{"id":7629,"date":"2015-09-29T09:09:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T08:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7629"},"modified":"2015-08-07T20:47:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T19:47:27","slug":"more-to-play-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/29\/more-to-play-with\/","title":{"rendered":"More to play with.."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Portuguese Patterns<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently we had a visit from some Portuguese friends, who we last saw when we were in the Azores. They had obviously remembered my delight when I found the embroidery shop in the main square at Punta Delgarda, because for their hostess gift, as well as bringing some coffee and olive oil, they brought a set of vintage Portuguese sewing and embroidery patterns!<\/p>\n

Although they look like magazines, each one is in fact a large sheet that unfolds to provide drawn-out patterns for a multitude of types of embroidery, including surface embroidery, appliqu\u00e9, cutwork and drawn thread work, some of it crisp and simple, some of it bright, colourful and really quite ornate. Suggested applications for the designs appear as well, so next time my inspiration flags (er, and I’ve finished the Azorean Cutwork<\/a>!), I will be able to leaf through these to refresh it!<\/p>\n

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Another Pattern<\/p><\/div>\n

The coffee was presented in this paper bag, which is printed with a design that our friends told us is inspired by a traditional embroidery pattern from northern Portugal. They said they were disappointed not to have found some embroidery for me, but in some ways, I think this is even better.<\/p>\n

One of these days I will be able to play with this design, and maybe reinterpret this traditional style in my own way.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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