[Artemisia] dumb embroidery question

[Sue Clemenger]

There *is* no "dumb embroidery," silly Arwen/Esther! <weg>
Basic buttonhole stitch and blanket stitch are very similar in appearance.
I'm not sure what you mean by "self couching," though.... I have period
examples of other kinds of couching, but they're all European....
What item of clothing is a gomlek? I got to see a bunch of (period) Turkish
stuff at the V&A when Bronwen and I were there a few years ago, and I have
piccies <g>.  Not very good ones (too much glare off the glass cases), but
still....  I don't remember seeing edge decorating, but I do distinctly
recall seeing the braid trim on the chest area, which was done in some sort
of bias weave like you'd get with fingerloop braiding....
--Maire

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From: "Reuben and Arwen" <reuben_arwen at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 12:03 AM
Subject: [Artemisia] dumb embroidery question


> I'm not the hand sewing type, so please don't laugh too hard! :)  Are a
button hole stitch, blanket stitch, and self-couching all the same thing?
I'm trying to find a decorative edging stitch for a late period Ottoman
gomlek.  I have documentation for the self-couching, but no detailed pic of
the actual stitch and the stuff I do have detailed pics for is way out of my
league.  Thanks in advance,  Esther/Arwen