embroidery exhibition

Today I went to nearby Gorinchem

to the "Gorcums Museum"

with a exhibition about embroidery :

the local sampler embroidery association exists 30 years.

So modern samplers (and some very old ones!)

and a choice of other embroidery works.

For me it was a combination with a short workshop

by my friend Sary Maas

Sary is an expert

in various traditional embroidery techniques

and she loves to teach them to keep the knowledge

about them alive !

The traditional costume of Marken

is one of her favorites

a corset for a Marken-bride made to scale

with all the original elements

(all made by Sary !)

(the back with seven roses)

I had hoped to learn the rose,

but in the two (!) hours we could only start

on the small bag with another flower motif

(lovely too !)

Sary used the rose-motif in her own way

on a scarf

I will try this one too some day !!!

After we had lunch

I came back for the exhibition

(and Sari gave another workshop

for a new group of embroiderers)

There was traditional work from different countries

Dutch fashion

Frank Govers   en  Jan Taminiau

My all time favorite :

Tilleke Schwarz

Karola Pezarro

Barbara Broekman

Malou Busser

A big work of some square meters

and look at the detail : all chain stitch by hand !

(sorry ... don't remember her name ...)

And some of the "Merkwaardig" association work

And some very old sampler in "queen stitch"
(rococosteek)

inspired Sary to make a "Elizabethan Sweet Bag":
a little purse to carry some sweet scent in
to mask the (probably) horrible odour
of unwashed bodies and clothes
in old times ...

Sary's work
(with needle lace eggs and little biscornu)

If you live in Holland

it's a nice visit.