GRANDMOTHER JIM’S MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TREE SKIRT AND ORNAMENTS
The author’s grandmother created colorful ornaments and a felt tree skirt with
three-dimensional scenes from “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
Betsy Barrett

Make a Dazzling Bird Ornament
Betsy Barrett offers a re-creation of one of the embellished ornaments made by her grandmother.

CROCHETED BUTTONS
Crocheted buttons, very fashionable from about 1860 until about 1915, were made
in a wide variety of patterns, some very elaborate.
Nancy Nehring

Crochet a Button
Follow Nancy Nehring’s instructions to crochet a Floribunda Arch button to use as a closure on Kristin Spurkland’s diminutive silk purse (see below) or as a stylish pin.

Crochet and Embellish an Elegant Silk Purse
Kristin Spurkland used silk yarn and ribbon details in this easy-to-make accessory.

MADE FROM SILK RIBBONS: A Flag from the Civil War Era
According to family legend, this small flag was created in an internment camp established in South Carolina for Union sympathizers during the Civil War.
Donna LaVallee

LIVERY: Identifying Household Staff
Livery, originally a badge, evolved into complete outfits for household staff that have
changed very little in the past two hundred years.
Deborah Pulliam

NEEDLEWORKERS OF THE NORTH, PART III
ATHAPASKAN BEADWORK: Miniature Mosaics
This installment of an ongoing series focuses on the beautiful beadwork created by
Athapaskan men and women of Alaska and northwestern Canada.
Donna Druchunas

Athapaskan Beadwork Technique
Learn the traditional method used by Athapaskan beadworkers to couch beads to a
ground fabric.

SAFELY LOCKED TO EARTH: Padlocks for
Chinese Boys
Families in China traditionally protected their most valuable possessions—their young sons—with padlocks worn around the neck
or with clothes embroidered with padlock motifs.
Valery Garrett

Cross-Stitch a Padlock Motif
Use this chart from Valery Garrett’s collection to create your own padlock filled with auspicious symbolism.

THE PRINCESS LACE MACHINE OR LOOM:
Neither Machine nor Loom
Businessman Sylvester G. Lewis started his Torchon Lace Company in 1901 to sell his cylindrical bobbin-lace pillow, touted as a great improvement over the lace-making equipment then available in Europe.
Karen H . Thompson

A CELEBRATION OF LACE IN GALICIA
The coastal city of Camariñas in Galicia, a region bordering the Atlantic Ocean, is home to one of the largest centers of bobbin-lace making in Spain.
Alba Cid

JANYA SUGANNASIL: Thailand’s Lady of Lace
A profile of this lace maker who is working on a commission to make a fan with diminutive bobbin-lace motifs for an American fan collector.
Cindy Tilney

GRANDMA MOSES, NEEDLEWOMAN
In addition to her well-known folk art paintings, Grandma Moses also turned out numerous “yarn paintings,” embroideries worked
primarily in worsted-weight wool.
Jeanmarie Copeland

Decorative Knitting, Part V:
Knit Cuffs with Squares and Stripes
Nancy Bush finishes up her series with ribbonlike techniques. As with the other installments in the series, she uses cuffs as her canvas.

Help with Adobe Acrobat (PDF) On the Web: Knit, Embroider, and Felt a "Scribble" Pillow Leigh Radford’s fun pillow is felted after being both knitted and embroidered.

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