1920's


	Blackwork designs from the 1920’s

Dancing the Charleston

charleston

This is dedicated to my Grandmother who showed all us grandchildren how to dance the "Blackbottom". Stitched in black with some cross stitch and beads.

Design size: 14" x 13" (35.5cm x 33cm)

Chart £6.50

Kit £17.50

The Roaring Twenties

roaring

The lady in the front energetically dancing has a beaded bodice. Containing some cross stitch the colours used are black, grey, green and red.

Design size: 14" x 11" (35.5cm X 28cm)

Chart £6.50

Kit £17.50

After the Dance

after the dance

A romantic moment stitched in blackwork and cross stitch. The colours are black, grey, red with gold metallic and gold beads.

Design size 17" x 12.5"

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Chart £6.50

Kit £19.50

Getting Ready

getting-ready

A quiet interlude before an exciting evening. This is stitched in black, grey and green with black beads.

Design size: 14" x 11" (35.5cm x 28cm)

Chart £6.50

Kit £17.50

Promenade

promenade

1920's ladies knew what to do when over obviously admired by strange men! Stitched in black and grey with touches of green and red. Contains some cross stitch.

Design size: 13" x 12.5" (33cm x 31cm)

Chart £6.50

Kit £18.50

Bathing Belles 1926

bathing-belles

Everyone seemed to really enjoy their trip to the seaside in the 20's. This design containing some cross stitch is in black, red, grey and green.

Design size: 14" x 11"

Chart £6.50

Kit £17.50

1920’s

After the unspeakable horror of the Great War in the previous decade it's not surprising that the exuberance of the survivors made this decade the Roaring 20's - a time when new ideas and hedonistic pleasure where pursued with equal enthusiasm.
During the war women had been encouraged to do jobs vacated by men then at the Front and their dress had become considerably less cumbersome and more practical. The corset was still worn but now as more of a support garment rather than something that contorted the female form into a shape seen as fashionable so that women were experiencing a new freedom of physical movement.

By 1918 some women had the vote in Great Britain, although full female franchise did not come into effect until 1928.

In the 1920's hemlines which had been ankle length in the previous decade rose to just below the knee, women were cutting their hair into fashionable bobs and soon the French fashion houses were demanding that women looked boyish and slender without the rich curves so beloved of the Edwardians. The diet was born!


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Blackwork designs from the 1920’s

1920’s