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	Megan McConnell BellaOnline's Embroidery Editor

Beautiful Traced Linen
Do you remember the beautifully embroidery doilies and dressing table sets your mother and grandmother had? What about the beauty of having lunch or afternoon tea, with all the dishes set out on a beautiful embroidered tablecloth? This beautiful form of embroidery is back in fashion again! Take a

Cathy´s Embroidery Page [offsite link]
This is a gallery site – a very talented lady who does Crewel Embroidery.

Daaft Designs [offsite link]
Needlework kits for the addicted embroiderer! These kits are chart packs only - but have a very comprehensive list of materials.

Elizabethan Embroidery - The Rise of the Amateur Embroiderer
The Tudor period in history was where the amateur embroiderer really started to emerge. By the time of Elizabeth I, it was an accepted thing that all well-brought up young girls would learn embroidery as a matter of course.

Elizabethan Embroidery or
There are two things that distinguish Elizabethan embroidery: enormous bugs and densely covered fabric.

Embroidered Monograms
For hundreds of years, Monograms have been used to mark household linen, and to show status. With a few easy stitches, you can create your own heirlooms!

Embroidery Gallery of Extant Masterpieces [offsite link]
Another gallery – this one of historical pieces of embroidery – really truly ones not reproductions. A great site to look and drool over – and to inspire your own work.

The Crewel Work Company [offsite link]
If you enjoy Crewel Embroidery, you will enjoy this site. Historical information on Crewel, as well as projects and kits to purchase.

Thread Painting
Thread Painting looks hard, but is, in reality, quite simple to do. The result, however, is stunning

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