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Saco de Alfazema em linho com Bordado de Guimarães, feito por A Oficina, em Guimarães
A Oficina04.11.2026

Portuguese linen: how it is made, from field to cloth, and how to care for embroidered linen

Flax goes through more than ten stages before it becomes cloth, almost all by hand. The linen cycle, where it is still made in Portugal and how to care for an embroidered piece.

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