Goldwork embroidery tutorial

What are the most often used goldwork embroidery threads and metals? How do you identify them apart and how do you utilize them? Find out right here in this video by Sarah Homfrey Embroidery. Even whether the threads are imitation … Read More...

The Napoleonic Coat Goldwork Sampler kit introduces the embroiderer to the threads and techniques used to recreate the goldwork embroidery from an...

In England, I was fortunate enough to have two private lessons with Nicola Jarvis on goldwork techniques. These few days have helped clarify some things and teach me others that I didn't know. Often I learn from a book or a web site how to do certain techniques and more often than not the instructio

Here’s a little more progress on my current goldwork embroidery project! After outlining the turn-overs on the top petals with pearl purl, I turned my attention to the “bowl” underneath the body of the fruit, which I planned to fill with smooth passing thread. Since I’ve already covered stitching with smooth passing thread in a ...

I really did feel confident enough to try the guilloche stitch variations without practicing them first on my doodle cloth. Guilloche Stitch Variation © Thistle Threads/Carol-Anne Conway I think that I could have made the weaving a bit more regular but as Tricia suggested in her instructions, it is not easy to keep the initial loops a consistent size. Cross Variation © Thistle Threads/Carol-Anne Conway I am happier with the cross variation. I think this is my best stitch on the sampler so…