tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post8779784613344594972..comments2024-02-12T04:47:06.603-05:00Comments on Plays With Needles: Gilt and SilkSusan Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18094024834053351944noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-34577908031247280582015-06-08T11:56:29.199-05:002015-06-08T11:56:29.199-05:00So interesting!! Thanks for sharing !
So interesting!! Thanks for sharing !<br />pussman and cohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869222704315021350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-8660698897097431782013-10-12T15:41:36.423-05:002013-10-12T15:41:36.423-05:00Beautiful!!Beautiful!!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929920771003768745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-8096422716878258372013-10-09T21:57:56.896-05:002013-10-09T21:57:56.896-05:00I learnt something from the video: women had to k...I learnt something from the video: women had to keep their arms bent and hands together when wearing big gathered skirts. Thanks for putting it on your blog. soundslikewishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338408538427770149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-30797011735291674682013-10-07T06:54:21.598-05:002013-10-07T06:54:21.598-05:00What a wonderful post--I am loving this Scottish &...What a wonderful post--I am loving this Scottish 'journey'!deb*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06627401754726141624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-5924858017209103802013-10-04T18:51:40.073-05:002013-10-04T18:51:40.073-05:00My goodness, I wish my stitches were that neat and...My goodness, I wish my stitches were that neat and even. I found your blog maybe a week ago trolling hashtags on my feed reader, and was drawn in by your Scotland embroidery journal. I hope you'll share much more of it as you stitch (and maybe a sense of how you made it too).Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006763057541995566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-80201274154976361112013-10-04T13:32:16.890-05:002013-10-04T13:32:16.890-05:00Very interesting! The embroidery is exquisite...I...<i>Very</i> interesting! The embroidery is exquisite...I feel very rustic with my own skills. Some of the threads on the red silk piece appear shaded (not exactly variegated but in layered tones). Lovely! Thanks for sharing.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472013513744969837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-12480364049669550962013-10-04T12:29:13.160-05:002013-10-04T12:29:13.160-05:00I read your blog from some time already and the ti...I read your blog from some time already and the time has come to tell you how much I enjoy your posts. <br />Personally I'm happy that they didn't have a card for you in the shop and you had to take these breathtaking pictures :)Bozena Wojtaszekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013779852089434114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-40314419536152336652013-10-04T12:01:17.831-05:002013-10-04T12:01:17.831-05:00Fabulous post...I enjoyed watching the video:) Fabulous post...I enjoyed watching the video:) Mary Ann Tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06064111648107079739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-22256671024025194632013-10-04T09:17:40.395-05:002013-10-04T09:17:40.395-05:00I'm a little shocked that the exhibitors have ...I'm a little shocked that the exhibitors have labelled items from the 1600s as "British". There was no such thing as Britain until 1707. I think what they mean is that these items are English.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05167739272302561918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-8515751023515053552013-10-04T04:41:24.199-05:002013-10-04T04:41:24.199-05:00What an indescribable
splendor!!! Absolutely wonde...What an indescribable<br />splendor!!! Absolutely wonderful! Tnahks for the tip;))) We were in Glasgow at that time on the day of the assassination, 30. Juni 2007... it was not so funny....<br />Love from Germany))))Lillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853553980678421296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-11181457751800306172013-10-04T03:43:05.368-05:002013-10-04T03:43:05.368-05:00Goodness, I had to sit down with my coffee and hav...Goodness, I had to sit down with my coffee and have a really good look at this - thank you so much for taking and posting those pictures. Whenever I see anything so incredibly fine, it increases my awe of the people who made them all that time ago. And we think we're skilled - makes you think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-25980419094797070512013-10-04T03:08:45.051-05:002013-10-04T03:08:45.051-05:00I'm not sure whether any traders had reached t...I'm not sure whether any traders had reached the East by the time of James VI and I, but when they reached India it wasn't long before those styles became fashionable in Europe, so it seems very possible to me that that petticoat was stitched in a currently fashionable foreign style... Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322676800314521539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-29683329276275176892013-10-04T03:08:22.042-05:002013-10-04T03:08:22.042-05:00I'm not sure whether any traders had reached t...I'm not sure whether any traders had reached the East by the time of James VI and I, but when they reached India it wasn't long before those styles became fashionable in Europe, so it seems very possible to me that that petticoat was stitched in a currently fashionable foreign style... Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322676800314521539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-64805649998465699192013-10-04T03:00:13.680-05:002013-10-04T03:00:13.680-05:00What stunning embroidery.What stunning embroidery.Jacqui Gallowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104178234485474944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-43650037161059740392013-10-04T02:08:56.016-05:002013-10-04T02:08:56.016-05:00Wow very interesting post :)
Thank you
Love xWow very interesting post :)<br />Thank you<br />Love xcuckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650071456271781518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-88598715901495651592013-10-03T18:27:23.702-05:002013-10-03T18:27:23.702-05:00WOW! That was awesome!! I'm getting such an e...WOW! That was awesome!! I'm getting such an education reading your blog. Thank you!!! Keep it coming! :))))Starr Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053440011702672296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-59099549133911493592013-10-03T18:26:36.556-05:002013-10-03T18:26:36.556-05:00I am in swoon heaven over here! Thank you so much ...I am in swoon heaven over here! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome post of your trip with us...I would love to see this in person as I imagine it was just breathtaking.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04778881951560644932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-79001825075677523112013-10-03T17:40:20.378-05:002013-10-03T17:40:20.378-05:00WOW! What an awesome exhibit. I can just imagine h...WOW! What an awesome exhibit. I can just imagine how excited and delighted you were, Susan. So glad you got to spend some time there, soaking it all in...Linda Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781161123677863867noreply@blogger.com