Getting lost on the NYPL Digital Gallery site

I still get lost on the NYPL Digital Gallery site. This morning I am running late because of a section of the site titled Dress and Fashion: Design and Manufacture Click on the collection contents link and you will be lost. Not lost in the site because of bad navigation …

Another Diamond block

It’s time for another my weekly report on the state of my WISPs (Works in Slow Progress) as part of Sandie’s UFO and WISP challenge. This time I have completed a block from start to finish with both embroidery and beading done. As you can see it is another light …

Charts for medieval embroidery

This Index of charts for medieval middle eastern counted-thread embroidery will have immediate appeal for many historical embroiderers. These charts graphed by Rosemary Stecher are also useful for anyone interested in including some traditional work or reinterpreting traditional designs in contemporary samplers.

Two classic model books

I have found two ebooks the first is John Taylor’s The Needles Excellency: A New Booke wherin are diuers Armirable Workes wrought with the Needle (1631) includeds the Poem In Praise of the Needle and contains needlework patterns for blackwork, cross-stitch, and lace designs. The other is in the collection …