderer and cost up to 10,000 Euro. The market is for the new-rich Chinese and for the government.
This vintage linen mat is hand embroidered with roses. I have digitally paired it with a hand colored photograph of a young woman by Bachrach Studios, Baltimore.
In Tam Coc embroidery is a tradition. For many hours a day women, from very young girls right up to the very old, create wonderful napskins to be offered on spot, but mainly to be exported to the west. Work is very cheap here.
also available as brooches if you'd prefer. all of these are sold now but i'm still taking custom orders - get one in your favourite colour!
the lady who sold me this said it was handmade in Jordan by disabled people; don't know if this is true, but I Iove it.
My favorite part!
Quilt pattern inspired by the beautiful work of Mle BB for the Urban Home Good swap.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
Tree Of Life.
Hand embroidered by my Mum for her granddaughter Ellie.
(I'm not sure what the marks are - I think it's reflection from the window!)
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
by William Butler Yeats
This lovely doesn't have a name yet, but I would love if you had a suggestion or two!
**My original embroidery design for machine embroidery**
I'm really having fun with my embroidered mandalas, can't wait to get more inspiration from this book I got this week!