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Tudor Blackwork Embroidery: Early 17th Century Portuguese Embroidery Booklet Portuguese Embroidery Pattern, Senior Drawing, Blackwork Sampler, Portuguese Embroidery, Embroidered Photos, Yarn Fashion, Historical Embroidery, Embroidered Photo, Blackwork Embroidery

Small pieces of embroidered fabric were loosely stitched together in a pattern book from 17th century Portugal. Some of the embroideries include the double running stitch, also known as blackwork or Holbein stitch. Pictures of this book are made available by the Met Museum here. (Picture from the Met Museum) By zooming in on these pictures, you can actually count the stitches. For example, below is a zoomed in picture of the green embroidery pictured above. For every dark spot on the thread…

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Portuguese Embroidery, Hand Embroidery Stitches, Embroidery Inspiration, Needle And Thread, Cross Stitch Embroidery, Embroidery Stitches, Portugal, Flower Painting, Embroidery Patterns

While Méri (of agulhas da méri) was vacationing in America, she mailed to me a gorgeous book on hand embroidery traditions in Portugal. The book is titled Bordado de Guimarães, and the text is in Portugues with an English translation. I haven't finished reading the book yet, but

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