I love seeing combinations of different techniques in a piece like this! Typically, BE is stitched on a tightly woven ground fabric that supports the stitching. You can see in this piece that Loretta got inventive with the background and worked the Brazilian Embroidery design on a piece of drawn and pulled thread, which is probably mounted on another background fabric that’s tightly woven. Brazilian Embroider relies on the stitches alone and the build up and layering of the design to create its dimensional effect. Unlike stumpwork, which is also dimensional, Brazilian Embroidery doesn’t rely on the use of wires for supports of various parts of the design (which is typically done in stumpwork for flowers and leaves), and you don’t see padded areas or covered foundations (like wooden beads). Now, what is it that makes Brazilian Embroidery different from surface embroidery or even stumpwork? It’s obvious that it’s a very dimensional embroidery, for makes use of woven picots, lots of French knots, bullion stitches, cast on stitch, drizzle stitch, and so forth. She has a website called Dimensional Embroidery, where she sells designs and kits for Brazilian Embroidery, so most of these pieces featured here, you’ll find in kit form on her site. Loretta does some amazing dimensional embroidery. And then later in the week, I’ll build that permanent page and do some linking up!Īll of the photos here are from Loretta Holzberger and represent her work. Today, I’d like to show off some photos of Loretta’s Brazilian Embroidery and talk a little bit about this type of embroidery. Pat very kindly sent my reply on to some of the others involved in the BDEIG, and thanks to Loretta Holzberger, the treasurer, I now have some samples of Brazilian Embroidery to use to build a permanent page under “Types of Hand Embroidery,” and link it up to some good resources. The last time I did Brazilian Embroidery was about 18 years ago, so I don’t have anything of my own to build a page around. I suppose it was kind of cheeky of me, but I hinted (or maybe I asked outright!) that if I had some good photos of some Brazilian Embroidery, I could build a permanent page with resources. Pat noted that I don’t have Brazilian Embroidery listed under the “ Types of Hand Embroidery” section on the website. I was glad to receive an e-mail not long ago from Pat Kamperschroer, who is the newsletter editor for the Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery International Guild (BDEIG). Now and then, I get e-mail inquiries about Brazilian Embroidery – either from newcomers who are looking for learning resources for Brazilian Embroidery or from stitchers looking for supplies.
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