I have a standing joke with Mary-Anne who runs A Stitch in Time in Hobart. She repeatedly and mistakenly calls my Portuguese whitework “Hungarian whitework”. And then when she’s feeling particularly silly she’ll call it Hungarian Folk Dancing. We laugh and both know that she’s actually referring to Portuguese Whitework. I have no idea how to teach Hungarian folk dancing!
However, it has made me wonder about Hungarian whitework…
And then, when I was at the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair, I met a lady who was going back to visit Hungary the following week, and told me of the beautiful whitework embroidery that she has seen in Hungary.
So I am intrigued. I know little about Hungarian embroidery, though I have seen Kalocsa embroidery, which is quite colourful. Do any of you wonderful readers know of traditional styles of whitework from Hungary? What regions are they from?
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.

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