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I first saw an example of Guimarães embroidery in an old book at my guild library. It immediately made me think "What is that? I have to know more about that embroidery!" It was like nothing I had ever seen before: a shirt featuring gorgeous whitework, with a profusion of bullion knots combined with drawn thread work.
Guimarães embroidery comes from the town of Guimarães, in northern Portugal. There are two main styles of Guimarães embroidery:
How to pronounce "Guimarães"
In phonetic notation, Guimarães is written as follows:
Listen to the word "Guimarães" being spoken.
Learning Guimarães whitework
We provide a number of ways to learn Guimarães whitework embroidery:
- Yvette's new book Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães is currently being printed, and will be available in late April 2012. This 104 page book will show you historical embroideries, and teach you how to make 10 gorgeous projects. With detailed step-by-step instructions and over 500 diagrams, this book will show you all you need to know. Order your copy now!
- Guimarães whitework classes. Yvette regularly teaches embroidery at shops and guild groups around Australia. She is an accredited tutor with the Embroiderers' Guild of NSW.
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