On the Web: Cross-Stitch Red-and-White Allegoric Motifs and Cross-Stitch a Heart with Quaker Motifs
Dominique Hoel-Colin used the Flemish tapestries at Versailles as inspiration for her
allegoric motifs while Janice Wood designed her small heart pillow using traditional
Quaker sampler motifs.

THE ARNOTT-ROGERS BLUE-AND-WHITE
EMBROIDERIES OF SICHUAN
George Rogers and his wife, Robina Arnott, brought their collection of exquisite
traditional blue-and-white embroideries made by Chinese village women home to Australia.
Peg Fraser

Stitch Double Running Motifs for a Scarf
Peg Fraser selected a design used a hundred years ago on the cuffs of a Sichuan, China, farmer’s cotton shirt to embellish a stunning silk scarf.

Double Running Stitch (Two-Sided Embroidery)
Learn how to work this easy-to-learn but hard-to-execute stitch used by Chinese
embroiderers and known in China as er mien ti (stitch with two faces).

MAUVE: A Beautiful Discovery That Revolutionized Textile Science
Eighteen-year-old William Henry Perkin’s discovery of the dye color that became
known as mauveine changed the developing field of organic chemistry and united
science and business.
Susan J. Jerome

MOUNTMELLICK AND DEERFIELD
EMBROIDERY
The similarities in both the histories of the two styles of needlework and the techniques themselves are noteworthy.
Yvette Stanton

A MOUNTMELLICK SUIT
A three-piece suit embellished with Mountmellick embroidery.
Connie McEvoy

Cretan Stitch
Linda Moore describes how to work the Cretan stitch, a stitch found July/August 2006
in both Mountmellick and Deerfield embroideries.

Embroider and Sew Napkin Rings in the
Mountmellick and Deerfield Styles
Yvette Stanton interprets the pomegranate motif in Mountmellick and Deerfield embroidery.

SUZANIS: The Flower Cloths of Uzbekistan
The author’s purchase of several suzanis sent her on a quest to learn more about these dowry pieces originally from the region of Central
Asia now known as Uzbekistan.
Pamela D. Toler

UGLY AND VERY EXPENSIVE: The Cashmere Shawls of Empress Josephine
Empress Josephine’s disdain for the paisley-motif wraps didn’t last: soon, she was spending as much as 20,000 gold francs for a single shawl.
Isabella Campagnol Fabretti

Embroider a Fringed Paisley Throw
Follow Kristin Nicholas’s instructions to embroider the paisley motif on a purchased cashmere throw.

THE SILK EMBROIDERIES MADE AT SAINT JOSEPH’S ACADEMY, EMMITSBURG, MARYLAND
Silk pictorial embroideries made by students at Saint Joseph’s Academy between 1822 and 1841 form the largest group of surviving
needlework examples associated with a Maryland school.
Gloria Seaman Allen

Decorative Knitting, Part III: Knit Paistu Mittens
Nancy Bush adapted these traditional Estonian mittens from Aino Praakli’s Kirikindad II [Patterned Mittens II].

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