The Collection # 2 - A few pieces from my Crewelwork collection

In the 2nd of the 'Collection' series of videos I take a look at what Crewel and Jacobean hand embroidery is, and show a few of my own pieces from my collection.
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[@Namaerica]

As someone who is unable to afford classes, I so appreciate your videos Sarah. Thank you.

[@annemariebarrieau8075]

Thank You, I am a long time cross stitcher now venturing during retirement into other stitching styles... you are amazing.... Wish you had been around when I first started all those years ago.... thank you! Good Job!

[@jonnawyatt]

I really like the last one.

[@cerwelt]

I love your first piece. The colors are beautiful, and for being such a beginner piece it’s marvelous. If you don’t like this piece, I can promise you I’d never show you my beginner pieces. Great video.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

I only didn't like it as I felt I hadn't designed it myself which is important to me; we are always our own worst critic!

[@sbn49ajc98]

I've simply enjoyed embroidery for the needlework aspect, not giving much thought to its history or how the various stiches have evolved. The samples of wool demonstrated was interesting to me as well. Thank you Sarah for the enlightenment at my age of 71.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

That's one of the wonderful things about it, there is always something to learn!

[@MariaMartinez-jb3zn]

Ooo I like the jacobean…beautiful work❣️🙏🏽🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏽Mia

[@marykayryan7891]

Wow! I loved that final piece that you were not too satisfied with. I am about to try some crewel work so this was just the thing. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

I like to design my own and didn't feel I'd done that with this one. There is always room for improvement!

[@howaydasabry7359]

Dear Miss Sarah , your videos are very helpful & interesting as well. I really enjoy watching them. You explains things in a very clear & easy way. Your lovely smile & soft voice make me watch a great number of your videos nonstop. Thank you so much. 💐💐♥️♥️

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you are enjoying!

[@gailmcdaniel6756]

I love crewel. I’m self taught thanks to accomplished stitchers such as you and others around the world on You Tube. My greatest challenge is actually finding kits and extra wool. Most come from The UK or Australia and with the pandemic, I think the kits I ordered are coming via homing pigeon. I have to buy the wool on the Internet since we don’t have it available here in Bloomington Indiana. But all these hurdles gave not deterred my love of Jacobean crewel and to try more and more challenging pieces and kits. I’m not confident enough yet to design my own. Thank you Sarah for your videos and all the help you’ve been to for this person in south central Indiana.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Glad you are enjoying this technique Gail despite all the difficulties at the moment! I know from our own orders that things are getting stuck in USPS for very long times but they do seem to be on the move again now. I have a vlog idea in the pipeline for showing how to design a piece of Jacobean inspired crewelwork so keep an eye out for that! Hope everyone is safe in Indiana...

[@kukulidouce2014]

All of these pieces of art are beautifully done...!!! Thank you for sharing your lovely vision with us and teaching me about Crewel embroidery in this quiet and peaceful way...!!! I very much appreciated my time viewing you and your works and, for this, I thank you again...!!! I have subscribed and, though not an embroiderer myself, will follow you to learn more about this work and have a moment to reminisce other afternoons of old...

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Thank you Kukuli!

[@francinepellerin6166]

I just love all the explication you give on crewel work, gold work, history, just love all your videos thank you very much. Please continue!

[@debbievermilyea4037]

Your first piece is beautiful! Thank you for the show and tell! Very interesting.

[@leisongivangomo4478]

A perfect video! Loved it!

[@suewaverley528]

Thank you for another fascinating video Sarah. I love Jacobean crewel work. My mum used to do this kind of needlework, and I must still have a table cloth of hers in this style somewhere which I was going to finish. I'll see if I can find it. :)

[@carolinejackson7933]

Enjoyed your video. Very helpful as I am trying to learn all I can to try my first Jacobean embroidery. Thank you for sharing. 🌸

[@rebeccat5738]

Really enjoyed that thank you Sarah. Loved all your Bayeux designs, the purple flower tile and delightful Turaco bird, and it was fascinating to see your apprentice piece too, thanks for all the information, it has got me itching to do some crewel!.

[@MsJeankl]

This was so informative for me! Explained design components in crewel and I was very interested to learn about the several aspects of Jacobean design, including the tree of life, tendrils, animals and where that is all coming from. Can't wait to give it a try. Thank you! Jean L.

[@hazeljanehopkins5652]

Absolutely gorgeous pieces Sarah, I had no idea how different this was to standard tapestry with regard to the different wools so I learned something and got to see your lovely conception, thank you.

[@francestornese7252]

I loved seeing your pieces. I love Jacobean crewel work. I have since I was a little girl. I love the whimsy of it and the depth of the motifs. Thank you for sharing these with us.

[@margaretmetcalfe9380]

All the pieces are beautiful.

[@phyllismurray525]

Loved this video. I have always been fascinated with crewel work, and this has inspired me to try my hand at it. Thank you Sarah, beautiful work!

[@saralp1407]

I have just started the RSN Certificate. I am finding your videos invaluable to help me sample stitches, especially with your hints and tips. I need to create my stitch plan, so hopefully my tutor will think I have done a good job! Thank you.

[@mistyblu4485]

Very informative video thanks!!!!!

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Robin-qc4gn]

So beautiful! Please do The Collection #3. Please!

[@victoriafaas4745]

Gorgeous

[@misseygallawan4662]

Your work is absolutely stunning!!

[@robertadriver6931]

Lovely & very informative. Thank you

[@leisongivangomo5656]

I absolutely love your piece at 17:30! Please share that as a kit! 😍

[@ButtonsH]

Very interesting thank you so much for sharing your work & the explanations on it.

[@fiorella2755]

Beautiful and exquisite ....‼️‼️‼️🌷

[@alexandertetzlaff4490]

Hello Sarah, your work is very beautiful! If you have a few examples of vestments, let's see them too.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

I do, somewhere!

[@christinepointer7950]

Thank you Sarah, that was so informative and interesting. Loved looking at your work and hearing what you had to say about each individual piece. My best wishes to you.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Thank you Christine, glad you enjoyed! I have some more pieces I would like to show so keep an eye out for these...

[@nupur5586]

Always nice to view your videos - enjoyed this one! Thank you for sharing

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Glad you enjoyed it Napur, thanks for watching!

[@mandywilson4157]

Great video, thanks. I’m inspired! I’m thinking about your distance course!

[@needleworknut7792]

Thank you for sharing your collection of crewel work Sarah. For me, to attempt stitching many of those designs, is as scary as walking through a graveyard at night. I'm going to give it a try though. Pat-South Padre Island, Texas

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

It's much more fun than that Pat, and you can do it in the daylight! Just start with a small design and have a go, It doesn't matter if it isn't perfect, that comes with practice. Our free daisy design on the website is a good place to start: www.sarahhomfray.com/free-stuff.html

[@lindaskode8027]

Hi Sarah I've just recently started embroidering and am so happy to have found you!! I love the idea of Jacobean crewel work, the art is amazing. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge and experience, I'm so interested in learning more about the history of needlework, can you suggest a good place to find out more?

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

There are some excelelnt books Linda, try Lanto Synge for a good all round history on English embroidery and check out our book playlist for some of my favourites!

[@mireyarecabarren4960]

No entiendo nada pero da para aprender podria hacer las puntadas un poquito mas despacio un beso y que dios continue vendiciendo sus manos😍

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Puede ralentizar el video en la configuración de video Mireya!

[@thirdavenue3045]

If you ever do a class on your repeat of the red bird on your last Jacobean Crewel work, I would love to see if I can do it. Thank you!

[@historyfreak6591]

Hi Sarah. I loved the Bayeux Tapestry embroidery. Is there any source that you know of that has medieval patterns? I love this era in history and would love to know how they did it and what kinds of things they embroidered

[@zulelilianaof2928]

Good night beutiful Sara,I am of Chile Sud America ,I love crewel, Need you video of Spanish please 😍😍❤❤❤😘😘😘🌺🌸🌷🌹

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Spanish isn't one of my skills yet I'm afraid ZuleLiliana!

[@daram5257]

(Question for once you catch up after holiday). I LOVE your stylized flower designs! I found the outline on your site (thank you!) but what stitch do you use in the petals? The red and cream circle looking pattern? Thank you!

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Which piece are you referring to Dara?

[@daram5257]

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery hi! the stylized flower you show at the 10:30 mark. The flower petals of the stylized daisy.

[@KimSmith-gl2hx]

Aren’t jeans a twill cotton? Cotton makes it a little softer w a smoother finish.

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

They are Kim! See my video on materials for embroidery where I talk about Denim!

[@caralinehowden2951]

Hi Sarah, I dont have many wool colours well except brown. I would like to try it but it will have to be cotton, would any one other than those experts know that I have cheated? I am going through a difficult time and would like to have something to do that could be a practice piece. I have tried some hardanger, not enough experience to complete it at the moment, but it will be there when I am better. Thank Sarah, you are my go to place when I want to keep my mind of my troubles. :)

[@victoriafaas4745]

Please show close up of your stitched work

[@beverlybruce5737]

I need you help, I am completing Crown, Rose &Thistle piece. I am having a problem finding help on how to sew the Rose Buds. Do you have a video tutorial? Thank you

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

I don't know what that project is Beverly

[@beverlybruce5737]

The Crewel Works Company. The kit is The Glamis Crown, Rose And Thistle. I have found instructions for the Rose, Thistle and Thistle Leaves but no close up photo or instructions for the Rose Bud. I am not very confident with Embroidery. Cross stitch is more familiar to me. Thank you for reading and replying to my message. 😊

[@skyeblue7557]

Have you been to Appleby Castle and seen Phillipppa Turnbull

[@muhlenstedt]

Another great video!Are you familiar with the german "kloster stitich" ? It is a vertical couching stich,like Bokara . I have seen it in the old tapestries in the exibitons of the monasteries "Kloster Lüne" and "Kloster Wienhausen".Big and long tapestries with biblical scenery, all with hand died wool in primary colors and very good conserved.They did not show a variety of stiches , just the one klster stitch.Sorry for my english and thank you very much

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

I know of kloster blocks in Hardanger, so I'm guessing it's the same thing?

[@muhlenstedt]

@@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery i am so sorry that I am not able to put a link here for you , klosterstitch is different from Hardanger because is not a counted stitch .If you are curious and have the time,I suggest you go to a search maschine and write klosterstich.de Arriving there, you press on the small angel with the red heart.Some boxes appear and the first one at the high left shows the collection of the Wienhausen Kloster.Its fascinating how simple this technick is and mimics so well the weaved tapisseries, since the background is entirelly embroidered with the wool yarn.Thank you very much for answering me.Best greetings☺

[@manthasagittarius1]

Excuse me for popping in to the conversation, but I was curious about this and went to the site. It is a huge collection of images of this work, many styles, rich colors and as you say, all very simple. My German is not great, but enough to work out that this would have been mostly for furnishings and wall coverings for warmth in drafty homes and buildings? It looks thick and sense like that. Some very beautiful work there! Thank you.

[@susanmoore6794]

Do you still do the long distance learning courses?

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Yes we do Susan, we are just revamping them slightly for the new year so they are temporarily unavailable. If you would like to email me at the following email then I can let you know when they are available again: [e-mail]

[@chellyyo6624]

Please be my mom #2

[@WFMCHANNEL261]

Hi Sara , love your channel, I was wondering if you have Instagram?

[@SarahHomfrayEmbroidery]

Yes, Just search Sarah Homfray Embroidery!