[Artemisia] dumb embroidery question

[L.J. Richards]

The gomlek (if I remember correctly....) is the outer "coat-dress"?
Bronwen

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From: "Sue Clemenger" <mooncat at in-tch.com>
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> 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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>> 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
>
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