In Scandinavia pillows and bench cushions were often trimmed in fringe, both to protect the textile and add exuberant decoration. Typically, the fringe was made
Category: Embroidery
Getting Fancy, 1800s Danish Farmhouse Style
Jytte Harboesgaard gave a wonderful tour at Greve Museum today. She focused on white-on-white embroidered linens, and showed how they were displayed in an 1800s
Hedebo Embroidery at the Greve Museum, Denmark
There are no days-long courses as part of the Vesterheim Textile Tour this year, only a couple of mini-courses. The first was at Greve Museum,
Chelsea Gallery Walk, January 2017
As I visited galleries in Chelsea for a long afternoon, I stood ready to be amazed, bored (really, this commands scads of money?), or inspired. Looking back, the
Gudbrandsdal for a Day; My Friend Catherine Models
My friend Catherine helped carry boxes of books and weavings to the classroom when I gave a three-hour seminar on Norwegian weaving at the Midwest
Edvard Munch Kommentarer Paa Oppvask
For now, this will be the last piece in my Scream interpretation series. To add to embroidery, tapestry, rya, and sheepskin printing, I added fabric
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