#drawn thread work

I shouldn't be doing that in the evening...

Also possible for a center pattern would be:

Also the framing pattern could be just these:

Not Shure yet.

Italian sampler (18th century).

Drawnwork, whitework embroidery on linen.

I am very proud of this particular seam, you can barely see the whip stich

Punto Antico – Drawn Thread Work

Various Sources for Renaissance Italian embroidery/ drawn thread work… Drawn Thread Sampler I. Punto Antico From http://www.florin.ms/puntoantico.html Drawn-thread work has its origins in the distant past: it is carried out by counting threads and fashioning an infinity of stitches drawn from these basic ones: Square Stitch, right angled or oblique (which surrounds the meshwork and subdivides the…