Patterns

Simple openwork knitting pattern "Bulgarian Cross" is suitable for knitting summer clothes for children and adults. The scheme of the pattern:

How Did Famous Irish Knitting Appear Well-known sweaters, made in Irish knitting technique with its peculiar ornaments, originated in ancient times on the Aran Islands, located in the west of the country. In this article, I will talk about history of Irish knitting, basic patterns, used in knitting ...

In collaboration with Masataka Kondo, Japanese embroiderer May Lilyq created the project "Buttafly" for the exhibition. The mannequin has a composition of round brooches and butterflies, embroidered with beads, pearls, sequins and rhinestones with Luneville hook. The brooches make up a a ...

Alison Cole, embroideress, lives in Victoria (Australia) and creates embroidery techniques for gold and volume works. She is a designer and a teacher.  Crewel Work Company has created upon Alison Cole`s design "17th Century Gentleman's Cap" in the form of a panel and three ...

Look at those elegant embroidered brooches made by amazing Jiaran Studio, China. Embroiderers presented us a wide range of shapes and patterns. In the form of Eastern fans, flowers of round or square shapes. Enchanting patterns have been designed for these tiny works. It may be stylized floral ...

Let us have a look at antique embroidery patterns, which decorated an upper part of stockings (boothose) and a bottom part of bloomers. An interesting piece of clothing appeared in 15 century — boothose (Eng. boot, hose). It was a long stocking up to a knee. It was worn over a thin stocking like a ...

I would like to tell you about three very different, but very curious European brands of Bohemian clothing. Each of these brands focuses on something different, whether it's patterns and color combination, layering and ease or unusual details. In Europe Bohemian style is used much more than in ...

We live in a world of perfect projects. We are surrounded by smooth and clean surfaces of typical interiors, perfect faces look at us from the photos of billboards, they are flawless, there are equally smooth glossy fruits and vegetables in supermarkets. And we also try to become more perfect. The ...

Let's make patterns for a bag. First you need to determine the shape and the size of the future bag. Finished? Then begin to create the form. I used extruded foam. Saw off pieces of the desired size. I have a foam with a width of 3 cm, and the width of my bag is 6 cm. So I glued the foam. ...

Here is another design that is offered as an embroidery task in classes of Lesage Embroidery School in Paris. It takes 150 hours. A multicolour panel with colourful ornaments, birds and animals leaping through the meadow. It combines a variety of materials: beads, sequins, rhinestones, ribbons, ...

Making a spring cleaning in my bookshelves and closets, I came across an interesting folder with traditional Russian patterns of our foremothers that I had inherited. The patterns were used for richly embroider shirts and sundresses. Each pattern has a specific meaning, our ancestors never did ...

I admire folk stunning images from Africa. Beaded jewelry advantageously look on dark skin of African beauties. But the indigenous people of the North combine beads and embroidery with patterned fabrics and furs. It also looks colorful and bright! My dad grew up and lived all his life in a small ...