Florentine embroidery

There is a lot of entertaining and fascinating stories in my handmade life. So I decided to share some of them with you?! So, story number 1. "Bargello".   I saw this embroidery for the first time more than 30 years ago, in the late 80s. Ordinary people didn't have an acces to the ...

Have you already discovered the Bargello embroidery for yourself? If not — experience it urgently! A meditative needlework that allows creating home decorations and accessories with unusual, slightly psychedelic and seemingly volumetric patterns. And it is easier embroidered than the satin stitch, ...

I first saw this technique in one of encyclopedias about embroidery — a few scant words about its history, basic rules and features. There was nothing special about the technique in these words. Just one of the options of the counted-thread embroidery. But there were pictures beside. Something like ...