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2. 40 Beginner Sewing Projects That Anyone Can Pull Off - AOL

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   Good news: We’ve rounded up a bevy of beginner sewing projects, so you can stop hemming and hawing... Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...

3. Pincushion - Wikipedia

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   A pincushion (or pin cushion) is a small, stuffed cushion, typically 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) across, which is used in sewing to store pins or needles with their heads protruding to take hold of them easily, collect them, and keep them organized. Pincushions are typically filled tightly with stuffing to hold pins rigidly in place.

4. Blackwork - Wikipedia

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   Blackwork in silk thread on linen was the most common domestic embroidery technique for clothing (shirts, smocks, sleeves, ruffs, and caps) and for household items such as cushion covers throughout the reign of Elizabeth I, but lost popularity as a technique by the 17th century. [b]

5. Needlepoint - Wikipedia

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   Plastic canvas is an excellent choice for beginners who want to practice different stitches. [14] Rug canvas is a mesh of strong cotton threads, twisting two threads around each other lengthwise forms the mesh and locking them around a crosswise thread made the same way; this cannot be separated. Canvases come in different gauges, and rug ...

6. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Hardanger is still used to decorate cushions, table linen and other household items as well as items for display on a wall. Several modern needlework designers have incorporated elements of Hardanger cut work into their embroidery designs and samplers , often combining them with other needlework techniques, stitches, speciality threads and ...

7. Cross-stitch - Wikipedia

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   Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches (called cross stitches) in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture. The stitcher counts the threads on a piece of evenweave fabric (such as linen ) in each direction so that the stitches are of uniform size and appearance.