#embroirdery

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Making my Ethel Cain merch more Ethel Cain 🤍 This is the start of this and now I am trying to decided if I wanna paint on it or just embroider more!

[kimmariesembroidery]

So here is my finished yellow flower - the pattern of which I copied from the top of a pin cushion design.  

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Lefkara laces or Lefkaritika

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2009 URL: http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/RL/00255 Description: The tradition...

Learn about the lace embroidery of Cyprus in this short video.  Lefkara is very similar to Hardanger - pulled threads and needle lace.  The main difference is Hardanger deals with strictly square shapes, whereas with Lefkara you can do curves.  I am so incredibly excited because after waiting several years I finally got a book on Lefkara lace:  “ Lefkara Lace Embroidery: Historical Development” by Androula Hadjiyiasemi It is insanely rare and expensive.  I just about fainted when I saw it on amazon today for $30.  It has been anywhere from $300 to over $1,000 on amazon for years.  So it’s Christmas in May for me today :) Will be camped out by the mailbox until it comes.  :D 

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Hello, new followers!

Here is a prime example of why my blog is called what it is.

It's got nothing to do with me being a dirtbird.