Projects
- Embroider a Rose-Petal Heart- Linda Moore selected a single heart-shaped rose petal from a linen tablecloth and embroidered it on silk for a box-top insert.
- The Rose Tablecloth- This elaborately embroidered tablecloth from the Historic Costume and Textiles Collection of Colorado State University inspired the embroidery project presented on page 26. (Linda Carlso)
- The Fisher Man's Lover- This poem was inspired by a photograph of a woman standing and knitting beside a cliff in Polperro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. (Jane Galer)
- Knit Our Polperro Gloves- Nancy Bush, moved by Jane Galer's poem, designed these patterned gloves to knit for men.
- More Love Than Money: Gifts of the 1930s- During the Depression, many women exchanged gifts of textiles that they had worked with needle and thread. (Jane Reid)
- Embroider a Tea Towel- Mary Polityka Bush brings us this 1930s-style tea towel just in time for Valentine's Day.
- Stitch a Blackwork Heart- From the Embroiderers' Guild of America's extensive needlework collection comes this blackwork heart motif to stitch.
- What Is Blackwork?- Centuries old, blackwork consists of intricate patterns worked with a series of straight stitches and backstitches. (Ann Blalock)
- Korsnäs Sweaters: Crocheted and Knitted Gifts of Love- Young women from the small Finnish village of Korsnäs crocheted and knitted intricate sweaters for their fiancés. (Carol Huebscher Rhoades)
- Crochet a Bag with Korsnäs Motifs- Carol Huebscher Rhoades crocheted this Korsnäs bag with the traditional dancing girl motif.
- The Shawls of Cuenca- Love story: a poet, an actress, and a warp-resist-dyed and fringed shawl made in Ecuador. (Deborah Dwyer)
- Needlework and Love- Anniversary Doily (Diane Willett)
- Raggedy Ann (Polly Havins)
- Function Plus Fashion: Victorian Smoking Caps- During the mid-nineteenth century, men wore ornately embroidered velvet caps while smoking in the privacy of their rooms. (Diane Maglio)
- Bead a Tudor Rose on a Velvet Hat- Sandie Abel dresses up a velvet hat with a late- fifteenth-century motif, the Tudor rose.
- Make a Purse in Tunisian Crochet- Kathleen Power Johnson utilizes the technique of Tunisian crochet in this richly textured purse.
- The Riddle of Tunisian Crochet- Although examples of Tunisian crochet have been documented as early as the mid-nineteenth century, the origin of the technique is still disputed. (Elizabeth Kurr)
- Stitch a Miniature Victorian Spot Sampler- Page Dorsey continues the tradition of Victorian spot samplers with fifteen separate motifs to stitch.
Item #: P0401
PieceWork, January/February 2004
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Embroider a Rose-Petal Heart
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