Tapestry, gobelin, petit point
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Dear Visitor,
Welcome to our little virtual workshop. Here you will find many beautiful things carefully chosen by us: -petit point, gobelin: flowers, landscape, kids, religious, still life -needlepoint: flowers , landscape, kids , printed canvas , religious still life -cross stitch: ready to stitch, chart , kits , kits with wooden frame We've got a bit of everything here as in a real workshop; cheerful serviettes to embroider (made in Germany), elegant kits, spiritual kits, things for the home and for children. Everything you see in this website is of TOP quality, guaranteed by its own name brand (LANARTE, RICO, PAKO, PRYM, etc.). All of our products are sold at a more than convenient price, because we have chosen to sell below the suggested manufacturer's price. All the products are subjected to the same motto: SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK. The kits for gobelin, petit point that we have, are difficult to locate elsewhere. Our company has had success in the Italian market,(visit our italian site Antica Bottega del Ricamo) and lately we have acquired customers from the whole world. Our main office is situated in a beautiful little medieval village Montecastello di Vibio in the soft hills of Umbria, the center of Italy. We hope you enjoy navigating our website. Needlepoint history There exist different types of embroidery, namely tapestry, surface embroidery and needlepoint. True tapestry involves weaving with a loom needlepoint involves yarn stitched into canvas thereby creating a new fabric altogether. When needlepoint is done with very high-count canvas it is considered petit-point. Upon completion needlepoint can be framed and displayed or rather made into pillows, purses, dolls, rugs or ornaments. The needlepoint one sees today is preceded by a history of 16Century tent stiching, 17 Century Bargello and 19th Century bright yarn work that was in fashion in Berlin at that time, among others. Furthermore, in early North American times of the settlers it was common for young women to cross stich samplers or needlepoint, thereby learning to write and show their families their proficiency in stitching. Many different materials may be used in stitching such as wool, cotton, silk or combinations thereof. Otherwise one may use metallic cords, raffia and ribbon. There exist a variety of stitch styles extending from the complex Bargello stitch, or simply covering one thread, or counting thread. Plain stiches are generally used in basketweave which uses a lot of wool. Canvas sizes vary from 5 to 24 threads per inch and needlepoint canvas is marketed in three types which are mono, penelope or interlock. Penelope canvas has 2 threads together in weft and warp and offers the best options for manipulating and is used when hand painting canvas as well. Meanwhile interlock canvas, with its single threads is used for printed canvas. Silk gauze is a type of interlocked canvas that is placed in small frames doe petit-point work. At times the petit point is placed in an embroidery hoop instead of a scroll frame. There are various designs available for needlepoint either in the form of hand painted canvases, charted canvases, printed canvases or free-form. The designer himself paints the design on the canvas in hand-painted assortments or their are stitch painted ones where each thread's color is specified.This type of canvas is typical in North America. The printed canvas is created with a computer and lowers the price as well as time involved in creating the canvas. Kits are available which vary in quality, and are available widely outside of North America. Books of chartered designs are either available with a grid representing each thread or a line drawing. Designers Kaffe Fassett and Candace Bahouth create their own books, or one can find books of themes such as holidays. The stitcher him/herself can also create their own free -form needlepoint designs based on their own idea. Although in the past needlepoint has been used to create a fabric of its own, these days technique vary and at times the canvas is allowed to show in techniques like "lite" or "shadow" stitching. Needlepoint is evolving as stitchers adapt techniques thereby blurring the line between needlepoint and embroidery. Craft Mall - CraftMall.com offers a fun and creative craft mall that features unique arts and crafts from crafters around the world. Buy or sell arts and crafts in our safe and secure mall Craft Link Exchange -FREE Craft Link Exchange Resource for Arts and Craft Webmasters |