Needle Painting Supplies: Thread Painting Fabric, Books, Needle Painting Tools

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SOUTHERN BELLE 100% COTTON MUSLIN FABRIC

Southern Belle Muslin fabric (Calico in European terms) is a 100% cotton fabric.

This wonderful fine quality muslin fabric has a 220 thread count (regular muslin fabric thread count starts at 70) and makes an ideal ground fabric for needle painting and other forms of free form embroidery. I use the southern belle fabric in my needle painting kits.

The warp and weft threads are closely woven allowing for very precise stitching. The fabric is soft to the feel, has no brown specks or slubs as in some muslins and has a very consistent weave unlike some broad cloths.

The muslin fabric can be also used as a supporting fabric for the Goldwork and silk fabrics embroidery projects.

The fabric does not shrink after washing and keeps the same soft feel. (The fabric does not come washed).

The muslin fabric is 44 inches (110 cm ) wide and can be purchased in yards, half yards or individual pieces.

COLOUR

Light Cream, speckless and slubless.

SIZE AND COSTS

Southern Belle Muslin Fabric, 1 Yard: $7.50 Canadian Dollars
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Southern Belle Muslin Fabric, 5 Yards or more: $6.00 Canadian Dollars a Yard
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Southern Belle Muslin Fabric, � Yard $3.75 Canadian Dollars
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Southern Belle Muslin Fabric, 20 inch by 20 inch (50 cm by 50 cm) Piece: $2.00 Canadian Dollars
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Southern Belle Muslin Fabric, 14 � inch by 14 � inch (36 cm by 36 cm) Piece: $1.50 Canadian Dollars
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Southern Belle Muslin Fabric, 11 inch by 11 inch (27 � cm by 27 � cm) Piece: $1.00 Canadian Dollars
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TAPESTRY NEEDLES BY JOHN JAMES

Tapestry needles have a blunt end to the point of the needle so that the needle does not catch or pierce the threads of the counted fabric when working from one hole to the next. The tapestry needle has a long eye for easier threading and the needles range in size from small size 28 to large size 20.

Size 28, Packet of 5: Used on 32 count fabric to 50 count fabrics and for single strand of floss and YLI silk thread.

Size 26, Packet of 6: Used on 18 count fabric to 32 count fabrics with a single or double strand of floss and YLI silk thread.

Tapestry Needle Size 24 by John James, Packet of 6: Used on 18 count fabric to 32 count fabrics with a double strand of floss, YLI silk thread or a single strand of No. 12 Perle Cotton or a single strand of Kreinik #4 Metallic Braid.

Packet of Tapestry Needles: $2.50 Canadian Dollars
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Magni-Clips Magnifiers

Magni-clips are magnifiers that clip onto the bridge of your glasses, they can be flipped up when not in use and put down over your glasses for close up work. The magni-clips are light weight and rimless so as not to distract from your stitching.

Choice of +1.50, +2.00, +2.50, +3.00, +3.50 and +4.00 magnification.

Excellent for all types of hand embroidery such as needle painting, modern Jacobean, shadow work, white work and for counted thread embroidery such as blackwork, cross-stitch and sampler work etc.

Magni-Clip Cost

(TSMC) Magni-Clips Magnifiers: $13.95 Canadian Dollars
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Needle Minders - Needlework Magnets

Rose on Lilac

Curious Cat

Cranes on Navy

Nita's Peacock

Miller's Dragonflies

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NEEDLE MINDERS

Needlework Magnets

Beautiful and unique needlework magnets hold your extra needles while stitching your embroidery or cross-stitch. The raised areas of the minders (accept Nita's Peacock) are carved out of resin and have remarkable detail.

HOW TO USE THE MINDER

As many of us know it is easier to have 2 or 3 needles on the go at one time when working on an embroidery or cross-stitch so that you can carry the thread from one location on the embroidery to another. When you are not using one of the threads it is easier to leave the thread hanging off the embroidery to one side rather than finishing the thread and having to begin it again later on.

Sometimes when one has several needles on the go the threads become tangled. The best way to prevent this is to place a needle minder on the front of the fabric at the side of the frame, and place the separate magnet on the back of the fabric directly below the needle minder on the front. The minder is held in place by the magnet on the back. The needle and threads that are not in use can then be brought up to the front of the work and placed on top of the magnetic needle minder to keep the thread out of the way (see picture of needle minder in use on the squirrel embroidery below).

When you turn the frame over to finish a thread off you do not have needles and threads dangling off the embroidery as the needles are held on the minder.

NEEDLE MINDER SIZE

Approximately: 1 3/4 inches (4 1/2 cm) by 1 1/4 inches (3 1/4 cm)

COST

Needle Minder: $11.65 Canadian Dollars
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PRICKER, POUNCE AND VELUM SET

Click here to read instructions on how to do the Prick and Pounce method of design transfer

The set includes the steel pricker, Pattern Pounce (pouncing tool), Pounce and a piece of Velum tracing paper 6 inches by 6 inches (15 cm by 5 cm) at a reduced price.

18 Grams of Pounce (1 tub) at least 100 x transfers from 10 inch by 10 inch prickings.

75 grams of Pounce (1 bag) will do at least 415 x transfers from 10 inch by 10 inch prickings.

COSTS

Wooden Pricker, Container of Pounce, Pattern Pounce and Velum Tracing Paper Set: $27.00 CDN
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Steel Pricker, Container of Pounce, Pattern Pounce and Velum Tracing Paper Set: $25.00 CDN
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Wooden Pricker, Bag of Pounce (75 Grams), Pattern Pounce and Velum Tracing Paper Set: $47.00 CDN
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Steel Pricker, Bag of Pounce (75 Grams), Pattern Pounce and Velum Tracing Paper Set: $45.00 CDN
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TRANSFER PENCIL TO DRAW OVER POUNCE LINES Sorry Currently out of Stock

Bohin Transfer Pencil with White and Grey Lead: $17.95 Canadian Dollars
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EXTRA SHEET OF VELUM TRACING PAPER

1 x 11" by 8 1/2" Sheet of Velum Tracing Paper: $0.80 Canadian Dollars
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18th CENTURY EMBROIDERY SCISSORS

3 1/2 inch collectors series embroidery scissors, with gold plated handles in fitted leather sheath. For thread cutting in embroidery, needle point and sewing. The scissors are made by Gingher and are of excellent quality. The blades are smooth and sharp with fine tips, excellent for fine embroidery work. More embroidery scissors.

SCISSOR SIZE

Length: 3 1/2 inches (9 cm) Width at handles: 1 1/2 inches (4 cm)

Width of finger/thumb holes: 5/8 inches (1 1/2 cm)

SCISSOR COST

(TSGST) Gingher 3 � inch 18th Century Embroidery Scissors: $55.00 Canadian Dollars
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Retractable Clip-On Scissors Holder

Abalone Shell

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RETRACTABLE SCISSORS HOLDER

The retractable clip-on scissors holder are a must for all embroiderers. Never loose your scissors again, keep them safe on your person rather than as a weapon in the furniture.

The holder comes with a metal clip on the back to attach the holder to your garment and a clear plastic band at the bottom of the holder with a popper to attach the holder to your scissors.

The holder is clipped to your garment. As you are working you can pull the scissors and the scissors will retract away from the holder on a long cord. When you have made your cut you can release the scissors and the cord will gently retract back into the holder.

This is a great way to keep your scissors handy and close by rather than loosing them in the sofa or under things on the table.

STYLE

There are several different styles of the retractable clip-on scissors holders. I will several of each style in stock but often only one colour of each style. My website is updated regularly to reflect what colours I have in stock.

Abalone Shell: Small pieces of inlaid Abalone shells with either a gold or silver edging.

Single Flower: Single dimensional silver flower with a glass crystal center. The flower is set against metallic coloured glittery background. Silver Edging.

Flowers: Three flowers with a glass crystal center and glass crystals scattered in the background. Silver Edging.

COST

Retractable Clip-On Scissors Holder: $14.25 Canadian Dollars
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Single Flower

Flowers

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Cost of Tweezers

$5.00 CDN

WHOLE SALE PRICE

$20.00 for 10 pairs of Tweezers

STAINLESS STEEL TWEEZERS

Non Magnetic

These very fine tip tweezers are excellent tools for a wide range of embroidery purposes. They make great unpicking tools to grab those tiny threads your finger nails just can't keep a hold of.

The tweezers are are also an excellent tool to use for turning the Pearl Purl on the outlines for the Blackwork Kingfisher and Blackwork Butterfly kits.

TWEEZER SIZE

Length: 5 inches (12 1/2 cm) Width: 1/4 inch (3/4 cm)

(TST) Stainless Steel Tweezers with Precision Tips: $5.00 Canadian Dollars
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(TST10) 10 Stainless Steel Tweezers with Precision Tips: $20.00 Canadian Dollars
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A-Z OF THREAD PAINTING

Hard back book ring bound, 128 pages, from the Inspirations magazine, published by Country Bumpkin Publications.

This book has a variety of thread painting projects ranging from beginners to advanced. Thread painting is also known as needle painting, soft shading, long and short stitch and silk shading.

Designs in the book include albatross, emu, eagle, meadow song, elephant blowing bubbles, sea shell and starfish, anemones, apples, lily, rose with rose hips, fuchsia, heartsease (pansies), briar rose, dahlia, rose with spider web, pear, lavender, tulip, wine merchants window.

The book also features my baby burrowing owl which is an beginners design, and my wolf, baby wren, spaniel and Siamese cat which are all advanced designs.

A chapter at the beginning of the book has the work in progress pictures of the long and short stitch and other stitches used on the thread painting designs. There is a chapter on working a thread painting project from beginning to end with work-in-progress photos of my baby burrowing owl.

Because of the complexity of the thread painting technique the book does not have work-in-progress photos of each of the projects featured in the book which could be a disadvantage if you are a beginner in the thread painting technique.

If you are a beginner I would suggest working my baby burrowing owl kit and have the A-Z of thread painting book for reference. The kit has detailed instructions with lots of diagrams to work the embroidery and the A-Z of Thread Painting book has step-by-step colour photos of the baby burrowing owl as a visual guide to keep you on right track.

BOOK COST

(MBA-ZTP) A-Z of Thread Painting Book: $32.95 Canadian Dollars
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BABY BURROWING OWL KIT

Baby Burrowing Owl Needle Painting Kit: $40.00 Canadian Dollars
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BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SILK SHADING

Soft back book, 48 pages, written by Clare Hanham (trained at the Royal School of Needlework) and published by Search Press

A simple guide to needle painting. There are photograph stages of the long and short stitch on flowers, leaves and a butterfly with instructions.

You will get a better understanding of the needle painting (silk shading) technique from one of my needle painting kits as there are diagrams and more detailed instructions but it is a good book to have photograph stages of an embroidery which you would not get from my needle painting instruction booklets.

To try one of my needle painting kits visit the following page of my website: Needle Painting Kits

BOOK COST

(MBBGSS) Beginners Guide to Silk Shading Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars
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CREWEL & SURFACE EMBROIDERY

INSPIRATIONAL FLORAL DESIGNS

Soft back book, 144 pages, written by Trish Burr and published by Milner Craft Series

Selection of stylized floral bouquets designs for embroidery.

Stitches include satin stitch, long and short stitch and basic embroidery stitches such as French Knots and Fly stitch. The designs are suitable to be worked in crewel wool, embroidery floss or silk threads and incorporate needle painting techniques.

I can provide linen twill fabric to work the designs in crewel wok or the southern belle muslin fabric is you prefer to work the designs in embroidery floss or silk threads.

BOOK COST

Crewel & Surface Embroidery Book: $26.95 Canadian Dollars
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LONG AND SHORT STITCH EMBROIDERY

A Collection of Flowers

Soft back book, 128 pages, written by Trish Burr and Published by Sally Milner Publishing.

A nice collection of flowers to embroider in the needle painting technique.

I would recommend this book if you have had some experience in long and short stitch.

The book does not have diagrams on how to stitch each petal and leaf of the flowers like you will get when you purchase one of my needle painting kits but it is a good book if you have worked a few of my designs and are now familiar with the technique and would like some more flower designs to stitch. I think that the flowers have a nice artistic quality.

To try one of my needle painting kits visit the following page of my website: Needle Painting Kits

BOOK COST

Long and Short Stitch Embroidery Book: $25.95 Canadian Dollars
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PAINTING WITH A NEEDLE

Hard back book, 176 pages, written by Young Yang Chung and published by Harry N. Abrams. 189 illustrations and diagrams, including 125 plates in full colour.

Painting with a needle is gloriously illustrated throughout with full colour photographs and line drawings diagramming stitchery techniques and projects. Useful additions such as tips on how to get started, including advice about tools and materials; a section on starting and ending methods; a list of suppliers; colour charts and a glossary of stitching terms in three languages (Korean, Chinese and Japanese) - Book is in English make this the ultimate book about the exquisite art of silk embroidery.

BOOK COST

Painting With a Needle Book: $34.95 Canadian Dollars
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I can provide the Goldwork Materials required to do the Goldwork projects in the book. You may buy the materials from me separately or already made up into a kit for each project.

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Royal School of Needlework Book

Embroidery Techniques (MBRSN)

Soft back book, 160 pages, text by Sally Saunders, designs by Anne Butcher and Debra Barrett, published by Brassey's.

A very Comprehensive Embroidery technique book produced by the Royal School of Needlework where I took my three year training in hand embroidery - apprenticeship course and spent a further two years in the workroom. See my Personal History for more details.

Recommended for all embroiderers. The book has sixteen step-by-step projects ranging from easy to hard in four embroidery techniques.

It is a valuable source of reference and a beautiful book for the needle crafter's library.

This book is great accompaniment for any of my embroidery techniques.

BOOK COST

(MBRSN) Royal School of Needlework EmbroideryTechniques: $31.95 Canadian Dollars
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Book includes the following:

Four main chapters explore the popular techniques of silk shading, Goldwork, crewel work and Blackwork.

A detailed introductory section discusses preparation and finishing for needlework.

Each Embroidery technique features a historical background, a comprehensive stitch glossary and four designs with step by step instructions and photographs.

Designs include a crewel work Jacobean leaf sampler, a aged face in Blackwork, a silk work Iris and an intricate Goldwork purse.

History of the

Royal School of Needlework

Founded in 1872 by Queen Victoria's third daughter, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the school enjoys the patronage of members of the Royal Family. H.M. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is the School's current Patron and its President is H.R.H. the Duchess of Glouchester. The Royal School of Needlework specializes in the restoration and conservation of all textiles using traditional hand embroidery techniques.

The School's main objective is to ensure that the traditional skills of hand embroidery are passed on to the next generation.

As well as short courses in a variety of needlework techniques, they run an apprenticeship scheme and a one year certification course that attracts keen embroiderers from all over the country and abroad.

Visit the Royal School of Needlework site for more information.

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