truebluemeandyou:

DIY Free Pattern Shipwreck Shawl. Reblogged from someone else earlier, but I always wanted to show the different angles of this amazing scarf with 5000 optional Czech glass seed beads. Designed and modeled by Bethany Kok. Free Pattern with tons of advice from Knitty here ie placing of the beads, dyeing etc… *Not for the faint of heart.

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Wedding dress (detail)

• Place of origin:

  London, England (made)

• Date:

  January 1902 (made) 
  10 February 1902 (worn)

• Artist/Maker:

  Sarah Fullerton Monteith Young (designer and maker) 
  Grosvenor, Alice Sibell (Hon.) (embroidery motifs, designer)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Hand-painted, overembroidered crystalline organza mounted over silk satin and chiffon

  Wedding dress of shiny faced cream satin veiled in chiffon and covered with crystalline organza. It is trimmed with painted shaded pale blue fabric applique, feather stitches in cream and gilt with long silver beads applied.

  Courtesy of V&A Collections, UK

Court dress panel

• Place of origin:

  France (made)

• Date:

  ca. 1780 (made)

• Artist/Maker:

  Unknown (production)

• Materials and Techniques:

  Embroidered silk satin with silks, velvet appliqué, chenille, metal purl, swansdown

  This magnificent embroidered panel was intended for a woman’s Court mantua. It shows the high standard of French needlework and the sequence of decorating and sewing up these opulent formal garments. A length of cream silk satin has had the outline of a panel drawn onto it, which has then been decorated to shape. When cut out and sewn, it would have formed the left side of the wearer’s train at the back of the mantua. The matching petticoat would have been embroidered with the same pattern.

  The rich labour-intensive work shows 18th century French embroidery at its most complex. The cream satin ground has pink, mauve and green silk appliqué, folded to create the illusion of swagged fabric drapes. Swansdown, coloured metal threads, chenille embroidery, and small beads of padded satin add further detail and texture. The flowers are cut out of velvet and appliquéd, whilst the leaves and peacock feathers are embroidered.

  Courtesy of V&A Collections, UK

theforbiddencolors:

Warmth, Glow, and Shade 
Cotton, batiks, thread, glass beads, shell beads

by Rita Burnstein

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meadowood:

Verity by Doeki on Flickr.

Mixed Media
7 x 5
Catherine L. Mommsen
2011

Linen, canvas, gauze, muslin, handmade beads, acrylic, ink, embroidery, beading.

by Sally Scott - Surrender

Date: 2005 Materials: Hand dyed cotton, machine embroidery, beads, and old, rusted metal. Size: Approximately 50cm x 150cm

Dark wood necklace, calligraphy paper, small beads from Mali, rubber and stainless steel wire

courtesy of Amalthee-Creations

Memory mail pouch

by gerfotos

(via elizabethbunsen)

prettymindclutter:

Maharaja’s chaupar set [game]

African Seed

by Carrie Varjavandi

courtesy of Edge - Textile Artists Scotland

ymutate:

exploring the tundra

by Lorie Mccown

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mornacrites-moore:

PIECES OF DREAMS #5: Made from old sweaters, metallic thread, shell beads, and vintage glass seed beads; 6” x 6”. Sold.

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jbe200quilts:

ABUNDANT WATERS

Dianne Vottero Dockery

Hand-dyed cotton sateens, machine-pieced, hand applique, machine quilted, beaded

37”H x 35”W

(via quilt-stuff)

eclektic:

Paris based, Italian artist Lorenzo Nanni 

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emmageorge:

Mixed materials necklace including crochet, beads, buttons and lace

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