Heirloom Legacy
Capture the luck of the Irish just in time for St. Patrick’s Day with Carol Harris’ vintage inspired garment. Shadow work shamrocks and four-leaf clovers accent honeycomb smocking on crisp white linen. |
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A Basic Guide to Color & Embroidery
Trudy Horne features her newest design on this baby blanket, the perfect gift for a new arrival. Details on the blanket include a cross-stitched bunny, original floral embroidery, and satin ribbon edging.
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Fabulous Fabric
Learn how to create your own fabric. Embroidery cards open up an almost-endless resource of designs and styles. Our projects include a hand bag and matching cosmetic cases in a striking toile pattern.
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Our Playhouse (Pictorial)
As the temperature gets warmer, enjoy fun in the sun with cool fashions. These playful garments include rompers, shorts, and dresses in spring colors accented with smocking, appliqué, and embroidery.
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Scalloped Fingertip Towels
Perfect the stitches of Madeira embroidery and appliqué cord monogramming while creating Lillie McAnge’s fingertip towels. Stitch instructions include appliqué cord, bullions, buttonhole stitch, corded stem stitch, granitos, padded satin, seed stitch, and stem stitch.
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Sewing for Baby
This original bonnet pattern by Vaune Pierce has three rows of delicate hemstitching and bullion roses on the bonnet band and crown. This bonnet makes the perfect gift when presented in the featured baby hat box.
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Smock Plate
Girl’s best friend is a pretty pink poodle in this original picture smocking design by Maja Clayton. Design includes a pom-pom tail and beaded collar. |
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Essentials
New to smocking or hand embroidery or just need a refresher? This guide found in every issue helps you perfect stitches and learn new techniques. This issue focuses on bullion and eyelet embroidery stitches with cable and trellis smocking stitches. |
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How To
Find it, make it, stitch it...for “Our Playhouses”
(pictorial segment). You’ll find pattern and fabric details, notions, suppliers’ information, as well as complete instructions for pattern adaptations and original designs.
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Spotlight
Introducing Creative Needle’s newest article...The Spotlight series focuses on what individuals, organized sewing groups, shops, and guilds are doing to make a difference in our communities. |
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Pattern Pull-out, Center Section (37-52)
Original designs include an infant bonnet, angel sleeves, and romper patterns; six embroidery designs, including two floral, a shamrock, and dragonfly designs; and a kite appliqué. |
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In Every Issue:
Letters
From The Editor
Quick Stitch
Connecting
Suppliers Directory
Book Mark (Book Review) |
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