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Piecework Summer 2020

If you look right in the middle of the cover of this issue, you will see in white, an itty bitty crocheted piece of lace. And if you have ever been in an antique store, you have seen tons of amazing itty bitty pieces of crocheted lace made of tiny threads. I always marvel at ow they were made and wonder what possible use I could make of them as most of them are doilies and I don’t really need a doilies. So, Carolyn Wyborny took such a tiny pattern from 1931 and blew it up to a DK-weight shawl as you see in the blue. The fluted edge is very pretty and we should all keep in mind how we might adapt old patterns if we haven’t the patience for thread work. 

The next images gives you some idea of the range of topics covered in Piecework. You can see antique sewing birds in the collection of Franklin Habit. They are clamped to a tabletop and then the beak opens and acts as a third hand for dressmakers by holding onto a garment edge, a braid end etc. They managed to be decorative originally, but they are also made today in a completely utilitarian form. Then you see,  a creature done up in Ars Canusina embroidery from Italy and Jeanine Robertson explains the origins of the technique and the design, and then Maria Neroni and Silvana Fontanelli of the Consortium Ars Canusina offer a less whimsical geometric pattern for a table center cloth.  Lastly, Olle-Petter Melin considers the different ways in which multi-color knitting has been accomplished prior to 1960 when a kind of established method set in. She has samples that show the small, but evident effect which the different methods accomplished and ponder their advantages and disadvantages. It reminded me very much of being in a millinery workshop at Judith M’s and asking Judith herself if something I was making up was ok to do--she said, “Linda, if it works, it is ok to do!” A good policy for all makers.

Lots more in this issue, an article on buttonhole samplers and your own, to make, historical lore on Native American cradleboards, on the herringbone hand stitch, on latrine hats--no I am now making that up--and more.

You can find this at your local bookstore or newsstand if they are open, or online here: https://pieceworkmagazine.com/

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‿.•*´¯✂🧵Amigas! Vou falar de alguns PONTOS de BORDADOS. O Ponto de Médici, também chamado de ponto Catarina de Médici, ou técnica de Holbein, este ponto era executado em toda a Europa. Este tipo de bordado, muito conhecido e considerado na Inglaterra e na França, fazia parte das ocupações favoritas das damas nobres e consta que foi levado da Itália para a corte da França por Catarina de Medicis. De lá, Maria Stuart levou-o à Corte inglesa. O ponto Médici recebeu o nome de Ponto Holbein em homenagem aHans Holbein – pintor alemão, famoso na corte inglesa (1497-1543). Esta imagem é da Silvana Fontanelli, ela tem peças lindas no Facebook e no blog dela. #embroidery #pontodebordado #coats #love #amorpelaarte #historiadobordado #arte #embroideryart #bordado #heart #handmade #jucaramedeiros #embroidelicious #bordar #needleword #handcraft #art #artesanato #artesmanuais #makeitcoats #embroiderydesegn #diamundialdobordado #broderie #happyworldembroideryday #worldembroideryday #internationalembroideryday https://www.instagram.com/p/CCixXNClc2A/?igshid=1q3up8254wgwp