Antique Embroidery Motifs on Late 1800s Romanian Peasant Blouse
Amazing Tiny Antique Embroidery Stitches Worked With Metallic Thread on Late 1800s Romanian Peasant Blouse The good thing about being an antique collector is that you never know what you will find. The adventure...
Traditional Weaving with Heddle Rods and Weaving Swords
Traditional Weaving in Romanian Villages of Bucovina I never doubted that people put a lot of time and effort into traditional textile crafts. But three women traditional weaving a folk skirt together was beyond...
Traditional Textile Crafts Demonstration – How Yarn Winders Work
Traditional Textile Crafts of Romania – Doing Yarn Preparation Before Weaving With Yarn Winders and Spinners How often we see primitive yarn winders in use? Thinking back a few years, when watching these antique...
Traditional Weaver from Romania Loom Warping The Old Fashioned Way
Traditional Weaver Aurelia Cârdei Loom Warping Narrow Warp Faced Bands A few days back, I wrote about our visit at traditional weaver Aurelia Cârdei, who was happy to show us how setting up a...
Setting Up a Loom for Weaving: Assembling the Parts
Setting Up a Loom for Weaving: Assembling Floor Loom Parts and Accessories In the video above, Romanian artisan Aurelia Cârdei is setting up her loom for weaving. We met Aurelia the week before Christmas,...
Hand Weaving Demonstration of Romanian Traditional Waist Belt
81-YO Textile Artisan Jacotă Maria Hand Weaving a Romanian Traditional Floral Pattern What I love about rural people is their friendly nature. They are happy to receive visitors. No matter how busy they are,...
Traditional Loom Weaving in the Romanian Village of Straja, Bucovina
Romanian Fiber Artist Morar Maria Demonstrates Traditional Loom Weaving a Square Black and White Pattern Peasant Bag Specific to the Village of Straja, Bucovina While visiting the village of Straja, Bucovina, we could observe...
50 Beaded Embroidery Patterns on Romanian Peasant Blouses
Intricate handmade beaded embroidery patterns on Romanian peasant blouses from the regions of Bucovina and Oltenia found on very old textiles of Romania, featuring floral designs. The blouses with bead embroidery embellished with such generosity were worn...
Hemp Processing for Fiber – Traditional Methods in Romanian Villages
A peasant’s existence was based on linen, cotton and hemp processing. Women were trained into traditional fiber arts since childhood. Hemp fiber was often used to make towels, peasant blouses for men and women, tight...
Textile Artisan Traditional Loom Weaving With Multiple Shuttles
Rural Textile Artisan Loom Weaving Horizontal Stripes Pattern with Multiple Shuttles In the region of Bucovina, North Romania, the folk apron is a straight piece of cloth, woven on a loom, wrapped around the waist...
Romanian Peasant Blouses With Amazing Beads Embroidery
Few days back, I ran into a private collection of traditional floral patterns from the northern region of Bucovina. Romanian peasant blouses with heavy beaded embroidery patterns are worn on important social events. The...
Loom Weaver Still In-Service Makes Folk Skirts for Community at 82-YO
Retired Romanian Loom Weaver Handcrafting Traditional Clothing for Village Community In the region of Bucovina, the folk skirt worn as part of the Romanian costume, is a rectangular piece of cloth, woven on a loom,...
Textile Weaving Demonstration Specific to Sapanta Village, Maramures
Romanian Textile Weaving Demonstration – Slit Weave Tapestry In the village of Săpânța, famous for it’s main attraction – The Merry Cemetery – we ran into many colored textiles exposed for sale outside the...
Fulled Weaving for Felting or Fulling Wool Fabric Pănură
Fulled Weaving A Felt Like Fulled Wool Fabric – Vadmal Postav, Dimie, Pănură In the days before the fall of communism, in rural areas of Romania, girls at a young age would learn to...
Spinning Chunky Yarn in Maramureș – A Thick Wool Weft
Hand Spinning Chunky Yarn in Maramureș – A Single Ply Bulky Yarn Nestled along the Cosău valley, the village of Budești, home to a UNESCO wooden church dating back to 1643, is a beautiful...
Spinning Hemp Fiber Performed by 19 YO Vladimir Andrei
19 Years Old Romanian Textile Artisan Vladimir Andrei Does Preparation and Spinning Hemp Fiber On the verge of the 4th industrial revolution, the era of the robots doing people’s tasks and 3D printers creating...
Romanian Traditional Craftsmen to Stage a Couture Collection
Stone Carving Ancient Faces into Cliff
Spinning Hemp Fiber Performed by 19 YO Vladimir Andrei
Romanian Countryside Steeped in Tradition: Shepherd Tends Sheepfold the Old Way
Shake Roofing – A Trade Preserving The Carpathian Mountains Old Charm
