Embroidery Archive

I love to collect old embroideries as well as old embroidery books and magazines. Some of the items shown here are family pieces and others I have found in a wide variety of places from antiques markets to car boot sales.

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A collection of whitework

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A Berlin Wool work sampler

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Family piece from the 1950-1960s

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Crewelwork piece originally in firescreen dated Ireland 1948

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Victorian Beetlewing Embroidery

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Applique