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How to make gold gimp?

German medieval embroideries are often characterised by a composite thread not seen elsewhere: gold gimp. This is a relatively thick piece of […]

This blog post is taking way longer to write than I intended. Sorry, I fell down a rabbit hole. And

Last week, Sabine Ullrich, curator of the Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg, invited me to view a chasuble cross in storage. To my delight, Sabine

Professional embroidery is very different from hobby embroidery. Sometimes, hobbyists remark that the back of my embroidery isn’t very neat.

Let’s delve into the fascinating world of a unique embroidery crafted around AD 1500 in the Middle Rhine Area. This

My embroidered recreation of the ‘Angel Choir’ is finished. It is based on a chasuble cross fragment kept at the

Not sure how many of you studied last week’s pictures of the Schlosser set of vestments, focusing on the embroidery techniques

One of the highlights of my museum tour at the end of November last year was the Dommuseum Frankfurt. It has

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