Needlework Handicrafts
Needlework has remained popular through the years. It is relaxing and many techniques can be learned easily, take up very little space and the work in progress can easily be picked up again to continue working if there has been an interruption. The finished pieces of needlework can be used in home decorating or given as gifts, often becoming treasured family keepsakes.
The term, Needlework, includes a wide variety of handicrafts. Featured here are -
Quilting
Counted Cross Stitch
Applique
Sampler Embroidery
Loom Knitting
About Quilting
QUILTING
The following is taken from Wikipedia.org and further informaton about these 6 steps can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilting
Traditional quilting is a six-step process that includes: 1) selecting a pattern, fabrics and batting; 2) measuring and cutting fabrics to the correct size to make blocks from the pattern; 3) piecing (sewing cut pieces of fabric together using a sewing machine or by hand to make blocks) blocks together to make a finished "top"; 4) layering the quilt top with batting and backing, to make a "quilt sandwich"; 5) quilting by hand or machine through all layers of the quilt sandwich; and 6) squaring up and trimming excess batting from the edges, machine sewing the binding to the front edges of the quilt and then hand-stitching the binding to the quilt backing.
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Quilting - Patterns and Tips
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Quilting is the needlework process of layering two, or more, pieces of fabric on top of each other and sewing them together, either by hand or with a sewing machine, to form a quilt. This form of needlework has been popular through the ages. Many pat...
Quilting Websites - for more information
- Quilting for Beginners - Help for Beginning Quilters
- Quilting for beginners is the place where beginning quilters will find quilting tips, tutorials and easy quilting patterns.
- Welcome to the World Wide Quilting Page
- Center for making quilts with free quilt patterns from famous quilt artists
- Quilt Patterns, Books and Discounted Supplies for the Quilting World | QuiltersWarehouse.com
- Quilt patterns, quilting fabrics & free quilt pattern project ideas, Shop at QuiltersWarehouse.
- Quilt Patterns and Free Quilting Ideas at AllCrafts.net!
- AllCrafts.net - Free Crafts Network
Free Crafts projects! Your guide for all types of crafts. Holiday crafts, Kids crafts, crochet, knitting, dolls, rubber stamps and much more! 20+ craft categories. New free projects added weekly!
About Counted Cross Stitch
COUNTED CROSS STITCH
Counted Cross Stitch is worked on evenweave fabric and the number of threads between stitches are counted. The stitches are crossed so the even x's form a pattern. Other forms of cross stitch, distinguished from Counted Cross Stitch. are common needlework styles used on household items to form borders and many museums show clothing decorated this way.
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Counted Cross Stitch
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Counted Cross Stitch embroidery is a form of needlework where even weave fabric is used and fabric threads are counted before inserting the needle. The embroiderer uses printed charts which show how many threads to count to determine the plac...
Counted Cross Stitch History Website
- Cross Stitch History
- Counted cross stitch embroideryCounted cross stitch is a traditional type of embroidery that can be adapted to either simple or
complex designs.
Cross stitch embroidery is worked exclusively using the basic cross stitch, although variations of the stitch are also used. Cr
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About Applique
APPLIQUE
Applique is often used in needlework projects such as in quilting. A smaller piece of fabric is laid on top of another fabric and sewn in place to form a decorative accent. The edges of the small piece are usually turned under and then straight stitched in place. A satin stitch can be used over the straight stitch or other decorative stitches can be used around the edge of the applique piece.
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Applique
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A form of Needlework, applique, is layering a piece of fabric, usually cut in a special shape or design, on another larger piece of fabric. The larger piece of fabric can be clothing, a quilt block, or any other item which can be decorated in this way. I...
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About Samplers
SAMPLERS
A sampler is embroidered needlework and was used hundreds of years ago when printed patterns were not easily available. Samplers were a form of reference material for learning various stitches. They often consisted of letters and numbers and sometimes the name of the embroiderer and the date were also worked into the design.
A cross stitch sampler by the daughter of Myles Standish is the oldest known United States sampler. It is in Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Today's samplers often have quotes and patterns are available as shown on the following Squidoo lens:
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Samplers - Embroidery Then and Now
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What are samplers? In order to master the art of needlework, as young women in the 16th century were encouraged to do, a wide variety of embroidery stitches were sewn randomly on a piece of fabric as reference material. There were no printed patterns...
Sampler websites - more information
- M. Finkel & Daughter
- Leading dealer of antique samplers and needlework.
Amongst the most highly regarded American samplers - Kansas Historical Society
- Sampler information at the Kansas Historical Society
About Loom Knitting
LOOM KNITTING
Loom knitting is easy knitting, a needlework technique that does not require needles. The yarn in looped around a loom which is usually round and the yarn is worked in these loops with a hook. A tube of fabric is then produced which is a nice texture and can be used for many projects. Hats are easily made with a knitting loom because of the basic shape of the tube.
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Loom Knitting For Quick Projects
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Loom knitting is easy to learn and is a quick way to make needlework gifts and wearing apparel that used to take much more time and effort to do. Knitting looms for easy knitting are small and circular in shape and do not require knitting needles. I...
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