Jane D Zimmerman Free Dictionary of Needlework Stitches and Techniques

"It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts!"

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Over the next year I will be adding regularly to the publication -
Needlework Techniques .
This publication will be offered in a series of chapters in the PDF format.
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NEEDLEWORK TECHNIQUE CHAPTERS

My first Needlework History chapter is the Medieval Embroidery Technique of Or Nue so I decided to offer instructions on the working of this incredible style of embroidery that I began teaching over 30 years ago, including how to adapt the technique for use on needlepoint canvas.

In 1980 the revised edition of my self-publication The Techniques of Metal Thread Embroidery was released, remaining in print until the early 1990s;our knowledge of Asian embroidery was very limited at that time so the techniques are exclusively western ones. I have received many requests to reprint this publication in recent years so I will gradually release at least the major portion of the book, with its hand-drawn, pre-computer illustrations and typewriter-text, to the internet audience. Due to digital image-makers, some chapters now can be supplemented with color photographs. The text and the illustrations are dated because it will be given to you as images scanned directly from the original document.

After viewing a PDF file in Adobe Reader, close the program (the "X" in the upper right corner of Adobe Reader's window) and you will be returned to this website.

These free internet publications will be written in stages. CLICK on the topic of interest - those that are highlighted are currently available:

CHAPTER 1 -   The Traditional Technique of Or Nue.
CHAPTER 2 -   Adaptation of the Technique of Or Nue to Needlepoint Canvas.

CHAPTER 3 -   The Techniques of Metal Thread Embroidery
                          The Metal Threads,Materials and Equipment, Preparation and General Techniques.

CHAPTER 4 -   The Techniques of Metal Thread Embroidery (cont.)
                          Techniques for Japanese Metal - Part I and Part II.

CHAPTER 5 -   The Techniques of Metal Thead Embroidery (cont.)
                          Techniques for Japanese Metal - Part III.

CHAPTER 6 -   The Techniques of Metal Thread Emboidery (cont.)
                          Techniques for Other Metals - Part IV.