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I spend a lot of time drawing from old embroideries in my sketchbooks.
I love the combination of embroidery, crochet and lace making on this tablecloth(?). This was part of an exhibition of traditonal handwork at L'augille on fait in Paris a couple of years ago.
If you haven't seen the amazing Muhu Island book have a look at some of the pictures from it on the Loop blog. Every page is awesome!
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Oooh...I'm only just becoming more interested in folk embroidery. I have several books of Swiss and German embroidery patterns and examples. Drawing them gives them , new life in a way...possilibities to do more with the designs then just embroider them, though that of course is a beautiful end result too. I'm thinking about baby steps: drawing and colouring them first. Thanks for feeding my interest here...great post.
Posted by: Melissa @ Hilltop Hausfrau | January 20, 2012 at 05:37 AM
As always, your blog inspires. I am passing along to you The Versatile Blogger award. Please see my blog for all the details.
Posted by: Lindsay Obermeyer | February 12, 2012 at 05:40 PM