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Redwork
Redwork is a form of American embroidery, also called art needlework, that developed in the 19th century and was particularly popular between 1855 and 1925. It traditionally uses red thread, chosen because red dyes were the first commercially available colorfast dyes, in the form of Turkey red embroidery floss. Redwork designs are composed of simple stitches and were mainly used to decorate household objects in the 19th and 20th centuries, especially quilts. Patterns for individual quilt blocks were sold for a penny in the United States, making them popular and affordable. In the 21st century, redwork has seen a resurgence among crafters. The main stitch used in redwork is backstitch or outline stitching, formerly known as Kensington stitch. Redwork was a common introductory form of embroidery taught to children in the 19th and 20th century.{{Cite book, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=146Ae7dxNqUC, title=Quilts A to Z: 26 Techniques Every Quilter Should Know, last=Causee, firs ...
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Embroidery
Embroidery is the art of decorating Textile, fabric or other materials using a Sewing needle, needle to stitch Yarn, thread or yarn. It is one of the oldest forms of Textile arts, textile art, with origins dating back thousands of years across various cultures. Common Embroidery stitch, stitches found in early embroidery include the chain stitch, Buttonhole stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, and cross stitch. Modern embroidery continutes to utilize traditional techniques, though many contemporary stitches are exclusive to machine embroidery. Embroidery is commonly used to embellish accessories and garments is usually seen on quilts, clothing, and accessories. In addition to thread, embroidery may incorporate materials such as Pearl, pearls, Bead, beads, Quill, quills, and Sequin, sequins to highlight texture and design. Today, embroidery serves both decorative and functional purposes and is utilized in fashion expression, cultural identity, and ...
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Shevlin Redwork - Bird Bath
Shevlin can refer to a community in the United States: * The city of Shevlin, Minnesota Shevlin is a city in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 137 at the 2020 census. History Shevlin was founded as a logging camp in the late 19th century. The town was named after Thomas H. Shevlin (1852-1912), a l ... * Shevlin Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota {{geodis ...
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Colorfast
Colour fastness is a term—used in the dyeing of textile materials—that characterizes a material's colour's resistance to Color fade, fading or Glossary of dyeing terms#R, running. Colour fastness is the property of dyes and it is directly proportional to the binding force between photochromic dye and the fibre. The colour fastness may also be affected by Wet processing engineering, processing techniques and choice of chemicals and auxiliaries. The term is usually used in the context of clothing, clothes. In general, clothing should be tested for colour fastness before using bleach or other cleaning products. Lightfastness, Washing, wash fastness, and Abrasion (mechanical), rub fastness are the main forms of colour fastness that are standardized. The light fastness of textile dye is categorized from one to eight and the wash fastness from one to five, with a higher number indicating better fastness. Washing fastness The term ''washing fastness of textiles'' pertains to the ca ...
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Quilt
A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of padding, batting or wadding, and a woven back combined using the techniques of quilting. This is the process of sewing on the face of the fabric, and not just the edges, to combine the three layers together to reinforce the material. Stitching patterns can be a decorative element. A single piece of fabric can be used for the top of a quilt (a "whole-cloth quilt"), but in many cases the top is created from smaller fabric pieces joined, or patchwork. The pattern and color of these pieces creates the design. Quilts may contain valuable historical information about their creators, "visualizing particular segments of history in tangible, textured ways". In the twenty-first century, quilts are frequently displayed as non-utilitarian works of art but historically qui ...
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Penny
A penny is a coin (: pennies) or a unit of currency (: pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation d.), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system. At present, it is the formal name of the British penny ( p) and the '' de facto'' name of the American one-cent coin (abbr. ¢). ''Penny'' is also the informal name of the cent unit of account in Canada, although the production of one-cent coins was ended in 2012. The name ''penny'' is also used in reference to various historical currencies, also derived from the Carolingian system, such as the French denier and the German pfennig. It may also be informally used to refer to any similar smallest-denomination coin, such as the euro cent or Chinese fen. The Carolingian penny was originally a 0.940-fine silver coin, weighing pound. It was adopted by Offa of Mercia and other English kings and remained the principal currency in Europe ...
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Backstitch
Backstitch or back stitch and its variants stem stitch, outline stitch and split stitch are a class of embroidery and sewing stitches in which individual stitches are made backward to the general direction of sewing. In embroidery, these stitches form lines and are most often used to outline shapes and to add fine detail to an embroidered picture. It is also used to embroider lettering. In hand sewing, it is a utility stitch which strongly and permanently attaches two pieces of fabric. The small stitches done back-and-forth makes the back stitch the strongest stitch among the basic stitches. Hence it can be used to sew strong seams by hand, without a sewing machine. Description of the technique A versatile stitch which is easy to work, backstitch is ideal for following both simple and intricate outlines and as a foundation row for more complex embroidery stitches such as ''herringbone ladder filling stitch''. Although superficially similar to the Holbein stitch, which is ...
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Backsplash
Backsplash may refer to: *Splashing of water resulting from an activity or operation, such as in rowing or rotation of a paddle wheel of a paddle steamer *A protective panel behind a sink or countertop A countertop, also counter top, counter, benchtop, worktop (British English) or kitchen bench (Australian or New Zealand English), bunker (Scottish English) is a raised, firm, flat, and horizontal surface. They are built for work in kitchens o ... usually made of a waterproof material, also called a "splashback" *An attraction at Geyser Falls Water Theme Park, in Choctaw, Mississippi, US {{disambig ...
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Japanese Art
Japanese art consists of a wide range of art styles and media that includes Jōmon pottery, ancient pottery, Japanese sculpture, sculpture, Ink wash painting, ink painting and Japanese calligraphy, calligraphy on silk and paper, Ukiyo-e, paintings and Woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock prints, Japanese pottery and porcelain, ceramics, origami, bonsai, and more recently manga and anime. It has a long history, ranging from the beginnings of human habitation in Japan, sometime in the 10th millennium BCE, to the present day. Japan has alternated between periods of exposure to new ideas, and long periods of minimal contact with the outside world. Over time the country absorbed, imitated, and finally assimilated elements of foreign culture that complemented already-existing aesthetic preferences. The earliest complex art in Japan was produced in the 7th and 8th centuries Buddhist art in Japan, in connection with Buddhism. In the 9th century, as the Japanese began to turn awa ...
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Crazy Quilt
Crazy-Quilt is the name of several characters in DC Comics. The first is an enemy of the Boy Commandos, while the second, Paul Dekker, is an enemy of Batman. Both are blind and use special helmets that enable them to regain their vision and generate rainbow energy beams. Dekker was blinded in battle with Robin (Dick Grayson) and thus has a personal vendetta against him. The second Crazy Quilt appears in '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', voiced by Jeffrey Tambor, and the ''DC Super Hero Girls'' franchise, voiced by Tom Kenny. Publication history The Earth-Two Crazy Quilt first appeared in '' Boy Commandos'' #15 (March 1946) and was created by Jack Kirby. The Paul Dekker incarnation of Crazy Quilt first appeared in '' Blackhawks'' #180 and was created by artist Dick Dillin and an uncredited writer. The unidentified female version of Crazy Quilt first appeared in ''Villains United'' #2 and was created by Gail Simone and Dale Eaglesham. Fictional character biography Earth-Two Cr ...
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Beatrix Potter
Helen Beatrix Heelis (; 28 July 186622 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( ), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', which was her first commercially published work in 1902. Her books, including '' The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck'' and '' The Tale of Tom Kitten'', have sold more than 250 million copies. An entrepreneur, Potter was a pioneer of character merchandising. In 1903, Peter Rabbit was the first fictional character to be made into a patented stuffed toy, making him the oldest licensed character. Born into an upper-middle-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora and fauna, all of which she closely observed and painted. Potter's study and watercolours of ...
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List Of U
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole". Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help ...
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