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Oaxacan embroidery patterns: San Antonino, Isthmus, Yalalag in three colourways

Oaxacan embroidery — Tiny multicoloured flowers massed across white cotton with panels of drawn-thread openwork between them, threads withdrawn and the remainder bound into a fine grid, each flower head no bigger than a grain of rice., hand chain-stitch and satin stitch in cotton floss on cotton and velvet, with drawn-thread openwork panels

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Reading 1Drawn-thread florals
Reading 2Chain-stitch blooms
Reading 3Tasselled bands

Oaxacan embroidery holds three unrelated hands in one state: San Antonino's tiny flowers set between panels of drawn-thread openwork, the Isthmus huipil chain-stitched with big blooms on velvet, and the white Yalalag huipil hung with a long braided tassel. These nine render all three, each in a fine, a bold and a contemporary colourway. Ask for a different floral scale and the same three towns carry it.

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Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each pattern is drawn at A3 proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean at A3 or scales to A4.
Can I ask for a different floral scale?
Yes — the direction field takes a different scale and the same three towns render it.
What's the difference between the three colourways?
Fine keeps the flowers small and the openwork visible; bold enlarges the same motifs the way the Isthmus huipil carries them; contemporary opens the palette while keeping each town's own structure.
Is this respectful of real Oaxacan embroidery traditions?
The set draws on the drawn-thread, chain-stitch and tasselled techniques of San Antonino, Isthmus and Yalalag embroidery as a style reference for a generated print, not a reproduction of any specific embroiderer's huipil.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.