Free embroidery

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An example of free embroidery: Madame de Pompadour in an elaborately embroidered gown and matching petticoat in the style of the 1760s.

Free embroidery is the term for any embroidery which is not regulated by the weave of the canvas, i.e. the opposite of counted-thread embroidery. It is a form of surface embroidery.

Examples of free embroidery techniques and styles:

• Applique
• Art needlework
• Bayeux Tapestry
• Crewel embroidery
• Cutwork
• Jacobean embroidery
• Quaker tapestry
• Stumpwork
• Whitework

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