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Articles about Embroidery

Members and Friends of the West Kingdom Needleworkers Guild have written a number of articles that have been published in the Guild Newsletter, Filum Aureum. We will continue to add to this index as we get permission to reprint more articles here.
Copyright of each article belongs to the original author. Reproduction rights are not given by virtue of their appearance here. If you wish to reprint any of these articles, in whole or in part, in any medium, you must first get permission from the the author. Please use the Mentors & Ministers page to contact the Guild Minister, who will forward your request to the appropriate party and respond to you.
Title
Author
Source
A
Mamluk handkerchief 		Christian de Holacombe The Project Page
Filum Aureum, Spring-Summer 2008
All That Glitters Christian de Holacombe Period Stitches #5
Filum Aureum, Spring 2001
An Ansteorran
Rose		 Giuliana de Benedetto Falconieri Show and Tell
 Filum Aureum, Fall 2005
Anna
Meyer’s embroidered bands 		Aelia Apollonia Filum Aureum, Spring-Summer 2008
Appliqué: Lay on! Christian de Holacombe Is This Stitch Period? #5
Filum Aureum, Fall
2003
The Bayeux
“Tapestry”		 Isela di Bari Filum Aureum, Winter 2006
Beaded boxes Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Winter 2003
Beadwork Christian de Holacombe Is This Stitch Period? #4
Filum Aureum, Winter
2003
Border birds and
beasts		 Isela di Bari The Pattern Page
Filum Aureum, Winter 2006
Canvaswork Isela di Bari Period Stitches #2
Filum Aureum, Spring 2000
Canvaswork History
and Techniques		 Isela di Bari Filum Aureum, March 1999
Celtic
or Knot?		 Eowyn Amberdrake, Caid Company of Broderers Filum Aureum, Winter 2004
Cross: Cultural Christian de Holacombe Is This Stitch Period? #1
Filum Aureum, Spring 2002
Cross Stitch
Patterns from Spain & France		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Spring 2002
Decorating
with Bezants		 Christian de Holacombe The Project Page
Filum Aureum, Summer 2005
Demi-Sun Appliqué Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Fall 2003
Design
for pattern darning		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Fall 2006
Embroidered Dreams Isela di Bari bed linens in the Middle Ages
Flowered Chain Border Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn Filum Aureum, Winter 2004
The Henricus
Secundus Panel		 Aldith Angharad St. George Filum Aureum, Summer 2000
A Historical Chain Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn Is This Stitch Period? #6
Filum Aureum, Winter 2004
History
of the West Kingdom Needleworkers Guild		 Catherine Lorraine of Stonegate Manor Filum Aureum, Winter 2008
An Imperial
Eagle		 Isela di Bari Filum Aureum, Spring 2003
An
Islamic border
 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Spring 2005
Is Bargello
Period		 Sabrina de la Bere Is This Stitch Period? #3 revised-
originally Filum Aureum, Fall 2002
Islamic
blackwork patterns		 Christian de Holacombe The Pattern Pages
Filum Aureum, Spring-Summer 2008
A London Experience Isela di Bari a visit to the Royal School of Needlework
Filum Aureum,
March 1998
Klosterstich Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Winter 2008-9
Klosterstich
Projects		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Winter 2008-9
Knotwork
notebook
 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Winter 2004
Lace & interlace Christian de Holacombe Is This Stitch Period? #13
 Filum Aureum, Winter 2004
Linens for Lent:
a context for pulled-thread stitches		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Spring 2005
Make
your own Bezants!		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Summer 2005
Needlecase Christian de Holacombe The Project Page
Filum Aureum, Fall 2005
Of Stitches and Styles Christian de Holacombe Period Stitches #4
Filum Aureum, Fall 2000
A Period Bookbinding Iulitta Rowan of Arran Show and Tell
 Filum Aureum, Spring 2006
Pattern bands Filum Aureum, Fall 2006
Pattern
darning in context 		Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Fall 2006
Pattern darning:
Decoration in dots and dashes 		Sabrina de la Bere Filum Aureum, Fall 2006
A Period Workbox Christian de Holacombe and Michaela de Neuville The Project Page
Filum Aureum, Fall 2005
Pincushion (with motifs from the Carew-Pole Collection) Christian de Holacombe The Project Page
Filum Aureum,
Winter 2008
Prick & pounce: Marking
designs on difficult fabrics 		Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Spring 2006
Prose, poems,
points & purls: Embroidered Book Covers		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Spring 2006
Puffed, Stuffed & Bombasted Elspeth the Semstress of Dunkeld Period Stitches #6|
Filum Aureum, Summer 2001
Pulled thread:
a tangled web		 Sabrina de la Bere Is This Stitch Period? #14
Filum
Aureum, Spring 2005
Quilt counterpoint Christian de Holacombe Is This Stitch Period? #12
Filum
Aureum, Spring 2004
Quilted
cap, Asian style
 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Spring 2004
Report
from IKINS		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Winter 2008-9
The
roots of blackwork embroidery		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Spring-Summer 2008
The Seagirt Shire
Tapestry		 Isela di Bari the history of a historical tapestry
Silk: An Endless
Thread (Part 1 of 2)		 Sabrina de la Bere Filum Aureum, Spring 2003
Silk: An Endless
Thread (Part 2 of 2)		 Sabrina de la Bere Filum Aureum, Fall 2003
Slate
Frames		 Sabrina de la Bere revised –
originally Filum Aureum, Winter 2002
Smooth as Silk: Split
Stitch Embroidery		 Mistress Isela di Bari Filum Aureum, Spring 2003
Stalking the Wild
Assisi		 Baroness Kathryn Goodwyn, O.L. researching Assisi embroidery
Stars,
Spangles and Studs		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Summer 2005
Sweet canvaswork Baroness Eowyn Amberdrake, Caid Filum Aureum, Winter 2008
Tapestries of the
Known World		 Isela di Bari & Morgana yr Oerfa Show and Tell
Filum Aureum, Winter 2006
Tent, tenters &
tenterhooks:
some historical canvas work		 Christian de Holacombe Filum Aureum, Winter 2008
Voided
Work		 Sabrina de la Bere Is This Stitch Period? #2 revised-
originally Filum Aureum, Summer 2002
Whitework Aldith Angharad St. George Period Stitches #3
Filum Aureum, Summer 2000

Filum Aureum

Filum Aureum is the official publication of the West Kingdom Needleworkers Guild. The first issue of this newsletter was published in Spring 2000.

Full versions of the newsletter in PDF format are available below. (Please note: paper copies of our newsletter are no longer being published.)
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Date
Main article topic:
Second article
Pattern Page and/or Show &
Tell
March 2000 Canvaswork
(Period
Stitches #2)		 “The Khevron Tapestry” Canvaswork Bags
Summer 2000 Whitework
(Period
Stitches #3)		 “The Henricus Secundus Panel” Whitework border with counted fillings
Fall 2000 Of Stitches and Styles
– Surface Embroidery
(Period Stitches #4)		 “Elizabethan Sweet Bag” A Schole-house for the Needle
Spring 2001 All That Glitters
(Period
Stitches #5)		 none Bird of Gold
Summer 2001 Puffed, Stuffed & Bombasted –
Stitched Fabric
(Period Stitches #6)		 The Guild Apprenticeship Program: Frequently
Asked Questions		 Appliquéd Rose
Winter 2002 Dressing a Slate Frame none Little Projects to Help Polish Your
Stitches
Spring 2002 Cross: Cultural
(Is
This Stitch Period #1).		 none Cross Stitch on Linens from Spain
-and-
Embroidered Purse from Sens
Summer 2002 Reserva: Embroidery in the Background

(Is This Stitch Period #2)

 none Heart’s Ease & Roses
Fall 2002 Bargello
(Is This
Stitch Period #3)		 none Canvas Work Scissors Case
Winter 2003 Beadwork
(Is This
Stitch Period #4)		 none Beaded Boxes
Spring 2003 Smooth as Silk: Split Stitch Embroidery Silk: an endless thread
(Part 1 of 2)		 An Imperial Eagle
Fall 2003 Appliqué: Lay on! Silk: an endless thread
(Part 2 of 2)		 Demi-Sun Appliqué
Winter 2004 A Historical Chain
(Is
This Stitch Period #6)		 none Flowered Chain Border
Spring 2004 Quilt Counterpoint
(Is This Stitch Period #12)		 none Quilted Cap, Asian Style
Winter 2004 Lace & interlace
(Is This Stitch Period? #13) 		Celtic or Knot? Knotwork notebook
Spring 2005 Pulled thread: a tangled web
(Is This Stitch Period? #14) 		Linens for Lent: a context for pulled-thread
stitches		 An Islamic border
Summer 2005 Stars, Spangles and Studs Make your own Bezants! Decorating with Bezants
Fall 2005 A Period Workbox Needlecase An Ansteorran Rose
Winter 2006 The Bayeux “Tapestry” none Border birds and beasts;
Tapestries of the Known World
Spring 2006 Prose, poems, points & purls: Embroidered
Book Covers		 Prick & pounce: Marking designs
on difficult fabrics 		A Period Bookbinding
Fall 2006 Pattern darning: Decoration in dots
and dashes		 Design for pattern darning;
Pattern darning in context		 Pattern bands
Winter 2007 Medieval knitting: From Islam to the
West		 none Stripes for starters
Winter 2008 Tent, tenters & tenterhooks:
some historical canvas work		 Sweet canvaswork Pincushion
Spring-Summer 2008 The roots of
blackwork embroidery		 Anna Meyer’s
embroidered bands		 Islamic blackwork patterns;
A Mamluk handkerchief
Winter 2008-2009 Klosterstich Klosterstich Projects Report from IKINS

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