1️⃣ My 'Must Have' embroidery books #1 | Find out why I love this one so much!

Join me for a quick look at one of my favourite books about hand embroidery. If you like goldwork embroidery you'll LOVE the pieces featured in this fabulous coffee-table glossy! "There is no blood or tragedy in this book. Herein lies, as I have seen it, the most magical aspect of the bullfight: the suit of lights." Peter Müller ORO PLATA 'Embroidered Costumes of the Bullfight' By Peter Müller ISBN 2 84323 035 7 Published by Assouline - https://assouline.com In the follow video (link kindly provided by Laura Vivanco, see pinned comment below) you can see a Spanish language video showing inside Casa Fermín, the tailors of these amazing 'Suits of lights'. https://www.telemadrid.es/programas/mi-camara-y-yo/vestido-torear-2-2164303569--20191003111134.html "The origin of the bullfighting costumes is Arabic and it was the ladies who began to order these bullfighting dresses from their dressmakers, to later give them to the brave bullfighters. MCY visits the Fermín tailor shop, where currently a suit of lights can cost up to 6,000 euros, depending on the amount and type of ornaments. It is not for less, if one takes into account that each suit is made by hand by approximately six people, and it usually takes about a month to make it. In this tailor shop they keep costumes donated by famous bullfighters such as El Cordobés, José Mari Manzanares (father) and José Ortega Cano." Are you an embroidery beginner? Or thinking about how to get into the hobby? Go to the 'Beginning Emb