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PieceWork, July/August 2006
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- On the Web: Cross-Stitch Red-and-White Allegoric Motifs and Cross-Stitch a Heart with Quaker Motifs- Dominique Hoel-Colin used the Flemish tapestries at Versailles as inspiration for her allegoric motifs while Janice Wood designed her small heart pillow using traditional
Quaker sampler motifs.
- The Arnott-Rogers Blue-and-White Embroideries of Sichuan- George Rogers and his wife, Robina Arnott, brought their collection of exquisite traditional blue-and-white embroideries made by Chinese village women home to Australia. (Peg Fraser)
- Stitch Double Running Motifs for a Scarf- Peg Fraser selected a design used a hundred years ago on the cuffs of a Sichuan, China, farmer's cotton shirt to embellish a stunning silk scarf.
- Double Running Stitch (Two-Sided Embroidery)- Learn how to work this easy-to-learn but hard-to-execute stitch used by Chinese embroiderers and known in China as er mien ti (stitch with two faces).
- Mauve: A Beautiful Discovery That Revolutionized Textile Science- Eighteen-year-old William Henry Perkin's discovery of the dye color that became known as mauveine changed the developing field of organic chemistry and united science and business. (Susan J. Jerome)
- Mountmellick and Deerfield Embroidery- The similarities in both the histories of the two styles of needlework and the techniques themselves are noteworthy. (Yvette Stanton)
- A Mountmellick Suit- A three-piece suit embellished with Mountmellick embroidery. (Connie McEvoy)
- Cretan Stitch- Linda Moore describes how to work the Cretan stitch, a stitch found July/August 2006 in both Mountmellick and Deerfield embroideries.
- Embroider and Sew Napkin Rings in the Mountmellick and Deerfield Styles- Yvette Stanton interprets the pomegranate motif in Mountmellick and Deerfield embroidery.
- Suzanis: The Flower Cloths of Uzbekistan- The author's purchase of several suzanis sent her on a quest to learn more about these dowry pieces originally from the region of Central Asia now known as Uzbekistan. (Pamela D. Toler)
- Ugly and Very Expensive: The Cashmere Shawls of Empress Josephine- Empress Josephine's disdain for the paisley-motif wraps didn't last: soon, she was spending as much as 20,000 gold francs for a single shawl. (Isabella Campagnol Fabretti)
- Embroider a Fringed Paisley Throw- Follow Kristin Nicholas's instructions to embroider the paisley motif on a purchased cashmere throw.
- The Silk Embroideries Made at Saint Joseph's Acabemy, Emmitsburg, Maryland- Silk pictorial embroideries made by students at Saint Joseph's Academy between 1822 and 1841 form the largest group of surviving needlework examples associated with a Maryland school. (Gloria Seaman Allen)
- Decorative Knitting, Part III: Knit Paistu Mittens- Nancy Bush adapted these traditional Estonian mittens from Aino Praakli's Kirikindad II [Patterned Mittens II].