Children's Cross Stitch & Applique Designs

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Appliquéd cloth is an important art form in Benin, West Africa, particularly in the area around Abomey, where it has been a tradition since the 18th century and the kingdom of Danhomè.

Appliqué is a lovely – and useful – craft to master. Not only is it relaxing to do, appliqué is a fantastic way to add personalisation and flair to so many items.This rare wool appliqué panel depicts the legend of Tristan. The fabrics appear to be the fine, fulled (or felted) wool which was commonly used for clothing, and the motifs are edged with gilded leather.

Zigzag stitches can also be decorative, so it not only works practically to hold down your design, it can become a part of the visual appeal as well. Fabrics used in cross-stitch include linen, aida cloth, and mixed-content fabrics called 'evenweave' such as jobelan. All cross-stitch fabrics are technically "evenweave" as the term refers to the fact that the fabric is woven to make sure that there are the same number of threads per inch in both the warp and the weft (i.e. vertically and horizontally). Fabrics are categorized by threads per inch (referred to as 'count'), which can range from 11 to 40 count. Reader's Digest, Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992) ISBN 0-89577-059-8.

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Stitching designs on other materials can be accomplished by using waste canvas. This is a temporary gridded canvas similar to regular canvas used for embroidery that is held together by a water-soluble glue, which is removed after completion of stitch design. Other crafters have taken to cross-stitching on all manner of gridded objects as well including old kitchen strainers or chain-link fences. Collage, a technique of art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. Berlin wool work and similar petit point stitchery resembles the heavily shaded, opulent styles of cross-stitch, and sometimes also used charted patterns on paper. In R. Kelly and R. Crumb (2016), for example, Hansen Oldham renders the singer and visual artist together, a connection based on little more than their shared first initial. Although her style is somewhat naive, there is little reverence reserved for her subjects, regardless of their fame. ( Golden Shower, 2017, appears to depict a particularly unwholesome episode from the 2016 presidential campaign.)