The Free embroidery reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Free embroidery

Free embroidery is the term for any embroidery which is not regulated by the weave of the canvas, i.e. the opposite of counted-thread embroidery.

Examples of free embroidery techniques and styles:

• Quaker tapestry
• Bayeux Tapestry
• Jacobean embroidery
• Applique
• Crewel embroidery
• Whitework
• Cutwork
• Stumpwork

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