Stumpwork – RSN Essential Guide
Stumpwork – RSN Essential Guide
$20.45 USD
The Royal School of Needlework Essential Guide to Stumpwork book shows you how to develop beautiful stumpwork embroideries using traditional stitches and techniques. The book covers a short history, framing up, design, transferring the design, lots of work-in-progress photo pictures of working stumpwork stitches, padding and needle lace.
This is a great stitch guide book.
Recommended Supplies
Needles – Crewel Embroidery
Embroidery or crewel needles have a long eye for easier threading, a slender shaft and a sharp point to the needle so that the stitches can be worked close together and there is more control for the placement of the stitches.
The needles can be used for surface embroidery and sewing.
Crewel/embroidery needles are not suitable for counted thread work as the point of the needle would easily catch the threads of the fabric, distorting the counted work.
Size 10 are my choice needles for fine surface embroidery in which only one single strand of silk thread or embroidery cotton is used.
For very fine embroidery. when only using a single strand of fine thread or for sewing down No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10 gold purl threads use size 12 crewel embroidery.
Needles – Crewel Embroidery
Embroidery or crewel needles have a long eye for easier threading, a slender shaft and a sharp point to the needle so that the stitches can be worked close together and there is more control for the placement of the stitches.
The needles can be used for surface embroidery and sewing.
Crewel/embroidery needles are not suitable for counted thread work as the point of the needle would easily catch the threads of the fabric, distorting the counted work.
Size 10 are my choice needles for fine surface embroidery in which only one single strand of silk thread or embroidery cotton is used.
For very fine embroidery. when only using a single strand of fine thread or for sewing down No. 8, No. 9 and No. 10 gold purl threads use size 12 crewel embroidery.
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Prick and Pounce Set
The prick and pounce set includes:
- Steel or Wooden Pricker
- Size 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle
- Size 9 Crewel Embroidery Needle
- Pattern Pounce (tool to transfer pounce to fabric)
- Container of Grey or Black Pounce
- Piece of Vellum Tracing Paper 5 inch by 5 inch
- Instructions
One container of pounce will do at least 100 transfers on a 10 inch by 10 inch pricked design. Please see other listings to purchase the supplies separately.
Prick and Pounce Set
The prick and pounce set includes:
- Steel or Wooden Pricker
- Size 10 Crewel Embroidery Needle
- Size 9 Crewel Embroidery Needle
- Pattern Pounce (tool to transfer pounce to fabric)
- Container of Grey or Black Pounce
- Piece of Vellum Tracing Paper 5 inch by 5 inch
- Instructions
One container of pounce will do at least 100 transfers on a 10 inch by 10 inch pricked design. Please see other listings to purchase the supplies separately.
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Fabric – Muslin Southern Belle
The Southern Belle muslin fabric (Calico in European terms) is a 100% cotton fabric and is light cream in colour.
This wonderful fine quality muslin fabric has a 205 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.
Width of the Fabric: 44 inches (110 cm)
Fabric – Muslin Southern Belle
The Southern Belle muslin fabric (Calico in European terms) is a 100% cotton fabric and is light cream in colour.
This wonderful fine quality muslin fabric has a 205 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.
Width of the Fabric: 44 inches (110 cm)
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Bohin Transfer Pencil
The Bohin transfer pencil is a mechanical pencil that comes with white and grey 0.9 mm lead. A mechanical pencil is the best type of pencil to use to draw design lines onto fabric as the lead keeps a consistent sharp nib. This pencil is perfect to use with the prick and pounce transfer method.
Bohin Transfer Pencil
The Bohin transfer pencil is a mechanical pencil that comes with white and grey 0.9 mm lead. A mechanical pencil is the best type of pencil to use to draw design lines onto fabric as the lead keeps a consistent sharp nib. This pencil is perfect to use with the prick and pounce transfer method.
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Stretcher Bar Frames
Stretcher bars are inexpensive wooden embroidery frames in which the fabric can be pulled really tight. The end of the bars have teeth that you slot together to form a frame at any size that you require for your needlework. I recommend the stretcher bar frames to work my hand embroidery kits in because they are very quick to assemble and the fabric stays taught in the frame.
I highly recommend purchasing the brass thumb tacks which are stronger and sharper than office supplies thumb tacks or quilters thumb tacks.
Please visit the following webpage for instructions on how to assemble a stretcher bar frame and choosing the right size for your needlework: Stretcher Bar Frames Information
Stretcher Bar Frames
Stretcher bars are inexpensive wooden embroidery frames in which the fabric can be pulled really tight. The end of the bars have teeth that you slot together to form a frame at any size that you require for your needlework. I recommend the stretcher bar frames to work my hand embroidery kits in because they are very quick to assemble and the fabric stays taught in the frame.
I highly recommend purchasing the brass thumb tacks which are stronger and sharper than office supplies thumb tacks or quilters thumb tacks.
Please visit the following webpage for instructions on how to assemble a stretcher bar frame and choosing the right size for your needlework: Stretcher Bar Frames Information
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The Royal School of Needlework Essential Guide to Stumpwork book shows you how to develop beautiful stumpwork embroideries using traditional stitches and techniques.
The book covers a short history, framing up, design, transferring the design, lots of work-in-progress photo pictures of working stumpwork stitches, padding and needle lace.
This is a great stitch guide book.
Hard back, ring bound book, 112 pages, written by Kate Sinton and published by Search Press.
| Weight | 0.39 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 37 × 27 × 5 cm |
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