Scissors: Gingher Epaulette
Scissors: Gingher Epaulette
$30.90 USD
Gingher Epaulette 3 1/2 inch hand embroidery scissors are high quality precision embroidery scissors that are made in Italy. The scissors have smooth and comfortable handles with slender, sharp, yet strong blades and fine points which are excellent for fine hand embroidery and needlework techniques.
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Dragonfly Kit
The Dragonfly is an intermediate surface embroidery technique.
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Blackwork Butterfly – Spectral
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Blackwork is a counted form of hand embroidery in which interesting blackwork patterns are worked on the wings, body and flight trail and then areas outlined with metal threads such as pearl purl and twist.
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Needle Painting Purple Icicle Pansy
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Please visit the Needle Painting Information page for more information on needle painting and rating of the designs from easy to hard.
Needle Painting Purple Icicle Pansy
The Purple Icicle Pansy is a Level 1: Beginners of my Further Education kits in which you have the option of purchasing the 3 PDF files with colour work-in-progress pictures of the entire stitching process on my pansy that I provide when I run my on-line classes.
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Gingher Epaulette 3 1/2 inch hand embroidery scissors are high quality precision embroidery scissors that are made in Italy. The scissors have smooth and comfortable handles with slender, sharp, yet strong blades and fine points which are excellent for fine hand embroidery and needlework techniques. The scissors come with a leather sheath to cover the blades when not in use as the scissors are sharp.
Scissors Size: Length: 3 1/2 inches (9 cm) Width at handles: 1 3/4 inches (4 1/2 cm)
Width of finger/thumb holes: 6/8 inches (1 3/4 cm)
| Weight | 0.03 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 29 × 25 × 0.2 cm |
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