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Crochet, knitting and needlework pattern books provide instruction and inspiration for hand work projects, while informing on the aesthetics of their time. A particular star of the collection is the Sample Book of Trims with its many samples of elaborately beaded appliques, metallic yarn embroidery and elegantly woven ribbon trimmings.
In 1961, Butterick licensed the name and trademark Vogue Patterns from Condé Nast Publications, Inc. and purchased its pattern division. The company was purchased in 1967 by American Can Company and became a subsidiary renamed the Butterick Fashion Marketing Co. In the 1970s, sewing lost popularity and sales began to suffer.
Embroidery software is software that helps users create embroidery designs. While a large majority of embroidery software is specific to machine embroidery , there is also software available for use with hand embroidery techniques, such as cross-stitch .
Embroidery is a fascinating pastime that has roots deep in human history. The art form, which has been around for tens of thousands of years, continues to wow and inspire people to this very day.
Clare embroidery was a style of Irish textile art established at the Clare Embroidery School, which was founded by Florence Vere O'Brien. Using floral and geometric designs, often in blue and white threads, pieces decorated in this style were exhibited in Ireland, England and America. Queen Victoria purchased smocks decorated with Clare embroidery.
Berlin wool work is a style of embroidery similar to today's needlepoint that was particularly popular in Europe and America from 1804 to 1875. [1]: 66 It is typically executed with wool yarn on canvas, [2] worked in a single stitch such as cross stitch or tent stitch, although Beeton's book of Needlework (1870) describes 15 different stitches for use in Berlin work.
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