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Beginners Guide To Hardanger

Beginners Guide To HardangerThis traditional white on white embroidery which comes from the Hardangar region in Norway, consists of delicate geometric stitches and beautiful cutwork designs. Jill Carter shares her enthusiasm and love for this elegant embroidery, offering a comprehensive guide brimming with information and inspiration. She explores surface stitches, pulled thread, cutwork, edgings and fillings using step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions. An essential section showing how to start is followed by a selection of stunning projects including gift cards, a decorative sampler, a wedding bag, a cushion, and more. Jills book is a wonderful introduction to this timeless, elegant technique. It offers all the information you need to create your own original
designs and is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in Hardangar. About the Author Jill Carter is a professional embroiderer who loves all forms of embroidery. She teaches students all year round, running her own Masterclass school and offering them courses on Hardangar, canvas work and other techniques. She regularly attends the major exhibitions and contributes to needlecraft magazines, sharing her enthusiasm and her love for embroidery.
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Beginners Guide To Hardanger This traditional white on white embroidery which comes from the Hardangar region in Norway, consists of delicate geometric stitches & beautiful cutwork designs. Jill Carter shares her enthusiasm & love for this elegant embroidery, offering a comprehensive guide brimming with information & inspiration. She explores surface stitches, pulled thread, cutwork, edgings & fillings using step-by-step photographs & easy-to-follow instructions. An essential section showing how to start is followed by a selection of stunning projects including gift cards, a decorative sampler, a wedding bag, a cushion, & more. Jills book is a wonderful introduction to this timeless, elegant technique. It offers all the information you need to create your own original designs & is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in Hardangar. About the Author Jill Carter is a professional embroiderer who loves all forms of embroidery. She teaches students all year round, running her own Masterclass school & offering them courses on Hardangar, canvas work & other techniques. She regularly attends the major exhibitions & contributes to needlecraft magazines, sharing her enthusiasm & her love for embroidery.

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White - A colour combining all colours
Students - A group of humans who are still in full time education
Canvas - A heavy duty plain woven fabric. Used on tents, footwear and painting
embroidery - The art of decorating fabric with a needle and thread or yarn.
Gift - Something that is presented without expecting anything in return
running - A sport or hobbie of moving rapidly on foot. Can also refer to the running of equipment or run time refering to the length of time an applicance can run or the quiet running of an applicance.
professional - A term used to describe products or people which may be focused on specialist educational training
Year - The time it takes the planet earth to orbit the sun. This takes around 365.25 days.
Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.
Traditional - Something that has become the same through a period of time and thus repeated.
Embroidery - A thread based symbol.
Traditional - Something that has been around for a while and is repeated regularly.
Professional - A person that is trained within a profession.
Instructions - An informative direction to take.
Year - 365 days (366 days in a leap year), the time taken for planet earth to make one full revolution around the sun.
Invaluable - Something that cannot be replaces as it is indispensable.
Decorative - Making things look more appealing and attractive.
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