Where today's Victorian minded embroiderers and crafters meet!
If you love the Victorian age and all the beautiful embroidery and crafts produced during that era, this is the site for YOU! Here you will find how to produce beautiful household items just like they did in Victorian times.
Victorian Embroidery and Crafts is devoted to home art. In this site are included objects of use and beauty which deft fingers and artistic tastes enable a lady (or gentleman) to provide at trifling or moderate expense, according to her/his means and inclination, for the adornment of the home. You will find a great number of fancy and practical articles illustrated and described.
Embroidery
Begin your journey by perusing the multitude of embroidery stitches and all the variations of each stitch. Varying the stitches on a project will make the project your own, making your article not a reproduction but a true work of art.
Almost everyone likes to do crafts of one type or another. The crafts included in this site are not just for those who are extremely talented in the making of crafts, but also for those who consider themselves not artistically inclined. No matter what your skill level, you will find a craft item that you will enjoy making and with which to beautify your home.
You will find a great number of patterns, instructions, and illustrations provided FREE! Whether it is embroidery, arts or crafts that you are interested in, you will find it here. All instructions (unless otherwise noted) are authentic Victorian!
Not all items were easily attainable to every lady of the Victorian era, whether it was due to financial or other reasons. The inability to find the "exact" item called for in a pattern or project did not stop them from producing beautiful and useful adornments for themselves, their loved ones and their home. The Victorians were proud of the many ways they could recycle. We can follow in their footsteps, not only by reproducing beautiful items from that era, but also by using the ingenuity and imagination we posses to substitute what is available today for those items not easily procured.
If you have completed a project from this site, or would like to share a Victorian project you feel others who love all things Victorian would enjoy, please let me know. I would love to help you share your projects (and comments) with others. Victorian Embroidery and Crafts is a place to learn, a place to get ideas, and a place to share your embroidery and craft successes (and failures) in making true Victorian artwork with others. Come join the fun!
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If you have any comments or would like to see something added to this site, please let me know. Remember, if you would like to see something discussed, or certain Victorian projects shared, chances are others do to. By letting me know, it will help you find other who enjoy what you do and maybe a few new friends along the way!
