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101New World Tapestry — The New World Tapestry is the largest stitched embroidery in the world,[1] larger than the Bayeux Tapestry. It depicts English colonisation attempts in Newfoundland, North America, the Guyanas and Bermuda between the years 1583 and 1642, when the …
102Couching — For the surgical technique, see Couching (ophthalmology). Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry showing fillings in laid work. In embroidery, couching and laid work are techniques in which yarn or other materials are laid across the surface of the ground …
103Yarn — This article is about the fibre product. For the type of joke, see Shaggy dog story. Yarn …
104Fly (clothing) — Closed fly on a pair of jeans A fly on clothing is a covering over an opening join concealing the mechanism, such as a zip, velcro or buttons, used to join the opening. The term is most frequently applied to a short opening over the groin in… …
105Velcro — hooks Velcro loops Velcro is the brand name of the first commercially marketed fabric hook and loop fastener …
106Dart (sewing) — Darts are folds sewn into fabric to help provide a three dimensional shape to a garment. They are frequently used in women s clothing to provide a fit that closely follows the shape of the wearer. Two kinds of darts are common in blouses for… …
107Drawn thread work — Linen towel with drawn thread work accented with embroidery in stem and satin stitch. Drawn thread work is a form of counted thread embroidery based on removing threads from the warp and/or the weft of a piece of even weave fabric. The remaining… …
108Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum — Marilyn Leavitt Imblum, (born c. 1946) American cross stitch embroidery designer known especially for her Victorian angel designs. Her design business is Told in a Garden with her most famous designs sold under the product lines of Butternut Road …
109Counted-thread embroidery — Counted cross stitch embroidery, Hungary, mid 20th century Counted thread embroidery is any embroidery in which the fabric threads are counted by the embroiderer before inserting the needle into the fabric. Evenweave fabric is usually used; it… …
110Opus Anglicanum — Embroidered bookbinding for the Felbrigge Psalter in couched gold thread and split stitch, likely worked by Anne de Felbrigge, a nun in the convent of Minoresses at Bruisyard, Suffolk, during the latter half of the fourteenth century.[1] Opus… …
