Traditional Embroidery Exposed ❃ Hungarian Art Origins and Meaning

[@Name-bm1to]

I always felt bad for not seeing the flowers but the lady parts, now I feel like an intelectual

[@PrettyShepherd]

✨🌷🧐

[@saritshull3909]

same

[@Shibouu59]

In the southern and midwestern regions of the US, I think the cowboy aesthetic occupies this weird space in between actual cultural clothing that some people wear seriously and a touristy gimmick (cowboy boots, hats, bolo ties, belt buckles, etc). It really depends on the design, where you get the clothing from, and how it's being worn that decides which of the two it is!

[@e.kaiserwrites3719]

Absolutely yep!! That's what immediately sprang to mind for me, too!

[@ah5721]

agreed

[@sarahnightmare5154]

Yep. And cowboy culture came from Mexico before Texas was a state and Spain before that.

[@cosmicgumdrops2]

Midwest is more Moss oak and Real tree. It's a lot of camo, the cowboy look isn't a Midwest thing at all. The Midwest is Farmers not cowboys big difference.

[@chrisycochran2916]

With the Pacific Northwest we get more of the weird Lumberjack aesthetic. We do wear a lot of flannel because it's warm and sheds most of our types of rain really easy. But you can get "flannel print" anything, from Denim to coasters to wind chimes to chairs. Especially around winter, every store is drowning in red and black flannel print on everything.

[@jasminnyack1724]

so I am Canadian, and I live in a true "Canadian" tourist area (The Canadian Rockies). Ours is maple. Maple toffee, maple sugar, maple syrup, maple coffee, maple tea, maple leaves on everything, maple leaf-shaped container for all the above mentioned. Also Significantly more expensive than just going to the grocery store and getting a jug. Still not cheap, but not... that expensive.

[@adedow1333]

Maple sugar candy is amazing! Best stocking stuffers I ever got

[@lyndacarlson7660]

Also, anything with a moose or beaver on it.

[@alyseandrews1066]

Maple, geese, and beavers lol

[@lauralucio314]

Mounties and Canada Geese!

[@keithlightminder3005]

West coast style totem poles sold in Nova Scotia shops, Banff selling prairie Anishinaabe and Métis beadwork items.

[@LittleBitVic]

Yes please! I'd love to see the pressed flower cross-stitching method! I can sort of picture the process in my head, but my brain wants to switch it to how I make pixel art on a computer, so... a detailed, step-by-step video documenting how you did it, what choices you made, and why would be excellent! Both old and new art styles have their own type of beauty that I wouldn't call a comparable match. I love reaching back to my ancestors' roots and bring forward their unique, simplistic designs into everyday crafts--my dad and I just ordered our family's 10th-11th century tartan this week, in fact!--to see where the concepts and motifs first developed. Newer cultural designs and motifs transport me to this feeling of standing in my ancestor's shoes where they studied their forefathers' initial work, brainstormed their own contributions to the family's lineage, and passed it along to their children for them to create and add upon in turn, resulting in an anthropological tapestry of designs that document the evolution of art with each generation leaving their mark, yet they still draw from and respect the "origin" of where our family tree first took root (origin of the lineage, not the art).

[@brigidscaldron]

Yesssssssssssss!!!

[@margaretkaraba8161]

A modern version of that would be to print a grid/mesh pattern on acetate sheets and place that over the dried flower (or photograph of live flower) to be copied for cross stitch.

[@vksof]

Yes! It would be so cool to learn more about it

[@Jennifer.villezcas]

Mexican embroidery has some similarities with Hungarian embroidery and yes, it is also EVERYWHERE

[@izabellaszendi6131]

It isn't only our embroidery, our culinary (art) is also shows many similarities.. The usage of many types of paprika (sweet, semi-sweet, mild, spicy, extra hot etc) all the spicy foods.. I really love Mexican food. We have several Mexican restaurants in my hometown Budapest, even an entirely vegan one, called Vexicana which is one of my fav. They serve the best veggie burritos and tortillas🇲🇽🇭🇺🌯

[@argusfleibeit1165]

There was a lot of German immigration into Mexico for a time, which explains how accordions ended up in Mariachi music. Probably some of the embroidery motifs cross-pollinated as well.

[@jackieOAT]

@@izabellaszendi6131 Vexicana - that is briliant :-) someone nailed that name!

[@izabellaszendi6131]

@@jackieOAT there are places here also like: Las Vegans (with Texmex infused menu and also fully plant-based) Tacos Locos Gringos Amigos Arriba Taqueria.. Just a few that I memorized cause those have a cool name

[@katyliljeholm1672]

I've often thought this as well about Polish and Mexican embroidery!

[@ave2677]

In Estonia, there is this one yellow striped skirt pattern from one of the islands, which is absolutely gorgeous but has become really over-used in all kinds of "etno"-designs. It feels like people are forgetting the diversity of traditional regional fashions when they just re-use the same pattern over and over again. Also, I'm definitely a Bougie Blossoms supporter. I had a long discussion with my friend once on the topic of how traditional fashions have become so inaccessible to people because there are certain purists, or there are these purist expectations of how folk costumes should be worn. But most people can't afford full sets of authentic clothes and young people especially feel like they're losing touch or losing interest in folk costumes because they feel like these clothes arent who they are. This is why I am fully in support of modernising traditional designs. These are the clothes of our culture - we the people are always changing and the clothes and designs should change with us to reflect that. If we keep swatting people's hands like "You can't wear that item for X or X reason!", it's all literally just going to die out because it just represents some distant past and not who we culturally are now.

[@fixsationon7244]

(explosive) mine yellow aka miinikollane

[@kerstinisaksson7151]

Swedish souvenirs - elks. Elks elks elks elks (tourists often steal the elk-warning signs along the roads, so they have to be made really big and put up really higi). And dalahästar (Dalecarlian painted wooden horses - according to my dictionary). And the occasional historically inaccurate viking.

[@pamarnold9378]

In Minnesota (USA) where there were LOTS of Swedish immigrants, you can find places with hundreds of (small) Dala Horses for sale.

[@dottiewi661]

As someone else said, in Germany souvenirs away from mass tourism have mostly postcards and fridge magnets etc with photos of scenery, castles, ruins etc. Regions with mass tourism/more kitschy souvenirs are the Baltic/North sea, Berlin, Bavaria and the Black Forest maybe. On the coast it’s everything seagulls, light houses, maritime designs with stripes, miniature ships in glass bottles (Buddelschiffe) and anything with sea buckthorn (juice, liqueur, sweets) and especially at the Baltic Sea amber anything. Some are quite kitschy others more classy/traditional. In the Black Forest it’s Cuckoo clocks and the traditional headgear of one town/village (a wide brimmed straw hat full of little red wollen pompons) as magnets and key ornaments. The most touristy souvenirs are in Bavaria, everything Dirndl and Lederhosen or edelweiss etc, magnets purses everything. The most awkward was a magnet with a dirndl bust shelf (basically breasts with a bit of blouse and dirndl). The Ore mountains region they sell lots of woodwork figurines like Rachermannl (incense smokers). All the Clocks, Buddelschiffe, Dirndl, Smokers you can get in a range of quality. From cheap touristy to high quality made by local workmen that interested inhabitants of that region would buy for themselves.

[@xTeeak]

I believe that archaic art should not be put on a pedestal in a sense that it is "better", but it should definitely be preserved somehow - because influences are ever so present and I think having that tiny bit of original artwork to hang on to, linking you to your ancestry, is super interesting and meaningfull .. bougie blossoms are imho also great, because they can be so much easier to implement into your daily wear/life and not scream for attention .. anyway .. Czech original souvenirs are mainly handrafted crystal glass or local beer and wine - but sadly our souvenir shops usually do not represent that at all

[@beeb6730]

This is all super interesting and I'd love to see a video of you trying using a pressed flower as a guide for embroidery, that seems so cool. I'm more B in my personal tastes for things like my own clothes because I really love florals but I appreciate it all out in the world.

[@michellecornum5856]

Around here, we have cowboy hats -- you can tell the tourists right away. Worst yet, you can tell the tourists who are coming from the city in your own state. Archaic Art and Bougie Blossoms -- I'm glad some people hold on to the Archaic Arts, more power to them. However, I still believe that if the girls way back then could get dollar a yard fabric and churn it out on sergers and sewing machines, by dang, they would. This was Very Informative (And FUN!)

[@PrettyShepherd]

I absolutely agree! 🌿🙌

[@jenniferearle9102]

I like both! Here in Scotland, it’s royal Stewart tartan on everything, as well as clan badges etc….as a Kiltmaker I’m yet to come across someone Scottish who wears a clan badge in a serious way 😂

[@alexandria3583]

im american and my dad is barely scottish but he would act like it was his ~identity~. i always thought it was weird. bro, ur from new hampshire. he would be like "this is our familys clan and its important!" my actual scottish friends said "nahhh nobody does that, thats weird"

[@homeiswonderland]

I love those little animations swishing and sweeping while you talk.

[@Vivien13579]

Being Hungarian but still learned many new things from your video, so thank you 💖 I really adore your style. I wonder what people, around you, are saying about it. I mean mainly the elderly people wear traditional clothes, younger ones are not anymore even in villages. So I imagine you being quite conspicuous. Do you actually wear these clothes, for example, the one you wore in the video just before this, outside?

[@PrettyShepherd]

You mean the grey+blue Dirndl from the hairstyle vid? Yes! It's one of my current favourites! ☺️ I wear it with an apron and a folksy dirndl blouse if I feel like going full-blown folk, but sometimes I just wear it with a floral tank top - that makes it look more casual 😉

[@thehistorybounder]

In America I would say that the symbolism we see everywhere is definitely our flag. Stars and stripes are everywhere

[@victoriajankowski1197]

Yea we have flags on some of the most ridiculous stuff, its the point any meaning the flag might have had is washed out, I pledge allegiance to the....swim suit, beer cozy, bandanna?

[@victoriajankowski1197]

@@hnelson5609 I don't mind the flags per say, though I'd be happier to see more true patriotism and less flags vs people who fly the flag to cover their mean spirited ideologies. Of course where I am living I see a whole lot of flags displayed by a whole lot of hateful people, so the unfortunate result is the two getting associated in my head. The 'American Dream' is only as good as our ability to obtain it and share the fruits of it with our less fortunate fellows.

[@__DY__]

@@hnelson5609 no, the flag craze was not caused in recent times by politics at all. Even Campbell’s soup used the flag in an advertisement, even though it was controversial they thought it was a good idea to sell their product. They made an advert depicting a US flag made out of soup cans around 1905. And I’ve seen dresses using Stars and Stripes from the late 1800s. The American flag was everywhere before the last couple of years and will continue to be. Especially since it’s tied to national holidays (biggest holiday for it being the Fourth of July), sporting events, and commercialism. Maybe your area isn’t very “patriotic” or you just never noticed the flag being a thing. Over enthusiastic flag culture was even parodied in Napoleon Dynamite (2004). The character Rex is wearing striped and stars pants, stars bandana, his dojo is plastered in US flags, and his wife’s name is Starla who also wears flag themed clothes.

[@Phill4957]

personally i really prefer the archaic because those types of patterns tend to be more... story-oriented if that makes sense? like they tend to have more symbolism, with the stylization. Also yes, please to the video of you trying out the sieve technique (also here the souvenirs are the little mermaid fcking everywhere)

[@Kat-tr2ig]

The iconic souvenirs here in Argentina are: anything leather (belts, wallets, necklaces, wall hangings) with gaucho motifs, silver jewellry, mate gourds/cups (mate is a kind of green tea), gaucho clothing such as ponchos and alfajores (two maiz flour cookies filled with dulce de leche and covered in chocolate).

[@antotombari710]

De alpaca, no plata

[@Kat-tr2ig]

@@antotombari710 las dos cosas

[@Kat-tr2ig]

@Astrea A Con fecula de maiz

[@MabruBlack]

The most popular souvenirs in Paraguay are: anything ñanduti (a type of handmade lace inspired by nature), ao po’i shirts, blouses, dresses, etc (ao po’i is a type of loosely woven textile that’s also handmade, but the designs are more geometrical than ñanduti, which is more ‘organic’), filigree jewelry (which is made in a style that resembles ñanduti), and stuff made from leather. Everything I mentioned has the ‘touristy’ appeal, and although not used in every day clothes (especially ñanduti and ao po’i, since they are very delicate), they are still highly regarded in society. For example, I have a pair of filigree earrings that are gorgeous, and also some clothes with ñanduti appliques; and many people have water thermos or jugs (it’s really hot here, so everyone as one of those) covered with traditional leatherwork as embellishment. Also, lmao but as a biologist I laughed so much at the thumbnail. Linneo (Carl von Linné, dude who invented the taxonomic system) already had a sorta pervy description of flower parts, and many botanists followed that path when naming new flowers. It seems like it’s a common theme 🤣🤣🤣

[@LadyNikitaShark]

Um from Portugal and here is cork that works that way. If you don't know, cork has many uses, you can find handbags, shoes, umbrellas, hats, coasters, jewelry, like, if something can be made out of cirk, it exist in Portugal. Even a wedding dress sometime ago

[@tootytoo1846]

Hi Anna, thank you for this. I've always loved Hungarian embroidery its so strong and beautiful and it isn't something you see a lot of here in the UK, so its lovely to finally know something about the past and culture behind it. Thank you! xxxx

[@vallovesnature8449]

Absolutely the archaic. Love traditional flowers. My grandmother was from Hungary. I have a shirt that apparently was her father’s. It has flower pattern made with cross stitches

[@genevabrantner2722]

I am an embroidery addict. I guess I got it from my Mom. I am always looking for old motifs for my projects. The older, the better. Here in Texas we have such a rich mixture of cultures. The motifs you showed remind me of embroidery from Mexico. We are lucky to have so many communities here that have held on to their culture. The most beautiful motifs I have copied so far are from a Wendish Church I visited. Their Churches are painted so beautifully inside. If anyone ever gets the chance to visit these Churches, please don't miss them. Thank you for showing this art form .

[@RavenReedStarr]

A and B! I love seeing how these things change over time.

[@cynthiadugan858]

A&B. I think our traditional art and its evolution is a treasure to be preserved and I really enjoy learning about it and seeing examples. I hope that there are people who are still passing on the older methods so they won’t be entirely lost. Souvenir shops here in Kansas look like bizarre sunflower 🌻 gardens interspersed with gawdy college mascot decorations 🤣

[@kaytiej8311]

Yep. I'm from Australia and its usually the animals, like kangaroos or koalas or gum trees. And then there's the cork edged hat that nobody here actually wears! This was great. I really enjoyed this headline version of the history, but it was very interesting and informative. Thank you.

[@patriciahoffmann2678]

Wonderful video, thank you so much! As a needleworker from the USA with East German, Polish, English, and Dutch in my ancestry, I am especially drawn to florals, especially tulips (the Dutch LOVE tulips!), but love the historical techniques and designs as well. I would like to see a video on the making of patterns from real flowers.

[@Idk-eo9wf]

In Turkey we have Nazar or “evil eye” 🧿 it is everywhere at all times! I’d love to go to Hungary the folk art and traditions are so beautiful❤️❤️

[@ginadelfina5887]

In the part of U.S. where my family comes from, lots of tourists are interested in buying Amish crafts, like quilts & furniture, or going on Amish horse & buggy rides. Oh, and the tulip motifs you show actually look very similar to flowers used in Pennsylvania German folk art. This was a really interesting video, by the way. What you explained about how the tree of life motif is forked at the roots to symbolize the fork in the Milky Way & female fertility - it reminded me of your video about traditional folk hairstyles throughout a woman's life. There was one style you showed that could either be parted in the middle with two braids (hen style), or have just one braid (rooster style). In the video you said that you weren't sure why there were called that, but I think it's the same kind of symbolism that you're talking about here. Like in this quote from England's Queen Elizabeth I, where she rails at her councilors for talking down to her & says something like, "you would not speak to me so had I been born crested instead of cloven."

[@Celebrinthal]

This is seriously my favourite video on the internet right now! It's such a niche subject, but one I'm personally very interested about, so I feel very lucky to have your channel to watch. Mooooooarrrr information about the traditional motifs, mooooaaaaaarrrrr please! And do try the embroidery pattern making technique :D

[@Iisa1010]

I am from Hessia, Germany. And we have Ebbelwoi (dialect; kinda like apple cider). It's traditionally served in a Bembel (a jug/pitcher, sizes varriade with a blue grey colour and blue leaves drawn on to it) and you pour the Ebbelwoi form the jug into a Geripptes (a glass with a rhombus pattern). aaaand that colour and pattern theme of both - the jug and glass - are all over the souvenir stuff around this region but also Ebblewoi flavoured everything (basically apple soap, candy, jam).

[@nancymontgomery8897]

I like to purchase small souvenirs that I can re-purpose to decorate my Christmas tree. I have 2 small, embroidered Chinese silk horses. I have a miniature Swiss cow bell. I have a ceramic Norwegian Nisse sitting on a swing. I have a German gelt schizer made of candy (must be very carefully handled and stored). That sort of thing.

[@PrettyShepherd]

What a great idea! ✨

[@flauschigbleiben2439]

I live in Germany and I have to ask... What is a gelt schizer? :D never heard of it

[@nancymontgomery8897]

@@flauschigbleiben2439 Also known as a Geldschiesser, it's a "gold money sh*tter". It's a weird, humorous figure of a man or boy squatting and pooping a coin. It's a traditional New Year gift to bring prosperity, usually made of marzipan or chocolate. A friend of mine who lived in Germany said there's a statue or gargoyle of a gelt schizer in Goslar.

[@alihr3695]

This is a perfect idea for all my souvenirs. Gonna steal it, If ok with you.

[@JoMarieHartup]

Thank you so much for this video it's really interesting. My family is from Hungary but has mainly passed away I believe they were from Budapest and that they came over in the 1950s to the UK they were protected by the British Red Cross. I understand that that will be experts on this book for a person who has no one to ask about the Hungarian culture it would be lovely to see what embroidery styles come from what region and potentially look at the embroidery styles that my family would've been familiar with. I personally feel that there is room for both the old stuff is important because I suppose it's the starting point and the new style bougie stuff is also important as this is how it's developed and culture is always developing.

[@endorathewitchwriter1712]

Please do the old timey embroidery!!😀😀😀. I would say A but that comes from my art history background😊 This was so fascinating! I live in the US and every state has its touristy items as well as big sections of the country like the West. I live in Oregon and our tourist stuff focuses on animals such as bears, beavers , salmon, whales, and ducks or indigenous people.

[@pamarnold9378]

Yes. In Minnesota there are loons, and in Wisconsin there is cheese. My sister once had a commission to bring home a Wisconsin cheese hat for a coworker.

[@giomar89]

Glad to confirm is not only Hungary; Mexican sombreros are souvenirs in Barcelona, even though, you know... Mexico isn't exactly close to Barcelona or anywhere in Spain, for all that matters. We also sell flamenco dressed dolls, although flamenco isn't from Catalonia but from Andalucia (South Spain) which is better than selling something from Mexico... I guess?

[@duchessofcloth]

Loved the history of embroidery in this video! Would love to see more sewing /textile /embroidery historical content! Xoxo! 😘

[@crystilmurch5659]

I love this so much! I have always said that a culture's mythos is where you find the heart of it's people. This was so fun and I would personally love to learn more!

[@bennyd7508]

I am so happy to have found this video. I recently had a conversation with my grandfather (who moved from Cegléd, Hungary to Canada when he was 18) where he told me that his mother actually worked full time making embroidery designs. I am not sure if anyone currently living in my family does a ton of traditional-motif embroidery but my mom has some baby dresses in storage that were made by her grandmother. They are beautiful and I will have to look at them with a keener eye to see which flowers are on them! And when you mentioned how the lower class workers would pick up different floral motifs just to appeal to the bougie tastes that made me laugh out loud!! My Grandfather definitely mentioned how high-class people in Budapest and London would ask for 'traditional Hungarian motifs' in their without actually knowing anything specific about traditional Hungarian art

[@lilybellevedere3991]

I live in the uk, so there's always union jack things, red telephone boxes, and in the last decade or so, a weird amount of stuff has started being decorated with the London underground rail maps (which I'm guessing has to do with the popularity of the "Keep Calm And Carry On" poster, that was originally an underground rail sign) In my city specifically, we have a famous artist, so everything comes with pictures of his art plastered all over them.

[@atinemassare]

I loved the historical , etnographic content - very interesting and presented with such a motivating spirit

[@kayn70]

You should definitely try that embroidery method! That would be so cool

[@LadyDragonFaery]

Hello from Puerto Rico! To give you my take on some of your questions: 1. No, your country is not the only one that has specific symbols. In Puerto Rico, you will find the flag 🇵🇷, and the coquí (a small, brown/tan/golden, toad), and hibiscus 🌺 on a lot of the souvenirs. We also include a Garita (a lookout structure in an ancient Spanish fortification) as national symbols. But mostly the flag. 🇵🇷 2. A and B are wonderful in their own way. We have integrated A and B quite successfully in our designs, showing Taino, African, and Spanish symbols into our art and designs. 3. Yes, please expand on this! It's very interesting! 😇

[@okgibberish6771]

I’m Scottish. Just in case anyone has been living under a rock our overdone souvenir is tartan. Great interesting video. 👍

[@greyeye5345]

Historical or traditional designs are always great to see and can sometimes come back around again regardless of how things change. I really like seeing it all. This was educational. Thank you.

[@nimuek3107]

I would like TONS more on this topic. Also, I think the idea of pressing the flowers and doing a study is GENIUS. Both new and old styles have validity but I feel like my personal inner villager is a new design camp person.

[@tanyasharadamba1264]

Best story ever! I just want to become a specialist in tattooing all of them ❤. Could you talk about the different colors, shapes, patterns, regions & motifs more? Your channel is amaaaaazing. Thank you!!!

[@WildAnaCrow]

In Portugal, almost all mainstream souvenirs apparently have to be made out of cork 😆 also ceramics with motifs of sardines and roosters, and also tiles with traditional motifs (some of them stolen from real buildings to be sold afterwards)

[@lizzieorwig64]

You are quite possibly the most sweet natured and adorable woman on KZbin. I love your content and truly enjoy your posts.

[@kristynaplihalova]

I definitely recognize some of those motives from Czech folk costumes. And as always you make me find out more about my folk roots. Thanks.

[@janisi9262]

I like A & B! And I'd love to see you try that embroidery technique!

[@thedrawingroomofmp]

you're such a captivating storyteller, love it

[@iunojones683]

There is some amazing research about embroidery in Hungary and other Eastern European societies. Cross stitching wasn't the usual form of embroidery until the past 100 years. I'll have to find the information on it again but it's something to look into if you do more on the topic. Great video! Love your work!

[@terriwilliams4938]

I LOVED this video! Yeah! More please!

[@CharismaRiddle]

In italy is kinda different: every city has it's souvenir thing. For my city, Ravenna, it's all mosaic and Tedorico's Tomb. Other famous examples: Venice and Gondolas and Masks; Rome and the Colosseum...

[@EmelieWaldken]

As usual, super interesting and nice and funny video, but what hooks me the most is your choice in music. This time I got the mouth harp. I couldn't have been happier.

[@vlakieste]

A - because I'm all about preserving traditional art and lore while advancing into the future. In my specific area, carousel horses are the big tourist kitschy item, and in my state, probably little Statue of Liberty figurines, key-chains, mugs, t-shirts, etc...

[@paqrikaX]

I come back to this video every now and then, can't believe I haven't noticed the flying papucs before!

[@mcwjes]

This is fascinating. I need to know more.

[@TerriDionne]

I’d definitely like to see you try it out, and I think both a and b. Traditional embroidery is beautiful and I think it should continue to be passed down for generations but, I think there’s room for bougie blossoms. I Love the video. I think it’s so cool how different parts of the world have similar traditions I’ve seen similar embroidery styles in Mexican art

[@nurmaybooba]

I like both A& B....there is room for both...honor the collective past while marching to the future since we can only go forward. I like anything and everything with embroidered or with lace

[@PrettyShepherd]

Very well said 🌿

[@HalcyonoftheAurora]

Definitely the archaic. It has a ancestral feelings for me 😄

[@kzisnbkosplay3346]

OMG don't get me started on touristy styles. I live in New Mexico, in the US southwest. There is a style called 'southwest', or "Santa Fe" style that has some vague inspiration from a mix of Native American and Hispanic cultures. I have heard people say they wanted to move here because they liked the style. It is so pervasive that the city of Santa Fe passed a rule that all buildings needed to be one of 5 shades of brown. Completely ignoring the fact that historically the buildings were very colorful. But the most strange part of this is the Kokopelli. It is a traditional fertility symbol. Which gets ignored all the time. You see it everywhere in toursity places. But the original had a not insignificant male appendage. The tourist ones are castrated.I may not like the new style, but each has its purpose. This video was so interesting! thank you.

[@barbaraallen4824]

I love both styles. Each has beauty and I like mixing them together, especially when I am creating a filet crochet pattern.

[@msai257]

The pressed flower embroidery trick is so clever! I might try that myself, and would definitely love to see you do it. In Finland the Most Touristy Things (tm) are Lapland/Sami stuff like things made of reindeer horns or fur. They're sold in tourist shops even in the Southern-most parts of the country, ~700 km from where any actual reindeer herding is taking place. Also Moomin, but but that's modern and the locals are into it too.

[@mollybanystsky9729]

All my grandparents came over from Hungary when they were children so I was lucky enough to experience a lot of the culture which isn't common at all in the part of New England (USA) that I live in. Szalonna...mmmm🤤🤤🤤 my grandma also made quite a few items of embroidered clothes and napkins and kerchiefs ( in both styles you showcased) that are, to this day, so vibrant and just cool as hell. I am so happy to see this video because my family in the states are mostly gone and there are very, very few people ( none in fact) that share my heritage where I am rn. It was very nostalgic for me. Thank you.

[@cathryncampbell8555]

I firmly & definitively vote for both A & B. Variety is such a joy! Btw...I love the (embroidered or printed?) cushion designs in the background of your video. So lovely!

[@emmetarot2966]

The algorithm brought me here and I’m so glad it did!! Love how you edit your videos. I’m excited to learn more. Thank you! (Also I’m pro B but think that both designs become enriched when we look to the other.)

[@maryellenthompson8261]

I have a few beautiful embroideries brought over from Hungary by my mother-in-law. As a Hungarian myself, I see the value of the art form and cherish every piece. By the way, I think my preference is B.

[@nightfall3605]

Last week I found my headscarf for my Polish-American Folk Costume. At the Nansemond Indian Powwow in Suffolk, Virginia! Bold colors and a mix of flowers coming together in the corners. I was amazed at the similarities to what I had been researching on Polish websites.

[@UnpackingtheTrunkCostumes]

I'd love to see you try our the sieve embroidery mapping!

[@heatherelise327]

Such a great video! And I literally choked on my toast because of your Dr Who edits 🤣🤣🤣

[@cadileigh9948]

Great to see and hear a more in depth video on traditional design and it's evolution. Naturaly here in Wales the most common item for tourists is decorated with a Draig Goch ie a red dragon which as in Chinese tradition is Earth energy although our dragons look very different.

[@oliviaknight1123]

This is a fantastic video, super interesting! I started learning to sew for the last couple of months and I've started to look into embroidery. Your traditional style is gorgeous, thank you for the introduction, I will definitely look into this more. Kisses to the new kitten and it's great to see you back in top form and looking so well🥰🌷⚘🌻💐

[@luciasoosova2182]

In Slovakia, the Čičmany village motives are extremely popular. They´re various geometrical symbols painted on the original wooden houses. I think they´re protective symbols, but Im not sure. Wooden things are super huge. Spoons, toys, other household items, wall decorations. You can see in many shops little bottles with mead or other alcohol.

[@lisakleinehexe7447]

I would love to see you try the "pixle by pixle" translation of realistic flowers to embroidery! Such ingenuity. When I was in design school someone did a project trying to find a more "feminist" approach to art and motives since a lot of traditional art, sculpture and symbolism is quite phallic and I immediately thought of symmetrical blossom-like patterns on tapestry and fabrics being very reminiscent of vulvas. So it's cool to know that the galactic vulva of the sky sneakily makes an appearance in folkloric art for centuries.

[@casieperry9047]

13:00 yes please. I don't like the thought of A being a forgotten technique, however, B is also lovely and also may, eventually, be considered "archaic". I love both.

[@Jess38044]

+1 this, both is good

[@jessicaray1067]

Yes! Please try out this older embroidery technique for mapping out a design 😃

[@MA-iu5hu]

Incredible video :) Yes please do try out the sieve flower grid embroidery style; I'd love to see!!

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

i like Hungarians folk Tales ON KZbin so good

[@oswaldwrites4959]

A and B! Both. Both is good. More art for everyone!

[@denisescull4227]

I live in the Dallas, Texas, USA area, and the most popular souvenirs here the manufactured ones like t-shirts, magnets, mugs lol. If someone wants a traditional one, it would be cowboy boots or a cowboy hat but that would be very expensive- a couple of hundred dollars to thousands of dollars. As for my preference of the art form- I feel art should be free and not have to be a copy of something else. I really enjoyed this funny, beautiful and interesting video! Thank you so much for sharing

[@paqrikaX]

Omg yes I need to see how you'd tackle early embroidery techniques! I've been wanting to make myself a csangos style blouse/shift. don't know if I want to embroider or hand pick weave

[@homegrown1015]

I am a person who loves the "old ways" and the fashion styles from the 1800's thru 1940's. As far as tourist-trap items here in Michigan, it depends much on the area developed by particular ethnic groups. My state had many different types of settlers from the British Isles to Europe. Now it has expanded to worldwide. I would pick the archaic styles, and yes, I would love more information. I've done embroidery in the past so designs are endless. Thank you for your embroidery history.

[@mumijevi]

Slavs are also very big on flower embroidery, especially goblen designs using the ''pixel by pixel'' method. I think it would be pretty difficult for an outsider to tell the Hungarian flower designs apart from for example Croatian or some Serbian ones, and now thinking about it, we probably influenced one another, especially in the borderlands.

[@medicwebber3037]

The expressions on Nagyanyo’s face….! Tee shirt… 🤨 Shoes… 🤨 Phone case…. 🤨 Hair clips… 😣 …a _MUG_ … 😧🤯🤨😑 Hysterical!!! I _so enjoy_ they way you teach history! I loved this video! 🤣❤️ And my goodness that embroidery is _amazing!_ And, yes, it would be interesting to see you try that sieve embroidery method. As for A or B, I think: respect and understand A, but keep moving forward with B, because society should always be willing to try new things and continue to grow in it’s arts. P.S. Thank you for saving that kitten!

[@anjabeck807]

Hello from Germany. Here you mostly get beer-related souvenirs (engraved beer jugs etc) and cuckoo clocks as well as Lederhosen / Dirndl. The latter one is quite strange considering this type of traditional dress is only worn in southern Germany. Not to mention the Halloween costume-y quality of them.

[@bobinagebobinage2052]

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[@anjabeck807]

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[@bobinagebobinage2052]

@@anjabeck807 Shall I come to dinner🤔

[@bunnyfluffyfluffs]

seen similar embroidery all throughout europe and even south American countries. now going to continue watching this video to see the distinction

[@jessiehorn4616]

I'd love another video on this subject. Also, uh, I like both a and b. Can't appreciate one without knowing about the other.

[@aellalee4767]

I'm in Canada. We have maple leaves on most things as a colonized design, and some Northwest Coast Haida designs on a lot of things as though they represent every Indigenous group across Canada (obviously they don't). It used to be Ojibwe dream catchers that were on many things in the past as a Canadian souvenir. I also think people should just appreciate all aesthetics, but not to necessarily elevate either new or historical and just enjoy both.

[@hallamshire]

I worked for a summer camp that hired a lot of international staff. Every year they wanted to go to the American Eagle outlet and load up on clothing. We tried to explain that this wasn't a souvenir shop... but they loved it. They just wanted the words on a shirt with the little embroidered Eagle.

[@PrettyShepherd]

Omigosh. What a bunch! 😆🦅

[@bonniebrown5094]

Americans, particularly Texans, love to put the state or national flag on EVERYTHING

[@michimelody4036]

Here I am in Maryland like.... Umm a t shirt? With maybe a crab on it? Or words on it for the city? We aren't really strong on the souvenir game over here.

[@bonniebrown5094]

@@michimelody4036 cowboy culture is SO STRONG here so there's also tons of things with armadillo, longhorn cattle, cowboy hats and boots, sometimes spurs, and sprinkles of barbed wire made to look old. There's also a lot of Mexican, Czech, and German culture sprinkled randomly around too.

[@sinndymorr6358]

Wonderful video!

[@Marianneduetje]

I am from the Netherlands. And it seems that clogs and windmills must be the foremost representatives of our country. Oh, and Delft blue ware of course, most favorite windmills and clogs made out of Delft blue ware!

[@brigideverson2229]

Yes please, do recreate the method of how they would plan out embroidery with real flowers. I definitely prefer the Archaic style to the Bougie Blossoms.

[@vanillabananacrepe]

the designs look very art deco, the arrangement of the flowers is somehow geometric and symmetrical

[@WitchyCharlie]

SUCH a great video!

[@midollshouse]

I love A + B and would love for you to do a future video of how to do the pressed flower embroidery

[@moldly_mads]

i'm dutch... and the wooden clogs... those shoes are everywhere

[@marianaprbr]

This video is amazing. So interesting. We can really see that you put a lot of effort into it.

[@PrettyShepherd]

Oh thank you! 🥺

[@apollem]

Yes, please do test out the cross stitch technique!

[@chrissymartens9255]

Bigfoot makes a very prominent presence in Oregon's souvenir shops- in fact, the entire Northwest Region of the country is quite taken with the concept. Other popular motifs include: the lumberjack stereotype, Portland everything, Mount Hood, and The Oregon Coast.