Adventurous needleworkers will welcome this special treatment of the art of embroidering with the soft cotton yarn known as candlewicking. The unusual designs, which you can apply to 27 different practical and beautiful projects, work well in a variety of settings, from tea cosies and cushion covers to decorative mini-quilts and banners, and from a needle book to a matching baby bag and wool blanket. All the completed projects appear in full-page, full-color photos, while each meticulous step comes fully illustrated with a stitch guide, time-saver tips, and charts. To make your projects even more original and personal, try the special sections that make the most of threads, beads, buttons, ties, tea-dyed fabrics and cords.
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List Price:
$17.99
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Features:
- Finished Size: 14 Inch x 14 Inch
- Each kit contains screen printed 100% cotton muslin fabric, 6-strand cotton floss, candlewick thread
- Embroidery Kit
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Ivory Butterfly candlewicking embroidery Kit includes: Screen-printed 100% cotton muslin fabric, 6-strand cotton floss, candlewick thread, lace, backing fabric, needle, graph instructions. (Mat / Frame sold separately.) Size: 14" x 14".
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Developed by America's pioneer women in the early 1800s, candlewicking used only the simplest of materials readily to hand -- muslin, cotton, and the thread from which it derived its name, the cotton twist yarn used as a wick in candlemaking.
Traditional fabrics are still used today, though now they are of better quality and the variety of threads available is extensive. The traditional colour of cream is still most favoured, although some subtle colours are now creeping in.
The twenty-four designs in this book by an Australian teacher of the art are divided into groups suitable for the family room, the living room, the sewing room, the bedroom and the garden. There are designs to suit all levels of ability, from beginner to advanced. All are heavily illustrated with patterns, designs and photographs, and all necessary techniques and stitches are fully explained.
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"To redeem the monotony of plain surfaces has ever been the aim of all the arts, but especially that of the needle, which being the oldest expression of decorative intention, has, from the earliest time, been very dependent on its groundwork for its ultimate results. This is particularly the case in embroideries of the type of what is commonly known as Jacobean, where the ground fabric is extensively visible, as it is also in that wondrous achievement, the Bayeux tapestry worked in coarse wools upon homespun linen and therefore quite miscalled tapestry. "
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"To redeem the monotony of plain surfaces has ever been the aim of all the arts, but especially that of the needle, which being the oldest expression of decorative intention, has, from the earliest time, been very dependent on its groundwork for its ultimate results. This is particularly the case in embroideries of the type of what is commonly known as Jacobean, where the ground fabric is extensively visible, as it is also in that wondrous achievement, the Bayeux tapestry worked in coarse wools upon homespun linen and therefore quite miscalled tapestry. "
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LFW S/S 2012 – Tom Ford
StyleBistro - Oct 17, 9853
Lisa Armstrong, Daily Telegraph: Mesh, marabou, raffia fringing, a candlewick effect which suggested long hours at the hand embroiderers, plaited satin ribbons – these were just some of the techniques applied onto those hourglass silhouettes.
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30% Off! Storewide Star-Spangled Sale 2011 - LindeeG Embroidery
by Lindee Goodall
Also, previously the sale was only announced in the newsletter and on Facebook .This is the first time I’ve posted information on the website.
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