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Hedebo Embroidery Today

Hedebo Embroidery is still alive! At the Danish teachers' college for textile crafts, this style of embroidery remains part of the curriculum. Artists are adapting Hedebo Embroidery to other materials, much like architects Nyrop and Rosen did 100 years ago. At Greve Museum, a group of women discovered the secrets of old Hedebo textiles and recreated them in their own work. The museum offers classes where students can try their hand at these traditional forms of embroidery. Foreign magazines and books about Danish Hedebo Embroidery continue to be published.

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    En snefnug syet i hedebo-stil der blev brugt til julepynt

    Greve Museum runs a study circle in HedeboEmbroidery. In 2007 the members of thecircle made ice crystals of Hedebo Embroideryand needle lace as Christmas decorationsfor Greve Museum. Here you can seethe result, which is part of the exhibition.

    Education and New Interpretation

    The Teachers’ College for the Promotion of Handicrafts continues to teach students how to sew Hedebo Embroidery. Greve Museum provides lesson materials to the Danish public school system, ensuring that today’s children can experience these historical embroideries. Hedebo Embroidery has served as a bridge between Danish folk culture and the folk cultures brought to Denmark by people of different ethnic backgrounds. Contemporary Danish designers are still inspired by Hedebo Embroidery. For example, there are pottery and chairs that are clearly influenced by 'Udklipshedebo.' Textile designer Jytte Harboesgaard has renewed the expression of Hedebo Embroidery in works displayed at Greve Museum. The museum’s 2007 Christmas tree was adorned with Hedebo Embroidery ice crystals sewn by the museum’s study group. These are just a few of the many fresh interpretations that Greve Museum showcases.

    Foreign Interest

    Across the world, women’s groups are sitting and stitching Danish Hedebo Embroidery. In 2000, an exhibition featuring Hedebo Embroidery collars led to textile designer Jytte Harboesgaard being invited to teach the craft in New Zealand. In 2003, the Dutch magazine Handwerken zonder Grenzen published an article about Danish Hedebo Embroidery. The following year, a Japanese book on Danish Hedebo Embroidery was released, and the Japanese magazine Scandinavian Style visited Greve Museum and wrote about both the museum and Hedebo Embroidery. In Kyoto, Japan, the "Yuki Pallis Museum Collection" showcases Danish Hedebo Embroidery.

    Travelling Exhibition

    Since its opening in 1988, Greve Museum has conducted research into Hedebo Embroidery from both a cultural history and craftsmanship perspective. This research has led to the presentation of new and old perspectives on Hedebo Embroidery through books, articles, and exhibitions. The exhibition "Hedebo Embroidery – A World of Variations" fulfills the museum’s goal of continuing to share this beautiful part of the cultural heritage of this region of Denmark. At the same time, we aim to offer other museums in Denmark and abroad the opportunity to present Hedebo Embroidery to their audiences - embroidery once considered the true art of the Danish people, inspired by a long European tradition of white embroidery

    Greve Museum wishes to encourage new generations to develop the skills necessary to sew Hedebo Embroidery. Here you can see one of the pupils from local schools learning to sew Hedebo Embroidery at the museum as a part of their sewing curriculum.

    Sidst opdateret: 26. marts 2025