Drawn thread embroidery

Recreating the past

Embroiderers' Guild on Instagram: "This fine whitework embroidered dragonfly is the work of embroidery artist Françoise Macaire. The texture in this piece comes from some lovely drawn thread and pulled thread work in the wings and on some of the blades of grass. #favourites #insects #dragonfly #whitework"

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I keep talking about my embroidery but never put many examples of my own work up. Problem is, my scanner is on the blink. But after a comment from Lorelei I have got my act together and started to scan...

Sublime Stitching Tutorials and Stitch Diagrams by Jenny Hart

Learn to make drawn thread work by hand! Drawn thread work is a beautiful whitework embroidery which is popular since the Middle Ages!

A number of people have asked how I did the hems on my January TAST samples. So I have put together a few tips. Firstly I have to say that this type of hem takes a bit of time to...

One of the most interesting aspects of drawn thread embroidery is the way the remaining threads are grouped together for decorative effects. There are heaps of ways to group together threads! And I’m not even sure all books agree on the names of the techniques. On one drawn thread area on my whitework techniques sampler, ...

Last week, I showed you how to re-weave the threads withdrawn from the fabric in order to produce a “clean” edge for drawn thread embroidery techniques. Here’s a little easier way to finish the edge of a drawn thread area. This is perhaps the most commonly used technique for making an edge around a drawn ...

Today, I’d like to show you how to make zig-zag bundles in your drawn thread work. It helps to understand basic hemstitch before moving on to zig-zags, so you might want to check out that tutorial if you’re just getting started with drawn thread embroidery. When you work zig-zags in drawn thread, you’re hemstitching the ...