Kori

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OLD TIME NEEDLEWORK!!

• Presentation
• by
• Kori

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• What is Needlework?..slide 2
• Extra infoslide 5 7
• Kinds of Needleworkslide 9
• Needlework Accessoriesslide 11
• The Difference between American Needlework and
  Everywhere else..slide 13
• Bibliography.slide 16

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WHAT IS NEEDLEWORK?

• The art that tells the truth about the real life
  of people in their time place.
• Needlework is anonymous the people are the ones
  who create it.
• It is the work of a person who only wants to make
  for their child, their friend, their home, or
  themselves something that pleases them.

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(Lane, Rose Wilder,1963)
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• Needlework expresses who he/she is, what her
  countrys history culture were, the traditions,
  the philosophy, the way of living that he/she
  takes for granted.
• (Lane, Rose Wilder,1963)

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(Lane, Rose Wilder,1963)
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IS NEEDLEWORK AMERICAN?

• Needlework is more American than American
  sculpture, painting, literature, or classical
  music.
• (Lane, Rose Wilder,1963)

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(Harbeson, Georgiana Brown,1938)
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KINDS OF NEEDLEWORK

• Embroidery
• Crewel Work
• Cross-Stitch
• needlepoint
• Patchwork
• Applique
• Quilting

• Hooking
• Crochet
• Knitting
• Weaving
• Candlewicking
• Rugmaking

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(Lane, Rose Wilder,1963)
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NEEDLEWORK ACCESSORIES

• Frames
• Work Tables
• Sewing Baskets
• Sewing Aprons
• Pins
• Needles

• Needle Cases
• Spool Holders
• Emery Bags
• Wax Balls
• Scissors
• Thimbles

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(Harbeson, Georgiana Brown,1938)
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMERICAN
NEEDLEWORK AND EVERYWHERE ELSE!

• American needlework tells you Americans live in
  the only classless society.
• They have no peasant needlework.
• Everywhere else peasant women work their crude,
  naïve, gay patterns while ladies work their rich
  and proper designs.

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(Harbeson, Georgiana Brown, 1938)
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THE END!!!
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Harbeson, Georgiana Brown. American
  Needlework.New York Bonanza Books,1938.
• Lane, Rose Wilder. Womans Day Book of American
  Needlework. New York Simon and Schuster,1963.