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The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a woollen inlay patchwork (also known as mosaic patchwork or intarsia work) from the UK, showing a nostalgic, rustic scene. It dates to the mid-nineteenth century and measures 43 x 46.1 cm. Details are added with silk thread and simple stitches.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses an embroidered napkin or towel. It is a type of cloth, decorated along the two short ends, which is called a yaglik. It dates to the mid-nineteenth century. It is made of cotton, with silk thread and metal thread embroidery. It measures 245 x 35 cm. Stitches used are the double running stitch, the musabak stitch and the satin stitch.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses a large number of embroidered napkins or towels, called yaglik in Turkish. One particular specimen discussed and illustrated here dates to the nineteenth century and is made of linen with silk thread and metal thread embroidery. It measures 110.5 x 49 cm. Stitches used are the double running stitch and the fishbone stitch.

In the Turkish world, the word yaglik originally referred to a piece of cotton or linen, rectangular in shape, of various sizes, which was used as a napkin. It was often embroidered at both ends. In later years, the word referred to an embroidered textile that was used to decorate the house or for other purposes, on special occasions. Young brides often had yagliks in their trousseau.

See Church Needlework. A Manual of Practical Instruction, 1907.

Church Needlework. A Manual of Practical Instruction, was written by Hinda M. Hands and published in 1907 by G.J. Palmer and Sons, London. The book can be downloaded here.

Church Embroidery and Church Vestments. A complete and practical guide to this fascinating art, written by Lucy Vaughn Hayden Mackrille is made directly available by the Gutenberg project and can be downloaded here in five parts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5).

The Art of Modern Lace-Making, by the Butterick Publishing Co. in 1891, has been made available by the Gutenberg Project, and can be downloaded here.

Isabelle Beeton (1836-1865) wrote Beeton's Book of Needlework (1870), which the Gutenberg Project has made directly available. Dowload it here. WV

Laura Powell defended her dissertation in 2011 at the University of Nevada. The title of her work is: Sew speak! Needlework as the Voice of Ideology Critique in The Scarlet Letter, "A New England nun," and The Age of Innocence.