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Lady Puncetto and the Valle Vogna
This article appears in this month's Giuliana Ricama in Italy so if you'd like to read it in Italian, you can find it there. Towards the end of the 19th century an educated and cultured Irish lady from...
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Bargello Embroidery
Bargello Embroidery seems to be enjoying a bit of a revival lately on both sides of the Atlantic. I've seen lots of it through the various North American needlework guilds and also on Facebook among...
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Tassel books!
Maria Rita Faleri has been hard at work creating a series of books on handmade knotted tassels. In this post I told you a little bit about Maria Rita and since then we have been chatting back and forth...
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Rare Needle Lace Patterns
I'm so excited to tell you about a booklet that has just come out. It is a facsimile reprint of a rare 16th century needle lace pattern book currently held in the public library of Forlì, Italy.Besides...
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Needlework Challenge - Valtopina 2016
I really like needlework challenges, I think they bring out some great creativity and it is always interesting to see how people interpret a theme differently. This fall, September 2, 3 and 4 to be...
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Embroidery on Tulle - books, books!
Well, an interesting few months have kept me from posting and the stack on my floor of books and other ideas for blog posts has grown into a mountain! While I have not had a moment to post, I have not...
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Snowflakes II: Guest Post with Gioja Ralui
Last year Gioja Ralui, author of the books Sardinian Knot Stitch (in English) and Punto Annodato Sardo (in Italian) appeared here and elsewhere as a guest to present a freebie snowflake pattern, this...
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Crochet Cotton for Needlework
Using Crochet Cotton thread for needlework is something that different types of Italian needlework call for. Crochet Cotton is a twisted mercerized cotton thread. It is not shiny the same as Pearl...
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Italian Needlework Books easily available outside Italy
One of the most frequent requests I get is: "where can I buy these books in English?" Now, I've come to understand that this does not necessarily mean that readers are asking that the texts be in...
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Macramè from Chiavari
Last April when I was in Bologna, I got to attend a trade fair called Mondo Creativo [Creative World]. There was some embroidery and lace, lots of quilting and beading, decoupage, ceramics, jewellery...
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Three in One - new book!
The latest book from Giuseppa Federici revisits three techniques: Ars Aesis, Catherine de'Medici Embroidery and Buratto drawn-thread work.This volume is 64 pages beginning with a little bit of history...
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Ferragamo and the needle lace of Tavarnelle
From a private collection in Florence, since donated to the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum.The following is an English version of my latest column in the Italian needlework magazine Giuliana Ricama issue...
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Sardinian Knot Stitch in Inspirations Magazine
The new edition (#87) of Inspirations magazine is out and nestled amongst all the lovely projects you'll find a book weight project done in Punt'e nù embroidery from Teulada, Italy.While a book weight...
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Punto Antico 20th Anniversary and a new book
The Associazione Il Punto Anticois celebrating their 20th anniversary this year and commemorate it with a new book (in English and Italian!) of projects on this lovely needlework technique.From the...
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Knots and Tassels and Maria Rita Faleri
The other day a beautiful photo meant for someone else came across my newsfeed which sparked a revisit for me to the Turk's Head Knot and tassels. For me its not the bright and shiny things that...
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Reproduction research - Tassel
For a few years I have been looking on and off for some idea of what kind of knots make up the tassels on my vintage Punto Umbro cushion that I talked about here.The tassel is made up of a needle lace...
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Printwork Embroidery or Ricamo a Chiaroscuro
Some fun news, I've starting writing a regular column for the new Italian embroidery magazine Giuliana Ricama that I told you about here. They have graciously permitted me to print an English...
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Punto Risparmiato - Split Stitch Needlepainting
When I think of Needlepainting embroidery I usually think of the Long and Short Stitch. There are many talented embroiderers around the world who make the most beautiful pictures with this stitch.When...
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Estense Embroidery in Inspirations Magazine
The latest issue of the Australian embroidery magazine Inspirations is out and it is a really, REALLY nice one. Among the other beautiful projects in this issue are two little Estense Embroidery items...
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Giuliana ricama - new needlework magazine
Last June I received an excited email from a friend in Verona with news that very soon a brand new embroidery magazine was about to come out with their first issue. My friend had met with and liked the...
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