Fabric – Silk Organza
Fabric – Silk Organza
Price range: $8.50 through $16.99 CAD
Sorry I am not mailing the silk fabric to the USA at this time.
The silk organza fabric is a fine transparent fabric that is strong, non-stretchy, non-shiny and non-glossy unlike some organza fabrics. It makes a great fabric for shadow work embroidery as the embroidery becomes the feature and not the fabric.
The embroideries in the pictures opposite are worked on silk organza fabric in herringbone stitch.
Colour: Off White
Width: 55 inches
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Needle Painting Iris Kit
The Iris is worked in needle painting also known as thread painting and long and short stitch.
The Iris is an intermediate design.
Please visit the Needle Painting Information page for more information on needle painting and rating of the designs from easy to hard.
Needle Painting Iris Kit
The Iris is worked in needle painting also known as thread painting and long and short stitch.
The Iris is an intermediate design.
Please visit the Needle Painting Information page for more information on needle painting and rating of the designs from easy to hard.
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Stretcher Bar Frames
Sorry I am not mailing Stretcher Bar Frames to the USA at this time.
Stretcher bars are inexpensive wooden embroidery frames in which the fabric can be pulled really tight. The end of the bars have teeth that you slot together to form a frame at any size that you require for your needlework. I recommend the stretcher bar frames to work my hand embroidery kits in because they are very quick to assemble and the fabric stays taught in the frame.
I highly recommend purchasing the brass thumb tacks which are stronger and sharper than office supplies thumb tacks or quilters thumb tacks.
Please visit the following webpage for instructions on how to assemble a stretcher bar frame and choosing the right size for your needlework: Stretcher Bar Frames Information
Stretcher Bar Frames
Sorry I am not mailing Stretcher Bar Frames to the USA at this time.
Stretcher bars are inexpensive wooden embroidery frames in which the fabric can be pulled really tight. The end of the bars have teeth that you slot together to form a frame at any size that you require for your needlework. I recommend the stretcher bar frames to work my hand embroidery kits in because they are very quick to assemble and the fabric stays taught in the frame.
I highly recommend purchasing the brass thumb tacks which are stronger and sharper than office supplies thumb tacks or quilters thumb tacks.
Please visit the following webpage for instructions on how to assemble a stretcher bar frame and choosing the right size for your needlework: Stretcher Bar Frames Information
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Shadow Work Angel Fish Kit
The Shadow Work Angel Fish is an intermediate surface embroidery technique.
The shadow work embroidery is made up of bands of herringbone stitch at the back of the fabric that show through at the front as a shadow of colour.
I have designed my shadow work embroideries as pieces of art. The angel fish looks lovely mounted between two window mat boards and hung from the corners like a mobile so that both sides of the embroidery can be seen and makes a great bathroom decoration.
Shadow Work Angel Fish Kit
The Shadow Work Angel Fish is an intermediate surface embroidery technique.
The shadow work embroidery is made up of bands of herringbone stitch at the back of the fabric that show through at the front as a shadow of colour.
I have designed my shadow work embroideries as pieces of art. The angel fish looks lovely mounted between two window mat boards and hung from the corners like a mobile so that both sides of the embroidery can be seen and makes a great bathroom decoration.
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Shadow Work Tulip Kit
The Shadow Work Tulip is a beginners surface embroidery technique.
The shadow work embroidery is made up of bands of herringbone stitch at the back of the fabric that show through at the front as a shadow of colour and is a simple form of 2-sided embroidery.
Shadow Work Tulip Kit
The Shadow Work Tulip is a beginners surface embroidery technique.
The shadow work embroidery is made up of bands of herringbone stitch at the back of the fabric that show through at the front as a shadow of colour and is a simple form of 2-sided embroidery.
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Shadow Work Forest Kit
The Shadow Work Forest is an intermediate surface embroidery technique.
The shadow work embroidery is made up of bands of herringbone stitch at the back of the fabric that show through at the front as a shadow of colour and is a simple form of 2-sided embroidery.
Shadow Work Forest Kit
The Shadow Work Forest is an intermediate surface embroidery technique.
The shadow work embroidery is made up of bands of herringbone stitch at the back of the fabric that show through at the front as a shadow of colour and is a simple form of 2-sided embroidery.
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Pendant – Metal Thread Pendant Kit
The Metal Thread Pendant is a beginners project.
The embroidery is worked by sewing down strands of pearl purl which is a coiled metal thread, the stitches are hidden in the coils of the thread. In-between the lines of pearl purl are sections of gold soft metal beads.
I have also include a brooch pattern and brooch pin in case you prefer to make a brooch instead of a pendant.
Pendant – Metal Thread Pendant Kit
The Metal Thread Pendant is a beginners project.
The embroidery is worked by sewing down strands of pearl purl which is a coiled metal thread, the stitches are hidden in the coils of the thread. In-between the lines of pearl purl are sections of gold soft metal beads.
I have also include a brooch pattern and brooch pin in case you prefer to make a brooch instead of a pendant.
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The silk organza fabric is a fine transparent fabric that is strong, non-stretchy, non-shiny and non-glossy unlike some organza fabrics. It makes a great fabric for shadow work embroidery as the embroidery becomes the feature and not the fabric.
The embroideries in the pictures opposite are worked on silk organza fabric in herringbone stitch.
Colour: Off White
Width: 55 inches
| Weight | 0.09 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 37 × 27 × 1 cm |
| Size | 1 Yard of Off White Silk Organza (36 inches/90 cm by 55 inches/137 cm wide), 1/2 Yard of Off White Silk Organza (18 inches/45 cm by 55 inches/137 cm wide) |
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Fabric – Cotton Organdie
Cotton Organdie is 100% cotton and is 59 inches (147.5 cm) wide.
The fabric is slightly transparent yet firm, closely woven, does not fray easily and is most commonly used for Carrickmacross lace.
Colour: White
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Thread – Silk Soie D’Alger
Au ver A Soie is the manufacturer of fine silk thread and yarns in France since 1820. Soie d’alger is a seven ply stranded silk, each strand is twisted. The silk comes in a 5 meter pull skein which means you can pull the thread out without removing the label.
I have dark yellow (gold), light yellow (gold), grey (silver), brown (copper), bright red, dark red and black which can be used for couching down metal threads and for silk shading when doing goldwork embroideries.
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Drawing, Marking-out Set – Prick and Pounce
Sorry I am not mailing the prick and pounce set to USA customers at this time.
The drawing, marking-out set – prick and pounce includes:
- Steel or Wooden Pricker
- Size 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle
- Size 9 Crewel Embroidery Needle
- Pattern Pounce (tool to transfer pounce to fabric)
- Container of Grey or Black Pounce (new larger container)
- Mechanical Pencil with 0.5 mm Point and Lead
- Piece of Vellum Tracing Paper 5 inch by 5 inch
- Instructions
One container of pounce will do at least 100 transfers on a 10 inch by 10 inch pricked design. Please see other listings to purchase the supplies separately.
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Bohin Transfer Pencil
The Bohin transfer pencil is a mechanical pencil that comes with white and grey 0.9 mm lead. A mechanical pencil is the best type of pencil to use to draw design lines onto fabric as the lead keeps a consistent sharp nib. This pencil is perfect to use with the prick and pounce transfer method.
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Felt
Felt makes an excellent padding material or foundation fabric for metal thread embroidery. Elements of a design can be padded in layers of felt in a matching colour to the metal threads and then the metals thread are sewn over top.
The felt is a combination of wool 20% and rayon 80% which is a thicker felt good for padding and felt for needle cases.
Size: 8 inch by 10 inch (20 cm by 25 cm)
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Needles – Chenille
Chenille Needles have a large eye and a sharp point and are great for ribbon embroidery and as a plunging needle for goldwork embroidery. Chenille needles can also be used for heavy surface embroidery such as crewel and Mountmellick. I carry a variety packet in which the needles range from size 18 (largest) to size 24 (smallest) and I sell the No. 18 chenille needle separately for goldwork embroidery.
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Fabric – Ecclesiastical Linen Fabric – Sale
The Ecclesiastical Linen Fabric is antique white, closely woven, firm and smooth, 100% linen fabric.
The fabric is used for churchwork embroidery, fine white work surface embroidery and other surface embroidery techniques. Not suitable for pulled work or drawn thread due to the close weave.
I have few pieces on sale as that have faint creases that remain after being washed and ironed.
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Transfer Pencil – Chalk
The blue chalk pencil is used to transfer a design from tracing paper to fabric.
Trace your design onto the velum tracing paper. Note that the design will be reversed when you iron the design onto the fabric.
Place the tracing paper with the design down against the cotton fabric and then iron evenly along the back of the tracing paper, applying firm pressure for about 6 to 8 pass-overs.
When you lift the tracing paper off the fabric you are left with a blue outline of your design. The transfer is permanent.
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Fabric – Lugana Black 25 Count – Sale
Lugana fabric is a blend of 52% cotton and 48% rayon.
The fabric has even weave threads so that stitches/patterns will work out more regular than on an uneven weave such as linen fabric. It has a nice smooth and firm surface so that when the embroidery is complete the viewer sees the embroidery and is not distracted by the fabric.
I have few pieces of Black 25 Count Lugana fabric on sale as there is a fold crease down the center of the fabric that may not wash or iron out. Excellent value if you intend to cover the entire surface with stitching.
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Fabric – Mountmellick
Mountmellick 100% cotton satin jean fabric is a tightly woven and a firm fabric traditionally used Mountmellick embroidery. The fabric is white and has a nice smooth surface with a subtle sheen.
Mountmellick embroidery is an Irish form of white work embroidery in which floral designs are worked using white cotton threads in traditional surface embroidery stitches on the cotton satin jean fabric for table cloths, pillow cases and other household items. The embroideries in the pictures opposite are worked on the Mountmellick fabric.
Width of Fabric: 55 inches (137 cm)
Colour: White
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Scissors: KAI Hand Embroidery / Goldwork Embroidery
KAI 4 inch hand embroidery scissors are the perfect all purpose hand embroidery scissors. They have sharp pointed blades and are light weight with comfortable molded handles.
The KAI scissors are made in Japan out of professionally honed stainless steel. I personally have a pair of these scissors that I have used for many years in lots of needlework techniques including cutting metal threads for goldwork and they have maintained their sharpness.
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Erasable Pen – Water
The water erasable marking pen has a pin-point tip that produces a very fine line. Use the pen for drawing embroidery designs onto fabric. When the embroidery is complete the blue pen line can be washed away.
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Fabric – Muslin Southern Belle
The Southern Belle muslin fabric (Calico in European terms) is a 100% cotton fabric and is light cream in colour.
This wonderful fine quality muslin fabric has a 200 thread count (regular muslin fabric thread count starts at 70) and no flecks, specks and slubs which is common in muslin fabric, it has a very clean look. It makes an ideal ground fabric for needle painting and other forms of surface embroidery. I use the southern belle fabric in my needle painting kits. It can be used as extra support behind the ground fabric when working goldwork and as a backing fabric for silk fabric.
Width of the Fabric: 44 inches (110 cm)
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Kid Leather
The smooth kid leather has a metallic shiny surface except the “Copper Head” which has a matte surface. The kid leather is fairly stiff and is not appropriate for molding over very dimensional surfaces.
The wrinkled surface kid leathers come in gold, silver and pewter. They are slightly softer than the smooth surface leather and more mold-able.
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Needles – Beading
I carry the hard to find short beading needles which are excellent for goldwork embroidery when the size 10 embroidery/crewel needle will not fit through the center of purl or bullion threads. The needles are also good for very fine needle painting/thread painting. The needles are 1 1/4 inch ( 3 1/4 cm) long. The beading needles have a long slender eye for easier threading and a choice of sharp point or tapestry (ball) point. I carry size 12 (finest).
The size 12 short sharp beading needles are equivalent to the size 12 crewel embroidery needles.
I also carry (regular) long beading needles for your beading needs which are 2 inches (5 cm) long.
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Scissors: Gingher Stork
Gingher Stork 3 1/2 inch hand embroidery scissors are high quality precision embroidery scissors that are made in Italy. The scissors have smooth and comfortable handles with slender, sharp, yet strong blades and fine points which are excellent for fine hand embroidery and needlework techniques.
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Needles – Crewel Embroidery
Embroidery or crewel needles have a long eye for easier threading, a slender shaft and a sharp point to the needle so that the stitches can be worked close together and there is more control for the placement of the stitches.
The needles can be used for surface embroidery and sewing.
Crewel/embroidery needles are not suitable for counted thread work as the point of the needle would easily catch the threads of the fabric, distorting the counted work.
Size 10 are my choice needles for fine surface embroidery in which only one single strand of silk thread or embroidery cotton is used.
For very fine embroidery. when only using a single strand of fine thread or for sewing down No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10 gold purl threads use size 12 crewel embroidery.
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Magnifiers – Magni-clips
Sorry I am not mailing the magnifiers to the USA at this time.
The magni-clips are magnifiers that clip onto the bridge of your glasses, they can be flipped up when not in use and put down over your glasses for close up work.
The magni-clips are light weight and rimless so as not to distract from your stitching. Excellent for all types of hand embroidery and close up work.
If you do not know the magnification that you require I suggest trying out different reading glasses over your current glasses to find out the magnification that you require.
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