Embroidery and lace are the mirror image of the soul belonging to their artists, who seek inspiration in nature, nature of contrasts, rustic or mild, earth or ocean, river or mountain, soft or hard tones of the sky, flowers, fish or birds.

The "Alto de Minho" is a region where the art of embroidery is an important and sorted wealth, which extends itself over the whole "Ribeira Lima" (Lima Riverside region), and where the embroiders and lace-makers transmit inheritance and tradition.

The embroidery in this region is very diverse, since the famous and traditional "regional garments", to the embroidery done with pieces of linen and cotton: Towels; cloths; tablecloths; handkerchiefs; etc, not forgetting the emotional "lover's handkerchief".

The art of embroidering is often associated to the art of lace making, by complementing each other the artisan enriches her work.

Although different, embroidery and lace making (as already referred) complement each other and appear as a delicate and harmonious whole, in which imagination, creativity, artistic sensibility and feelings come together.

Here in the municipality of "Ponte da Barca", Isaura Barros and her mother, Mrs. Carmelinda Barros, along with an associete, show the visitors to this beautiful region, the work by them executed at the shop that they own in the heart of the village.