8 of the world’s most beautiful whitework projects

Whitework embroidery, which may be seen in many civilizations across the world, usually contains extremely elaborate motifs utilizing white thread on white backdrop cloth.

The cloth surface is embellished by high-relief stitching, cutting, tugging, or withdrawing threads, and some designs use all of these processes. Whitework Inspirations showcases the best of what whitework has to offer in terms of design and technique.