Embroidery and Needlework Links
(See also Applique and Quilting Links)
Atlantian Embroiderers' Guild
Regular Embroidery and Needlework Workshops in the Kingdom of Atlantia
Articles
A Stitch Out Of Time
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Works of the Needle: Some Artistic Currents in Cross-Cultural Exchange
Beginning Period Embroidery
Bibliography of Embroidery, Textiles and Weaving
Cross Stitch Embroidery in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Developing Your Own Pattern Book
Elizabethan Embroidery Resources
Embroidery Links
Fabrics, Laces, Embroidery and Colours for 17th century costuming
Heraldic Embroidery
Historical and Cultural Embroidery References
History of Embroidery
Mary [Stuart]'s Embroideries
Medieval Embroidery
Medieval and Renaissance Embroidery Homepage
Simply Embroidery
Transferring Embroidery Patterns to Fabric
Women Artists in the Middle Ages
Samplers
A Brief History of Samplers
Cross Stitch Embroidery in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
History of Embroidery Samplers
Sampler Collection
Sampler Motifs: The Stories and Meanings Behind the Symbols
Sampler Motifs: Their Meanings
Samplers Through the Ages
Period Examples: Ecclesiastical
Altar Frontal (Italy or Spain, about 1600)
The Annunciation (Constantinople, 8th-9th century)
The Annunciation (Moldavian workshop, c. 1638-1639)
Chasuble cross, Flisby church, Småland
Dalmatic (The Netherlands, 1570)
Long-Armed Cross Stitch Band, Germany, 15th Century
Embroidered Ecclesiastical Regalia at Christus Rex
Embroidered reliquary, Vadstena convent church, Östergötland, Sweden
Embroidered roundel, Biskopskulla church, Uppland, Sweden, late 12th century
Icelandic Altar Hanging
Old Russian Applied Art of the 14th - 17th Century
Panel made for the wedding of Massimiliano D'Asburgo and Marie de Bourgogne (15th century)
Two embroidered pianetti (albs?) from renaissance Italy: 1 and 2 (Italian)
Reynistadur Altar Frontal (Icelandic, 15th century)
Syon Cope at Women Artists in the Middle Ages and at the Catholic Encyclopedia
Period Examples: General
The Bayeux Tapestry Site
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Mathilde Connection
Blackwork Embroidery c. 15th-16th Century (coif)
Blackwork Gallery
Cushion, probably British, early 17th century
Elizabethan Seal Bags
A Survey of Elizabethan Coifs
Embroidered Bands, c. 12th-13th Centuries
Man's Gauntlets (England, 1610-20)
Embroidered Man's Hat England, c. 1600
Embroidered Seal Bags of 1319
Embroidery Picture Gallery (mostly 17th century)
14th and 15th Century German Counted Thread Embroidery
A 14th-15th century Embroidered Box from Westphalia (Germany)
A 14th-15th Century Embroidered Cushion from Westphalia (Germany)
Italian Parti-Colored Gown, c. 1360
Mary [Stuart]'s Embroideries
Queen Elizabeth's Seal Purse
16th Century Renaissance Fashion
Slips: Late 16th/Early 17th Century Embroidery
Textile Bookbinding (The Netherlands, 1615-1620)
Treasures of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Tudor and Elizabethan Coifs
Viking Embroidery
Miscellaneous Techniques and Patterns
Anglo-Saxon Embroidery Techniques
Assisi Work: Noah's Ark
Classic Stitches
Embroidery - ca 11th century
Embroidery Stitches
Johanna's Needlework Stitches
Medieval Embroidery: Some Charted Examples
Needlework and Textile Arts
The Needleworker
Needlework Home Page
Needlework Stitch Dictionary
Opus Anglicanum
A Stitch Out Of Time
Temari
12th Century Embroidery Patterns
Viking Embroidery Stitches and Motifs
Geffrey Whitney's A Choice of Emblemes (1586)
Blackwork
Blackwork Designs from 16th Century Sources
The Blackwork Embroidery Archive
Blackwork Embroidery c. 15th-16th Century (coif)
Blackwork Embroidery Project
Blackwork Explained
Blackwork for Beginners
The Blackwork Gallery
Blackwork Introduction
Elizabethan Arts: Sampler, Oak Leaf and Acorn, and a Coif
Elizabethan Embroidery Resources
Embroidered Coif
Fill-in Patterns from Sixteenth Century Blackwork Embroideries
A History of Blackwork Embroidery
Introduction to Blackwork
Jane Seymour's Blackworked Cuff
Lady Roxanne's Blackwork Article
On Blackwork
16th Century Blackwork Embroidery
Metal Thread Embroidery
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Metal Threads
Metal Thread and Purl Embroidery
Work from the "Current Middle Ages"
Almoner's Purse, French, c. 1340
The Bayeux Tapestry Finale
Cutwork Lace
Embroidered Coif
Embroidered Scroll
Embroidery of River Haven
Embroidery and Costuming by Lord Henry Percivale Kempe
Flemish Needle Painting by Betony ferch Meilyr ap Emrys
Handiwork by Mistress Hibrida Longhair
Lady Clare de Estepa's Medieval Embroidery Page
Laid and Couched Work by Betony ferch Meilyr ap Emrys
Metallic Embroidery by Betony ferch Meilyr ap Emrys
Purse and Pincushion
Textile Craft: Embroidery
Trapunto by Mistress Alysoun de Roos: Picture 1 and Picture 2
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon Embroidery Techniques
Celtic
Celtic Garb Ornamentation
China
Heavens' Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles
Traditional Chinese Culture in Taiwan: Embroidery
Germany
14th and 15th Century German Counted Thread Embroidery
A 14th-15th century Embroidered Box from Westphalia (Germany)
A 14th-15th Century Embroidered Cushion from Westphalia (Germany)
Long-Armed Cross Stitch Band, Germany, 15th Century
Iceland
Icelandic Altar Hanging
India
Shisha Mirror Embroidery
Italian
Italian Parti-Colored Gown, c. 1360
Trapunto by Mistress Alysoun de Roos: Picture 1 and Picture 2
Japan
Akita Ginsen Zaiku (Akita Silver Thread Embroidery)
Kaga Embroidery
Japanese Embroidery
Temari
Viking
Viking Embroidery
Viking Embroidery Stitches and Motifs
Stefan's Florilegium
The Bayeux Tapestry
Blackwork
Cross Stitch
Embroidery
Embroidery Frames
Favors
Stumpwork
Mailing Lists
Atlantian Embroiderers' Guild
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Blackwork
Early Design Books
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