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Destroyed purls?

During embroidering it often happens that some of the purls get destroyed. What to do?

Abilmente in Milano

If you plan to visit Abilmente Vicenza, Milano, Rome or Torino, then this is the post you need to read.

Expression with threads, needles and beads

A textile designer by education with an emphasis on footwear technology, I only started working with embroidery many years after my studies.

Embroidery serves humanity

Embroidery, weaving, patchwork, and other types of sewing crafts are known throughout history on all inhabited continents.

Opus Cyprense

Opus cyprense: a myth, collection of works embroidered on Cyprus, particular gold thread, or none of that?

Traditional vs. contemporary goldwork embroidery tools

The aim of this blog post is to describe traditional slovenian goldwork tools and compare them to contemporary equipment.

Daydreaming

Botanical printing as an inspiration for embroidered lanscape with multitude of stitches and gold leaf on fabric.

Oranges and embroidery

3d hand mbroidered oranges formed as half spheres and reinforced. The forms were then attached on rust dyed cotton fabric.

My first 3d embroidered narcissus

I tried something the majority of embroiderers did ages ago. Can you guess what that is? This month I tried 3d embroidery and made a...

Dancing in the wind

Goldwork embroidery of a flower dancing in the wind. A few sentences about the process with emphasis on wrapping pearl purl with cotton.