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I learned to embroider when I was a kid, when everyone was really into cross stitch (remember the '80s?). Eventually, I migrated to surface embroidery, teaching myself with whatever I could get my hands on...read more

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Weekend Diversion: 17th Century Mughal Hunting Coat

 

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Good morning, folks, and welcome to Friday!

Today, I thought I’d serve up a very delightful weekend diversion for you.

Mughal embroidered coat V & A Video

Over yonder at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, they have this intricately embroidered Mughal coat from the first half of the 1600’s that is quite incredible!

Better yet, if you follow that link, they have a video production about it, wherein you can hear about the discoveries they’ve made while studying it. You can also see the fabulous embroidered motifs close up.

I found the video fascinating, and I hope you do, too.

So that’s your vicarious needlework diversion for the weekend. Enjoy!

Coming Up

Do you like to embroider outside? As spring progresses and we move into summer, we’ll discuss a precaution or two for those who like to stitch outside – with anecdotal evidence!

I’ll give you a little peak at the Stitch Snippet stitch-along that’s coming up for the summer.

And I’ll share the story of a lovely gift that turned into some studio fun!

See you next week!

 
 

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  1. This is a delightful post, Mary. I’ve been toying with using chain stitch exclusively on a design I’m working on–kind of a contemporary take on traditional crewel images. I really like the visual texture of all-chain-stitch and the closeups of the Mughal coat are inspiring. Food for thought…
    Thanks!
    Linda

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