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| Gold Work | |
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| Tools and Materials for Gold Work | |
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| Threads | |
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| Japanese Gold and Silver | |
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| Couching Threads | |
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| Bullions | |
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| Pearl Purl | |
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| Twists | |
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| Braids | |
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| Crinkles | |
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| Silk Threads | |
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| Fabrics | |
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| Japanese Fabrics | |
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| Needles | |
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| Tools and Accessories | |
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| Koma | |
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| Laying Tool | |
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| Tweezers and Scissors | |
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| Framing Up for Gold Work | |
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| Framing Up on a Roller Frame | |
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| Framing Up on a Japanese Frame | |
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| Techniques for Stitching Gold Work | |
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| Couching | |
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| Winding Japanese Gold or Silver on Koma | |
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| Starting to Couch | |
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| Couching a Square Corner | |
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| Couching a Sharp Corner | |
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| Making a Sinking Needle to End Couching | |
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| Sinking the Ends | |
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| Transferring Designs to Fabric | |
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| Transferring with Stitching | |
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| Transferring with Transfer Paper | |
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| Gold Work Dove - A Beginning Project | |
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| Preparing to Stitch | |
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| Beginning to Couch the Dove Outline | |
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| Couching the Branch | |
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| Couching the Back Wing | |
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| Finishing | |
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| "Golden Leaves" - A Palette for Gold Work Techniques | |
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| Couching the Edges | |
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| Couching an Edge with One Pair | |
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| Couching an Edge with a Pair and a Half | |
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| Couching an Edge with Two Pair | |
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| Shippo Couching | |
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| Maze Couching | |
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| Back and Forth Couching | |
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| Raised Couching | |
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| Cloud Filling | |
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| Boxed Couching | |
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| Painted Canvas | |
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| Tools and Materials for Painted Canvas | |
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| Ground Fabrics | |
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| Frames | |
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| Threads | |
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| Silk Threads | |
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| Cotton Threads | |
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| Linen Threads | |
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| Novelty Threads | |
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| Metallic Threads | |
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| Needles | |
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| Accessories | |
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| Techniques for Stitching on Painted Canvas | |
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| Stripping Stranded Threads | |
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| Using the Laying Tool | |
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| Starting a Thread | |
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| Holding the Needle | |
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| Ending a Thread | |
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| Choosing the Right Canvas | |
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| Right Canvas, Wrong Colors | |
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| Mixing Colors Optically | |
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| Stitching on Painted Canvas | |
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| Finding the Starting Point | |
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| Choosing the Stitch | |
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| Compensating | |
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| Outlining an Area | |
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| Painted Canvas Examples | |
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| Arctic Santa Stocking | |
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| Gingerbread Men Stocking | |
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| Santa on Horseback Stocking | |
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| Shading | |
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| Tools and Materials for Shading | |
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| Ground Fabrics | |
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| Threads | |
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| Needles | |
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| Accessories | |
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| Designs | |
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| Techniques for Shading | |
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| Transferring the Design | |
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| Pink Flower - Shading with Random Long and Short Stitches | |
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| Stitching the Yellow Center | |
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| Marking Growth Lines on the Petals | |
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| Adding Padding to the Petals | |
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| Selecting Colors | |
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| Stitching Random Long and Short | |
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| Purple Flower - Shading with Precise Long and Short Stitches | |
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| Marking Growth Lines on the Petals | |
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| Selecting Colors | |
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| Stitching Precise Long and Short | |
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| "Climbing Elegance" Bell Pull - Shading on Canvas | |
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| Gallery of Designs | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Index | |