After reviewing the book "Traditional Embroidery of Portugal" I begun adapting and recovering some vintage patterns that came in the design sheets. To end 2012 I decided to share with you one of my favorite patterns, already embroidered in my cork fabric book cover...
This pattern belongs to Azores embroidery (that I will review soon), called the Long and Short stitches embroidery, usually embroidered with two shades of blue.
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| Embroidery pattern adapted from "Traditional Embroidery of Portugal". |
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| Design sheet from "Traditional Embroidery of Portugal" |
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| Book: Traditional Embroidery of Portugal |
I believe that in 2013 "all we need is love"... And as the Portuguese word for LOVE is AMOR, this is my way of wishing you all the love in the world!
See you next year!