'Embroidery' fold-out booklet (Version 2)
- DC 112/1/3/v2
- Part
- c1950s-1970s
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
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'Embroidery' fold-out booklet (Version 2)
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
A blue card folder with a flap folded over from the top edge. Handwritten label which says 'Embroidery samples'. It contains:
Mackie, Mary
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
Red folder tied with blue string with a handwritten label saying ‘Embroidery Stitches’. It contains nine double-page spreads of samples of types of stitches and variations on them, with a list of the stiches shown on the facing page:
Running stitch, Guilloche stitch and back stitch.
Blanket stitch.
Chain stitch.
Herringbone stitch, chevron stitch, Cretan stitch, feather stitch and interlacing stitch.
Roumanian stitch (sic), Roman stitch, Vandyke stich, loop stitch, leaf stitch, feather stitch and fishbone stitch.
Darned stitch, plaited stitch, step stitch, sheaf stitch, Portuguese stitch, Chain band stitch and shell stitch.
Fly stitch, Ermine stitch, Wheatear stitch, star stitch, and sheaf stitch.
Tent stitch, rice stitch, Cross stitch, double stitch, and Florentine stitch .
Mackie, Mary
Embroidery stitches folder (Version 1)
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Embroidery stitches folder (Version 2)
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Embroidery stitches folder (Version 3)
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Embroidery stitches folder (Version 4)
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Embroidery stitches folder (Version 5)
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Embroidery stitches folder (Version 6)
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Embroidery stitches folder (Version 7)
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Embroidery stitches folder (Version 8)
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Embroidery stitches folder (Version 9)
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Various samples of embroidered weave, canvas work and applique, plus bound volumes with relevant notes.
The collection contains 6 folders, binders, or books, which hold the samples of work:
Plus six loose cards with designs and worked textiles attached.
Mackie, Mary
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
Small blue card folder with the hand-written label Patchwork. It contains a handwritten explanation of the technique and materials, the pattern design with different shapes in white paper glued into the folder, and the worked textile in patterned fabric with blue, green, red, black and white.
Mackie, Mary
'Patchwork' fold-out booklet (Version 1)
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'Patchwork' fold-out booklet (Version 2)
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Sample of Drawn Fabric - coloured
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Embroidered pattern with different stitches in green, blue, red and pale brown silk thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Fabric.
Mackie, Mary
Sample of Drawn Fabric - two colours
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Embroidered pattern with different stitches in blue and pale brown silk thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Fabric, with a note of the stitches used.
Mackie, Mary
Sample of Drawn Fabric - white
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Pattern of drawn thread work of different stitches in white thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Thread, with a note of the stitches used.
Mackie, Mary
Sample of Drawn Fabric - white
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
Pattern of drawn thread work of different stitches in white thread on white linen. Pinned to white card. Labelled Drawn Fabric, with a note of the stitches used.
Mackie, Mary
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
Two patterns of needleweaving in white and red thread on white cloth. Pinned to white card. Labelled Needleweaving.
Mackie, Mary
Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
A fold-out book, bound in red fabric, with a white cloth tie around it, embroidered with patterns in red thread. The tie is secured at the back with a red button in the design of spoked wheel and a loop of red thread. On the front cover is an embroidered label with the name 'Mary Mackie' in red thread on a white cloth.
Inside are six 'pages' each with a sample of embroidery attached:
Needlepoint depicting a small town with four buildings, roads and trees.
White needle lace (?) square with sections showing different patterns, with border.
White cloth square of counted-thread embroidery with nine different designs in red, black and orange with border.
White drawn thread work square with nine different designs, with border.
11 embroidered designs on differently coloured cloth depicting patterns and stylised plants.
Needlepoint depicting a white hart and flowers on a green background.
Mackie, Mary
Sampler fold-out book (Version 1)
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Sampler fold-out book (Version 2)
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Sampler fold-out book (Version 3)
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Part of Papers of Mary Mackie
Card with a design on graph paper entitled 'Typical Shetland Design' and the canvas work textile in brown and white wool attached.
Mackie, Mary