14 Spanish point embroidery samples

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Samples of Spanish embroidery to inspire you

Samples of Spanish embroidery to inspire you

If you are looking for Spanish point embroidery samples, today I show you 14 fantastic ideas to inspire you. I am very fascinated by embroidered with Spanish point. This beautiful stitch is similar to cross stitch and, therefore, it is recommended to use checkered fabric. But, look, if you are going to buy this fabric, it must not be the fabric with the smallest squares. Use the medium squares or large squares. Also, you can use the aida fabric.

Embroidery samples will help you get inspired so you can anticipate how your design will look in real life.

The fabric of the embroidery samples

In your projects, you should always use natural fabrics: linen, cotton, jute, etc. Cotton canvases are good choices for start embroidering with the spanish pointBecause it is a very fine fabric, which has a regular weft, it is very cheap and very easy to find in any fabric store. But, don't forget that it shrinks when washing, so it's very important to wash the fabric before using it for embroidery.

Various types of Spanish embroidery

How can we read in Wikipedia, in Spain various motifs are embroidered in Spanish embroidery:

"Salamanca, with zoomorphic motifs of medieval and Sasanian origin; Cáceres, with a style of Mudejar and Renaissance origin; Ávila, characterized by negative linear drawings; Zamora, with naturalist motifs; Segovia, whose main iconographic element is the carnation; Mallorca, with exuberant work of joyful colors that seem to have a Balkan origin; Huelva, with its typical "cortadillo" technique; and the Canary Islands, focused on openwork and fraying."