Those small square motifs were gorgeous! Thanks for all of your diving into this and taking us with you! It would be fun to stitch the squares to make a cube or cubes. So we could turn it around and love each design!
I am enjoying your dive into Nuremberg samplers. It is especially meaningful to me because I lived in Nuremberg as a child. It brings back good memories of living in that beautiful city. My father was a career military officer and he was stationed there.
Hi Angela - this sampler is the precursor to the wool Berlin work of the early 1800s. Makes you want to get one of the Berlin work patterns and redo it in silk!
Interesting, as I have done a lot of these stitches in needlepoint on a 22c canvas with floss and wool on larger count canvas. Now, it would be interesting on linen!
What fabulous detective work! I also love the idea of a series of tutorials on the stitches and patterns featured in the squares across the lower portion of the sampler.
Love all of the little squares! I think they would be lovely all stitched as shown with a border around it. Or as a rectangle pillow. Please do them all!
I'm loving this content! Enjoying each little mini class. So much information! I'd love the idea of doing little mini projects of the different blocks & motifs. What a great way to learn different stitches and improve skills through focusing on individual stitches. And with the projects being smaller it hopefully won't feel overwhelming.
Thanks for the interesting breakdown! So fascinating. I would love a project with maybe 4 of the squares with unique techniques and glorious colored silks!
At first I didn't think I liked those little squares of different stitches, but once you show the close-ups I fell in love. That unusual vertical stitch in the bouquet at the top right is also fascinating, and I would love to stitch something with either of those elements!
Wow! You are taking us on an incredible adventure. Thank you. I love the idea of participating in a series of tutorials on these techniques with filament silk. Please keep us posted.
Have a wonderful journey! We can't wait to hear what you have to share with us when you return. So enjoy all the history you are sharing with us. The flowers on these pieces are just beautiful.
I think that having the small projects would be wonderful. Helps us to learn the stitches and how to tackle them. Thank you for another wonderful video! So enlightning!
Goodness - - this just keeps getting better and better - - I absolutely LOVE those little square sections at the bottom of the sampler - such a showcase for both the lovely silk palate and the stitcher's ability with a needle. Please pay very careful attention when you are in Nuremberg - - no jetlag allowed - so you can share the adventure with us!! Martha Edlin - - - of course!!!
hi tricia. love the idea of stitching any of those small squares you would put forth! also, can’t wait to hear about your upcoming announcement regarding martha edlin!
Hi Tricia. That sampler is one of the most amazing things I’ve seen!!! It makes my finger itch to work on something that beautiful. The silks just glow. I’d happily work on any projects or motifs from the sampler. I so love seeing your videos and cannot wait to hear what’s in store on your Martha Edlin journey. Thank you for sharing this. Julia
OMG amazing!! Thank you so much for taking us along on this fascinating journey. I would definitely love a small sampling project. I really love the flame stitch and how it plays with the light. Thank you too for posting about the GW talk. It was mesmerizing! Looking forward to more of your fabulous content!!🏵🏵🏵
Love to follow you on this journey. Many a years ago I stitched MSD 1735 , which also had the little square motifs on the bottom. At that time, I stitched the piece with cotton twist thread, and I would love to work on some more of the little designs though now in silks to marvel over its sheen when finished.
Hi Kim, I think they are. I am away at the moment can someone was looking at macro pictures on my iPhone. If they aren’t when I look again in person - will post a comment
I did several Florentine cushions when I was younger, but never liked working with wool. It would be fun to try doing a sampler in silk. Regarding the gobelin stitch, it looks a lot like the peyote stitch in beading. You can download blank graphs for that. I'm not sure it would be necessary to graph it in embroidery as you could just mark the outlines and fill them in.
I am enjoying your presentations - fascinating and learning so much. Yes, to small projects in some of these stitches. I have seen the flame stitch envelope style purse - would these be in the same time frame? Also very interested in your reference to Maria Sibylla Merian, having just encountered her in Aarathhi Prasad’s book Silk - A History in Three Metamorphoses. My head is spinning with your new information! Highly recommend the book. Thank you so much!!
Cheryl, I think many of the flame stitch purses are 18th century but I am currently going back to see how early the Germans were using these square patterns to determine a possible origin time. Back before 1680 already. On your other comment, I think we have to acknowledge that embroidery was right in the middle of highly learned women and not relegated to the reputation it sometimes has today in the general population.
The unfinished area when you tilted it up you can see a very faint image of something. I wonder if she was going to add something to finish it off or did she intend to stitch something completely different originally but changed her mind?
@@triciawilsonnguyen yes when you held it up in the light you can just see a faint drawing looks like maybe a cherub/ figure and flowers and possibly a ribbon. It’s absolutely gorgeous. I’ve just been going through some of my embroidery and gold work books and I found one on Jane Austen inspired embroidery. Of course we all know her as a world famous author but she was also an extremely accomplished seamstress and embroiderer. She made many of her own clothes and items for friends and family and also some really beautiful pieces of embroidery. Sadly very few items have survived. It makes me sad when for hundreds of years women ( mostly) were taught to be embroiderers or seamstresses and now a days most people don’t know how to do a simple thing like sew a button onto a garment. When I was at primary school 50 years ago we were taught sewing and basic embroidery but nowadays it’s not considered important, it’s so sad.
Hi Kim, I think they are. I am away at the moment can someone was looking at macro pictures on my iPhone. If they aren’t when I look again in person - will post a comment
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Those small square motifs were gorgeous! Thanks for all of your diving into this and taking us with you! It would be fun to stitch the squares to make a cube or cubes. So we could turn it around and love each design!
They are! Interesting idea to make a cube
@@triciawilsonnguyen Or maybe the cubes could be little boxes, since we all love boxes! 🙂
I am enjoying your dive into Nuremberg samplers. It is especially meaningful to me because I lived in Nuremberg as a child. It brings back good memories of living in that beautiful city. My father was a career military officer and he was stationed there.
Wow - I loved the markets there. Such a pretty city
I’ve heard and seen books on Berlin Wool Work but had never imagined they’d be done in silk! Beautiful sampler! TYVM for showcasing this piece ❤
Hi Angela - this sampler is the precursor to the wool Berlin work of the early 1800s. Makes you want to get one of the Berlin work patterns and redo it in silk!
Interesting, as I have done a lot of these stitches in needlepoint on a 22c canvas with floss and wool on larger count canvas. Now, it would be interesting on linen!
That would be really fascinating to see things next to each other to see how cotton and silk compare
Yes! to more small pieces. I love all the variety you have done.
These are petty cool and I bet some stitch up fast
What fabulous detective work! I also love the idea of a series of tutorials on the stitches and patterns featured in the squares across the lower portion of the sampler.
Thanks Victoria - I am already charting!
Love the small squares and the flowers are stunning. Thank you for sharing.
You are so welcome!
Love all of the little squares! I think they would be lovely all stitched as shown with a border around it. Or as a rectangle pillow. Please do them all!
I am charting and everything!
Beautiful sampler. I could see several smalls from this.
Thank you Debra- i do too
Fascinating! Love the idea of the smaller pieces to learn new techniques.
I shall start cooking something up!
I'm loving this content! Enjoying each little mini class. So much information!
I'd love the idea of doing little mini projects of the different blocks & motifs. What a great way to learn different stitches and improve skills through focusing on individual stitches. And with the projects being smaller it hopefully won't feel overwhelming.
Thank you for liking the videos, I have my designing hat on with the little pieces!
I enjoy this journey with you and look forward to more of your adventures. Please keep the videos coming …Love learning new stuff
thank you!
Thank you - I will put my thinking hat on for a project with the squares
Fascinating Tricia. Thanks so much for sharing.
Welcome!
Thanks for the interesting breakdown! So fascinating. I would love a project with maybe 4 of the squares with unique techniques and glorious colored silks!
I got it! Thinking about what to design
Love the sampler - the squares are really interesting!
Thank you - I will put my thinking hat on for a project with the squares
At first I didn't think I liked those little squares of different stitches, but once you show the close-ups I fell in love. That unusual vertical stitch in the bouquet at the top right is also fascinating, and I would love to stitch something with either of those elements!
I know! That is how I feel about many pieces of embroidery - not too into it until I see it up close and then I realize the complexity and I am hooked
The sampler is amazing. Love this type of content. Keep it up.
I will - have another one ready to go - that one I am very excited about as I go see Martha Edlin again
Wow! You are taking us on an incredible adventure. Thank you. I love the idea of participating in a series of tutorials on these techniques with filament silk. Please keep us posted.
Glad you like them!
Have a wonderful journey! We can't wait to hear what you have to share with us when you return. So enjoy all the history you are sharing with us. The flowers on these pieces are just beautiful.
aren't they beautiful!
I think that having the small projects would be wonderful. Helps us to learn the stitches and how to tackle them. Thank you for another wonderful video! So enlightning!
Thank you for voting on that - I am thinking of the lower right corner one as my favorite so far!
Fascinating stories! Love the information.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Goodness - - this just keeps getting better and better - - I absolutely LOVE those little square sections at the bottom of the sampler - such a showcase for both the lovely silk palate and the stitcher's ability with a needle. Please pay very careful attention when you are in Nuremberg - - no jetlag allowed - so you can share the adventure with us!! Martha Edlin - - - of course!!!
Martha is coming... just a few weeks away
FABULOUS!! Yes to teaching pieces! Also, thanks for the information on GW talk today!
I will get my thinking hat on for the projects
WOW! Thanks Tricia! I think it would be fun to explore these stitches to make a set of buttons, perhaps using a 1 1/2" ring as the foundation. -- June
Great idea!
hi tricia. love the idea of stitching any of those small squares you would put forth! also, can’t wait to hear about your upcoming announcement regarding martha edlin!
If you go rooting around my store website - you can find out the secret as one of the first. :-)
Hi Tricia. That sampler is one of the most amazing things I’ve seen!!! It makes my finger itch to work on something that beautiful. The silks just glow. I’d happily work on any projects or motifs from the sampler. I so love seeing your videos and cannot wait to hear what’s in store on your Martha Edlin journey. Thank you for sharing this. Julia
We will have to find a way to make some projects glow like this!
OMG amazing!! Thank you so much for taking us along on this fascinating journey. I would definitely love a small sampling project. I really love the flame stitch and how it plays with the light. Thank you too for posting about the GW talk. It was mesmerizing! Looking forward to more of your fabulous content!!🏵🏵🏵
Glad you enjoyed the talk at GW - I was in it as well
Love to follow you on this journey. Many a years ago I stitched MSD 1735 , which also had the little square motifs on the bottom. At that time, I stitched the piece with cotton twist thread, and I would love to work on some more of the little designs though now in silks to marvel over its sheen when finished.
That would be really fascinating to see things next to each other to see how cotton and silk compare
Tricia...thanks for all the exciting information on your beautiful sampler...will you be reproducing the sampler or parts of it?😊❤
So interesting! I would love to stitch some smalls of the designs on your sampler. They look beautiful, fun to stitch and like a nice challenge.
Starting to chart them!
Hi Kim, I think they are. I am away at the moment can someone was looking at macro pictures on my iPhone. If they aren’t when I look again in person - will post a comment
I did several Florentine cushions when I was younger, but never liked working with wool. It would be fun to try doing a sampler in silk.
Regarding the gobelin stitch, it looks a lot like the peyote stitch in beading. You can download blank graphs for that. I'm not sure it would be necessary to graph it in embroidery as you could just mark the outlines and fill them in.
Interesting idea for the graphing
I am enjoying your presentations - fascinating and learning so much. Yes, to small projects in some of these stitches. I have seen the flame stitch envelope style purse - would these be in the same time frame? Also very interested in your reference to Maria Sibylla Merian, having just encountered her in Aarathhi Prasad’s book Silk - A History in Three Metamorphoses. My head is spinning with your new information! Highly recommend the book. Thank you so much!!
Cheryl, I think many of the flame stitch purses are 18th century but I am currently going back to see how early the Germans were using these square patterns to determine a possible origin time. Back before 1680 already.
On your other comment, I think we have to acknowledge that embroidery was right in the middle of highly learned women and not relegated to the reputation it sometimes has today in the general population.
The unfinished area when you tilted it up you can see a very faint image of something. I wonder if she was going to add something to finish it off or did she intend to stitch something completely different originally but changed her mind?
I can see in person that the drawing of the fruit is there and the ribbons that she didn't fill in. It is in a more brown-reddish ink
@@triciawilsonnguyen yes when you held it up in the light you can just see a faint drawing looks like maybe a cherub/ figure and flowers and possibly a ribbon. It’s absolutely gorgeous. I’ve just been going through some of my embroidery and gold work books and I found one on Jane Austen inspired embroidery. Of course we all know her as a world famous author but she was also an extremely accomplished seamstress and embroiderer. She made many of her own clothes and items for friends and family and also some really beautiful pieces of embroidery. Sadly very few items have survived. It makes me sad when for hundreds of years women ( mostly) were taught to be embroiderers or seamstresses and now a days most people don’t know how to do a simple thing like sew a button onto a garment. When I was at primary school 50 years ago we were taught sewing and basic embroidery but nowadays it’s not considered important, it’s so sad.
Were those sheep done in french knots?
Hi Kim, I think they are. I am away at the moment can someone was looking at macro pictures on my iPhone. If they aren’t when I look again in person - will post a comment
I was thinking about little projects before you mentioned it. I think it would be great!!
Thank you - working on it