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Needlework Projects & Articles
Embroidery
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A
Hardanger Napkin Ring to Make
by Karen J. Olsen
Use these step-by-step instructions to create beautiful napkin rings worked in
colorful Hardanger embroidery. |
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Travel
Slippers to Needlepoint
By Sarah Warren
These soft and comfortable slippers with needlepoint rose
motif will soothe your feet after a day of travel and sightseeing. The motifs
were stitched on needlepoint canvas with Persian wool and then appliquéd
to purchased slippers. |
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Appliqué
and Embroider a Hand Fan
by Mel Persion
This colorful hand fan will cool you down or make a great wall hanging, especially
for a child's room! Web-Exclusive Project. |
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Button
Cover to Embroider
Adapted by Susan Strawn Bailey in the January/February
2000 issue.
Create a bright flower button cover while you sample five classic embroidery stitches
with silk thread on linen. This project was inspired by "Plain-sewing Samplers"
by Deborah Dwyer, also featured in the January/February
2000 issue. Web-Exclusive Project. |
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Embroider
a Hungarian Doily
by Donna Fenton
Inspired by the drawings of Bori Kis Jankó, a Hungarian woman who drew
embroidery patterns freehand on cloth, this colorful doily is sure to brighten
any table. Web-Exclusive Project. |
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Embroider
a Globe
by Nancy Nehring
For some schoolgirls in nineteenth-century America, embroidering a globe was the culmination of their needlework instruction, and it also taught them geography. Our globe is based on globes available between 1800 and 1840. Web-Exclusive Project. |
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Juliette's
Medieval Vine
adapted by Judy Kettner (November/December
1999 issue)
This medieval vine motiff may be embroidered on a collar or cuff, or portions
could be placed on a pocket, the flap of a purse, or down the front of a dress
or blouse. |
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Pinkeep
to Embroider
(1.9 MB)
by Elisabeth Shure (July/August 1995 issue)
This pinkeep project uses silk threads on fine-count linen and features the tree
motif peculiar to Nantucket needlework samplers. |
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Silk
Ribbon Guest Book
Shown on page 76 of the May/June
2004 issue, this project utilizes the drama of silk ribbon embroidery
to accentuate the elegant background of cream-colored ribbons. Web-Exclusive
Project.
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