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Booze and Madder: some embroidery experiments

Asking for beer at 9:30 a.m. raised a few eyebrows next door at the abbey. Assuring Friar Markus that it […]

This week, I have a goldwork embroidery tutorial for you inspired by a late 15th-century embroidered chasuble kept in the

When we looked at the embroidered chasuble from Fritzlar with the Virgo inter Virgines iconography last week, I was sure I would

Late last year, I visited the Domschatz of Fritzlar. This small museum displays several embroidered medieval textiles, which you can photograph

Today’s stitch tutorial is all about the white string we see in many medieval goldwork embroideries. This padding is often

It never ceases to amaze me that, after having studied medieval goldwork embroidery for quite some time now, I still

We will start the new year with an interesting chasuble I encountered at the Dommuseum Frankfurt. The chasuble features embroidery from

Last week, we looked at a mid-15th-century orphrey panel from Venice with an interesting goldwork background on silk. I’ve adapted

Last month, we looked at some early 15th-century embroidery from Venice, Italy. You can read about it here: the Cope of

FINALLY: three years and one month after I ordered the above title, it finally arrived a couple of days ago.