Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Don't Forget to Buy My Embroidery Book for Christmas!

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With the holiday season upon us, make my  16th to 18th Century Double-Running Stitch Embroidery Patterns   book a gift to yourself and anyon...
Monday, December 1, 2025

17th Century Embroidery Patterns from an English Sampler at the Cleveland Museum of Art

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This English sampler (Accession Number 1942.508), circa 1600-1630, is at the Cleveland Museum of Art. It is part of The Mary Pack McNairy ...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving and Hope You Have Fun with Black Friday & Cyber Monday Shopping!

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Check out my new Lynne Fairchild merch store at  https://www.zazzle.com/store/lynne_fairchild !!!   Don't forget to purchase my latest e...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Making Linen Cuffs with 16th Century Holbein Stitch | Blackwork Embroidery

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From beginning to end: This is a compilation of 3 embroidery patterns found on 3 different Holbein patterns: the cross, the ocean wave, and...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Where to Find Some Double-Running Stitch Embroidery Patterns from a 16th Century Italian Sampler

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This Embroidered Sampler (Accession Number 20.186.366), circa 1600, is at the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art). It features silk embroider...
Sunday, November 9, 2025

One Year Ago Today...

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Here's an up-close picture of one of the coins that my husband, Baron Reinhold von Glier , struck, to pass out to the populace when I w...
Friday, November 7, 2025

Today, I Asked ChatGPT About Blackwork Embroidery

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Today was the second time that I've ever used AI. I asked ChatGPT if it could create Holbein-inspired embroidery patterns, not knowing ...