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PieceWork, March/April 2008
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P0803
Projects
- The Glittering World of Metal-Thread Embroidery and A Choker and Bracelet to Embellish with Metallic Threads (Christen Brown)- The time-honored tradition of embellishing objects with metal thread spans the globe and step-by-step instructions for working with contemporary metallic threads and materials.
- Charles Ahovissi: Dancer, Drummer, Choreographer, Costume Designer, Tailor (Suzanne Smith Arney)- An ambassador of the arts brings the traditions of his native Republic of Benin to a new audience.
- How Did They Do That?- In this first installment of a new feature offering step-by-step photographs and instructions for a technique from times past, we examine loop-manipulated braids.
- Big Prices from Small Fingers: Recent Trends in Collecting Schoolgirl Needlework (Francine Kirsch)- Samplers and silk pictures worked by eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century American and English schoolgirls today can fetch ten or more times what they did twenty years ago.
- Beautiful Bokanis: India's Traditional Textile for the Groom (Brinda Gill)- Discover the traditional embroidered scarf worn by bridegrooms in Gujarat, India.
- Ukrainian Whitework: A Primrose-Pattern Doily to Stitch (Gay Eaton)- Whitework has been a specialty of Ukrainian needleworkers for centuries. This intricate doily provides a taste of the technique.
- Taiwanese Aboriginal Embroidery (Yvonne Cuthbertson)- Taiwanese tribeswomen used images from their folklore to weave, knit, and embroider embellishments for garments, headdresses, and accessories.
- The Murray Family Dress (Jack A . Smith)- Trace the history of this circa-1830 linsey-woolsey dress.
- Wishbone Socks to Knit (Nancy Bush)- Complete instructions for knitting stylish lace socks.