Inspiration: Historical embroidery

Racaire of Racaire’s Embroidery & Needlework has been featuring needlework captured in paintings held by museums in her native Austria. A recent post features a portrait of a 16th-century woman wearing a hat with amazing pearl embroidery and an almost-contemporary hat with similar embroidery. Fascinating. You’ll want to scroll back through Racaire’s blog and enjoy all of the related posts. See the pearl-embroidery post.