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	Traditional Jacobean Embroidery Kits / Jacobean Crewel Embroidery Kits - Jacobean, Crewel, Hand Embroidery Designs as ...
		Traditional Jacobean is the working of traditional embroidery stitches on a linen twill background fabric using crewel wools.
		Embroidery designs are based on the tree of life.
		A variety of different embroidery stitches (approximately 20) are worked on this traditional Jacobean design (section of Jacobean tree with bird) using a single strand of crewel wool.
	www.berlinembroidery.com /traditonaljacobean.htm (1315 words)

	Jacobean embroidery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jacobean embroidery is a form of crewel embroidery named for its origins in the reign of King James I of England in first quarter of the seventeenth century.
		Jacobean embroidery is characterized by fanciful plant and animal shapes worked in a variety of stitches with two-ply wool yarn on linen.
		Jacobean embroidery was carried by British colonists to Colonial America, where it flourished.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jacobean_embroidery (126 words)

	Crewel embroidery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crewel embroidery is an embroidery technique which is at least a thousand years old.
		It was used in the Bayeux Tapestry, in Jacobean embroidery and in the Quaker tapestry.
		The crewel technique is not a counted-thread embroidery (like canvas work), but a style of free embroidery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crewel_embroidery (116 words)

	Articles - Embroidery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with designs stitched in strands of thread or yarn using a needle.
		Embroidery is classified according to its use of the underlying foundation fabric.
		Counted-thread embroidery is more easily worked on an even-weave foundation fabric such as embroidery canvas, aida cloth, or specially woven cotton and linen fabrics although non-evenweave linen is used as well.
	www.sewing-center.com /articles/Embroidery (399 words)

	Jacobean Embroidery Definition for the apparel industry
		A popular motif in Jacobean embroidery is the Tree of Life.
		Early Jacobean embroidery often featured scrolling floral patterns worked in colored silks on linen, a fashion that arose in the later Elizabethan era.
		Jacobean embroidery was carried by British colonists to Colonial America, where it flourished.
	www.apparelsearch.com /Definitions/Embroidery/jacobean_embroidery.htm (254 words)

	Embroidery Articles & Resource Center
		Embroidery is an ancient textile art which uses strands of embroidery floss or wool to create a picture in thread on canvas, linen or other cloth.
		Machine embroidery is the practice of using a sewing machine to create freeform stitch patterns, and so to embroider set motifs or personal designs on to cloth.
		Assisi embroidery is a form of counted-thread embroidery from the Italian town of Assisi, practiced since the 13th century and still to this day.
	www.littlecreek-custom-embroidery.com /embroidery (691 words)

	The Crafty Needle: Needlework Kits, Jewish Designs, Outlet Prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A form of embroidery where all the stitches are basically the same - forming diagonal crosses at each intersection.
		Threads are removed from the embroidery material producing a lacy foundation to work the stitches.
		The design is drawn on the fabric and the stitcher follows the pattern with her needle and embroidery thread.
	www.craftyneedle.com /level.itml/icOid/3439 (2153 words)

	Essays - Embroidery History - Heritage Shoppe - Oconto, WI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The golden age of Western embroidery coincides with the golden age of music: the baroque period during the 17th and 18th centuries.
		Asian embroideries exemplify art, spirituality, and culture through needle and thread, with strict adherence to technique and refined stitches.
		This artform simulates bas relief on boxes and other utilitarian items dating to the 16th century and is alternately referred to as Elizabethan embroidery, although it evolved long after her death.
	www.heritageshoppe.com /heritage/essays/essay07.html (1038 words)

	Needlepoint Kits and Canvases, Counted Cross-Stitch, Crewel Embroidery and Blackwork from Sew Exciting
		Crewel Embroidery, also known as Jacobean Embroidery or Crewel Work, uses crewel wools on a linen twill background.
		Embroidery designs are based on the tree of life, typical images found in Jacobean designs are trees with ornate leafs, flowers and exotic birds.
		Mary Jane's collection of crewel embroidery kits includes a range of 8 delightful Jacobean tiles, several pillows/cushions and bell pulls.
	www.sewexciting.com /?page=static/cat_pages/crewel_embroidery (269 words)

	About cross stitch kits, charts, fabric, thread
		Free embroidery is the term for any embroidery which is not regulated by the weave of the canvas, i.e.
		It was used in the Bayeux Tapestry, in Jacobean embroidery and in the Quaker tapestry.
		Stumpwork is a style of embroidery where the stitched figures are raised from the surface of the work to form a 3-dimensional effect.
	www.past-impressions.co.uk /about-cross-stitch-12.htm (312 words)

	NeedleNThread.com: Needle'nThread.com: Jacobean Embroidery Design
		Embroidery stitches, needlework supplies, floss and fabric, threads, creative embroidery ideas, patterns for surface embroidery can all be found at needle 'n thread.
		This Jacobean embroidery design - great for crewel work (embroidery in wool) or any other kinds of threads - is kind of fun.
		The motifs in Jacobean work, after all, were seen on the clothing (vests, jackets, etc.) of the nobility.
	www.needlenthread.com /2006/09/jacobean-embroidery-design.html (413 words)

	crafts recent pick
		This intricate, raised and padded embroidery has its origins in the seventeenth century, and is enjoying a revival amongst embroiderers and lacemakers.
		She explores many different styles and periods of embroidery, illustrating each with a well described and clear project: Jacobean embroidery, cut and shadow work, quilting and creating textures.
		The embroidery is traditionally worked on close-woven cotton with cotton thread and it has a great elegance.
	www.wcl.govt.nz /mylibrarycurrent4/currentcraft22.html (819 words)

	Baby Lock: Embroidery CDs
		Twenty embroidery designs in all designed for the 5” X 7” hoop there is a warm and cuddly snowman for every style.
		There are forty-eight embroideries plus an alphabet to combine or use alone to inspire your creativity.
		These easy-to-use software programs work with many home embroidery machines and include a large variety of features such as sizing, lettering, splitting and design management.
	www.babylock.com /software/embroidery-designs (3548 words)

	Tomfolio.com: Sewing and Needlework, Embroidery
		EMBROIDERY The Journal of the Embroiderers' Guild, Autumn 1957 Publisher: The Embroiderers' Guild England 1957.
		EMBROIDERY The Journal of the Embroiderers' Guild, Spring 1960 Publisher: The Embroiderers' Guild England 1960.
		EMBROIDERY The Journal of the Embroiderers' Guild, Spring 1957 Publisher: The Embroiderers' Guild England 1957.
	www.tomfolio.com /bookssub.asp?subid=1992 (1375 words)

	Embroidery, Freestyle Embroidery, Crewel Embroidery Canvas Embroidery and Goldwork Kits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Also known as Jacobean Embroidery, crewel embroidery is done with crewel wool on twill.
		The use of embroidery stitches, often using a variety of types of thread on fabric.
		Embroidery where some of the design is raised and "sticks out" of the design, making the design very 3D.
	www.sewexciting.com /category_pages/embroidery.html (119 words)

	Mary-Dick Digges
		Her work in the world of embroidery touched thousands of people, for under her tutelage many would attain the skills they now hold, and with her visionary zeal thousands of others had the opportunity to study the subject.
		The Mary-Dick Digges Scholarship fund was established in 2001 from contributions made in honor of Maly-Dick Digges' lifelong achievements in and contributions to the art of embroidery to provide scholarships to EGA members for the study of surface embroidery.
		For the purpose of this scholarship fund, "surface embroidery" shall be defined as crewel embroidery, Japanese embroidery, and stumpwork.
	www.egausa.org /News/MDDigges.htm (796 words)

	History of the Crewel Work Company
		Crewel work is an ancient form of British needlework using wool embroidery to create a slightly raised feature on a linen background.
		A great wealth of beautiful old crewel work languishes largely unseen in Castles and Country Houses in Scotland and England, mostly dating from around 1650 to 1750, when there was a period of prosperity and peace combined with trade with the Orient.
		Crewel Work is oftened referred to as Jacobean embroidery, but there are many surviving examples from the last 400 years.
	www.crewelwork.com /history.htm (187 words)

	Lafemme A celebration of women
		EMBROIDERY is an old-fashioned craft that has earned a huge modern following, including in the Eastern Cape, where skilled teachers like Gay Booysen, of Walmer, Port Elizabeth, are happy to share their enthusiasm and expertise.
		“Embroidery is very therapeutic and by the end of the lesson they’ll have laughed away their troubles.
		Jacobean embroidery was used on this stool, which belonged to Gay’s grandmother.
	www.theherald.co.za /femme/2005/03/02/03_02032005.htm (626 words)

	Books - The newest topics added to our collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Jacobean crewel embroidery had its heyday during the reigns of the Stuart monarchs of England.
		This book presents a historical background to this type of embroidery, followed by 27 sketches of details from authentic historical works, together with descriptions of the original colors and stitches used.
		This collection was the first in a series of facsimiles of works on lace and ornament undertaken by Emmanuel Bocher, in Paris in 1882, a period of intense interest in the revival of the needle arts.
	www.scarlet-letter.com /book/newbk/newbk3.html (935 words)

	Royal School of Needlework - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The School is based at Hampton Court Palace and is engaged in textile restoration and conversation, as well as training professional embroiderers through 3-year apprenticeships.
		There are also over 5,000 textile pieces, including lace, silkwork, whitework, Jacobean embroidery and many other forms of embroidery and needlework.
		The School is a charity and has always been under royal patronage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_School_of_Needlework (244 words)

	NeedleNThread.com: Hand embroidery - tips, tricks, and great resources for your needle 'n thread!
		I was searching for inexpensive hand embroidery books - something with basic stitch diagrams and a few patterns - that I could give away as prizes for the summer embroidery classes I taught to kids this year, and I found a little gem.
		This is the last of the four embroidery patterns the kids chose from for their drawstring bags.
		Beetle wing embroidery is embroidery - either in threads or incorporating goldwork - around beetle wings that are sewn onto the fabric as part of the design.
	www.needlenthread.com (3415 words)

	Inspirations Magazine Page 2 at the Garden Fairies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Another delightful and inspiring issue from Australia, with many exciting embroidery projects as well as a continuation of a series of techniques and designs of stumpwork insects (the latest craze to hit Australia).
		Similar to bullions and Brazilian Embroidery, stumpwork has a royal history of being one of the favorites of Queen Elizabeth I from England.
		This issue has a special booklet for ribbon embroidery as well as many gorgeous projects as shown on the image for shadow work, silk ribbon embroidery and wool embroidery and other projects.
	www.smockingstore.com /insp2.html (2856 words)

	About cross stitch kits, charts, fabric, thread
		Jacobian embroidery is a form of crewel embroidery.
		The motifs of Jacobean embroidery are based on the Tree of Life.
		Stumpwork is a style of embroidery where the stitched figures are raised from the surface of the work to form a 3-dimensional effect.
	www.past-impressions.com /about-cross-stitch-12.htm (312 words)

	Gold Embroidery Workshop to be Given in An Tir \| SCAtoday.net
		On Sunday November 17, 2002, a workshop on the use of metal fiber embroidery will be given at the home of Master William and Lady Maeve in Olympia, WA from 10:00 am-5:00 pm.
		First taught to embroider by her grandmothers and mother, she continued her study of classic embroidery techniques and embroidery research in England.
		Linn has studied Blackwork, Goldwork, Jacobean embroidery and Silk Shading at the Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court and advanced her skills in workshops with master embroiderers in England and the U.S. She was featured on a recent front cover of Piecework Magazine for her Goldwork.
	scatoday.net /node/view/112 (544 words)

	Flying Needle Machine Embroidery tutorials, lessons & software
		Lessons include text, graphic and videos to aid in your learning experience and are applicable to all home embroidery formats and hoop sizes.
		This gorgeous Wolf and Eagle design from Embroidery Library was the February 2007 lesson and has to be one of the most popular designs in the Embroidery Library design library as well as one of my personal favourites.
		Continuing on with the gorgeous Jacobean Jewels designs from Hatched in Africa, this lesson will work with the Jacobean Jewels 2 collection, creating unique and wonderful projects from these designs.
	www.flyingneedle.ca /design_editing_lessons.php (649 words)

	What Do You Call This? - WELCOME TO PLAIN AND FANCY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		What we often call Jacobean embroidery is a misnomer - it really refers to the period of time and its particular designs from that period.
		It was in the British Embroidery Guild publication and they used embroidery to describe the technique used to put the whole together.
		Surface embroidery: all embroideries that are stitched without the use of a charted design usually on fabrics that are not even weaves that are close weaved materials; includes stamped designs which also includes stamped "cross stitch"; the embroideries can be flat or raised.
	www.heritageshoppe.com /hsmb/Forum9/HTML/000161.html (2220 words)

	Jacobean Deerfield Embroidery Kits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Of all the Jacobean motifs, the pomegranate stands out as the most fascinating, to me. An exotic fruit, unknown to the British before their ventures into colonization, the pomegranate is a symbol of eternal life.
		This is done in the Early American style of crewel embroidery using traditional stitches flat and economy stitches rather than long-and-short stitching and satin.
		As are all the pieces in this Quartet, it is a superb piece using several Jacobean motifs and a myriad of complex stitches.
	www.jennyjune.com /jacobean_kits.asp (1166 words)

	Cathy's Embroidery Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		This picture is of a Jacobean Crewel panel in the tree of life design, a small detail of the panel showing a bird.
		I have tried to imitate such crewel work using embroidery floss rather than Persian wool like this panel uses.
		Wonderful embroidery, but background linen is in poor condition, both patched and darned.
	locutus.ucr.edu /~cathy/craft.html (178 words)

	Brazilian Embroidery Patterns R Designs Page 2
		Not all Embroidery designs are in stock at all times.
		Remembrance is a dimensional bell with flowers, designed by Phyllis Burgess, a Brazilian embroidery instructor and quilter from Aloha, Oregon.
		Her original design was stitched in shades of off-white with a variety of Brazilian embroidered roses, and was a blue ribbon winner at the Oregon State Fair.
	www.jdr-be.com /embroidery-designs-r2.htm (443 words)

	Kiara's Historical Embroidery Page
		I not only love embroidery, I love to research.
		My main focus at the moment is 16th and 17th century embroidery forms, because there are so many surviving examples.
		This suits my passion for historical embroidery nicely, because anything I embroider can be entered in both guilds.
	www.angelfire.com /zine/kiarapanther/embroidery/emb.html (184 words)

	Welcome to the Glossary of Embroidery Techniques page
		Assisi - The background is embroidered, leaving the design unstitched.
		Tiny running stitches are placed close to the edge to give a raised effect to the finished work.
		Drawn Thread - Threads are removed from the embroidery material producing a lacy foundation to work the stitches.
	www.dreamscape.com /cnyega/glossary.html (355 words)

	Amazing Designs 1339 Jacobean Embroidery Disk
		Amazing Designs 1339 Jacobean Embroidery Disk -- Multi-formatted disk will work with all machines as long as you have a reader/writer box or have a machine that takes a floppy disk.
		This vendor is the largest independent source of sewing machines, embroidery equipment, vacuums, and similar products in the U.S. They carry thousands of appliances in hundreds of categories.
		Click Here for more information about this Amazing Designs 1339 Jacobean Embroidery Disk, or to see the entire range of products this vendor carries.
	www.webstockroom.com /all-b/appliances/ad1339.html (188 words)

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