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Monthly Archives: April 2016

Beading

Millefiori Mosaic Collar & Earrings

Posted on by Carla A. Canonico
Millefiori Mosaic Collar & Earrings
28
Apr
[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] The challenge: Take ANPT’s Summer 2012 palette and design beadwork to reflect the season. I created netted X’s & O’s as a contemporary version of a Ukrainian-style ‘gerdan’. A keyhole opening was incorporated into the netted collar in place of every other traditional ‘X’. It is an easy variation on the […]
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Rug Hooking

Hook A Mola!

Posted on by Carla A. Canonico
Hook A Mola! - option 1
22
Apr
[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] [columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] If you love bright colours and want to have fun, why not hook a “mola”? Molas are colourful panels that include various types of appliqué and often have added embroidery, traditionally made by the Kuna Indians. The Kuna Indians live in palm-thatched wooden huts with sand floors. […]
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Cross Stitch

Special Delivery

Posted on by Carla A. Canonico
Special Delivery
21
Apr

In some cultures it is told that babies are born in a cabbage patch. Other cultures pick their babies off the sunflower heads. Belarusan folklore tells of babies delivered by storks, yet nobody knows from where exactly. It’s a tradition that everybody favours the stork, and attracts them to their household by placing an old […]

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Cross Stitch

Lilac Lovely Table Topper

Posted on by Carla A. Canonico
Lilac Lovely Table Topper
19
Apr

“This is the third in a set of 4 seasonal table toppers by Jo Gatenby. Lilacs and apple blossoms are two of Jo’s favourite signs of spring – so what better combination to bring the spring indoors?” Read more in our Summer 2012 issue. Designed by Joanne Gatenby X’s & Oh’s www.xs-and-ohs.com Model Stitcher: Linnea […]

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