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• Biscornu, Chic and Classy

  A biscornu is an elegant, eight sided ‘pincushion' whose origins have been lost over the centuries. Biscornu is a French adjective, literally meaning "two horned." It is also thought to be something that is irregular, a little lopsided... Posted Feb 12 2010, 04:45 PM by pat71896 with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: embroidery designs, fabric, stabilizers, avid embroiderer, annthegran stabilizer, The Avid Embroiderer, batting, rotate, density, cross stitch, whip stitch, Biscornu

• Hardanger, 6/12/09

  Among the beautiful and creative hand embroidery work is a pattern called Hardanger. When looking for the history, I found several differing versions of how and where Hardanger got its start, but there is an agreement that Norway was prominent in its... Posted Jun 12 2009, 11:30 AM by pat71896 with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: heirloom, wss, Badgemaster, water soluble stabilizer, allaboutblanks, Wikipedia, satin stitch, warp, bunad, kloster blocks, Hardanger, white work, guest towels, weft, Norway, cross stitch