Embroidery & Cross Stitch How To Instructions plus Stitches
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Embroidery and Cross Stitch
instructions from The National Needlework Association ~ How to Embroider
includes How To Cross-Stitch ~ dated 1990, 33 pages. Easy to read and use
instructions. Great for beginners looking for basic instruction on correct
techniques and a terrific reference for experienced needleworkers. Contents
include:
Introduction to Embroidery
Tools of the Trade
- Embroidery Threads
** Thread and Yarn Tips
- Fabrics
** Evenweaves
** Waste Canvas
- Fabric & Thread Tips
- Needles
- Needle Tips
- Frames & Hoops
- Hoop Tips
Rules of the Trade
- How to Work Even Stitches
- Stitch Techniques
- Starting a Thread
- Ending a Thread
- Where to Start Stitching
- Carrying Threads
- Twisted Threads
- Correcting Mistakes
- Testing Thread Colors
- Creating Your Own Design
- Designing for Cross-Stitch
- Left-Handed Stitching
Hints on Counted Cross-Stitch
- Design Charts
** Finding the Center
- Finding the Center of Your Fabric
- Threads
- Needles
Embroidery on Clothing
Stitches
- Backstitch
- Blank (buttonhole)
- Bullion
- Chain Stitch
- Chain Stitch - Open
- Couching
- Cross Stitch
** Horizontal Rows
** Vertical Rows and Scattered
- Feather
- Fly
- French Knots
- Half Cross-Stitch
- Herringbone
- Lazy Daisy
- Open Laid Work
- Running
- Satin
- Satin-Padded
- Split
- Stem (outline)
- Smyrna (double cross-stitch)
- Straight
- Three Quarter Cross-Stitch
- Turkey Work
Care & Finishing of Embroidery
Condition: Light wear, slightest creasing, pages clean and unmarked, overall
very good condition.
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