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Welcome to the newest section of athenasthimble.com! From this page you can access period patterns, links to other sites of interest, and coming soon we hope to have a bibliography (annotated by members), a list of current guild projects, and anything else our members might feel would be useful!
The Keepers' of Athena's Thimble is dedicated to all aspects of researching and re-creating pre-seventeenth century embroidery, and above all to sharing what we've learned. This page was created to help guild members and others by supplying information on everything from researching extant works to finding the best embroidery materials available today.
Know of a web site your fellow needleworkers will enjoy? Send it to the Web Minister at brionyodee@optonline.net.
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Museums and Research: For Images of Period Work
- Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm Textile Chamber
- Textile Museum in Washington DC
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Cloisters Collection
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Antonio Ratti Textile Collection
- Icelandic Altar Hanging
- Musee des Tissus et des Arts Decoratifs de Lyon (Textile Museum of Lyons)
- Quilt History
- Cleveland Museum of Art - a Medieval Altar Cloth
- Textile Museum On-Line Catalog
- Historical Needlework Resources - a sweet bag
- Archive of Documents in Italian
- Old Italian Lace by Elena Ricci
- English Emblem Book Project - one site of many; follow links to find many more emblem sites!
Organizations: Other Needlework Groups
- Barony of Ruantallan Chapter of Athena's Thimble
- Needles Excellency - An Historically/Medieval/Elizabethan Focused Needlework/Embroidery Blog
- Clare's Medieval and Renaissance Embroidery Page
- West Kingdom Needleworkers' Guild Site
- Pennsic Traceable Art Project
- American Needlepoint Guild
- Counted Crosstitch, Needlework, and Stitchery Page
Patterns: Needlework Patterns Based on Period and SCA Sources
- Athena's Thimble Patterns - see our own page for patterns by our members
- DragonBear - the site of Mistress Caryl de Trecesson; includes her charts for E.K. Badges