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DIY 3: INDULGE IN EMBROIDERY!
Written by Kim Poldner   
Saturday, 11 April 2009
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JENNY HART

If you want to improve your DIY skills, set hand in the wonderful world of embroidery! After knitting and sewing, embroidery is another technique that’s rapidly gaining in popularity. The New York Times magazine recently covered an article on Jenny Hart and her embroidery art. With Sublime Stitching, Hart goes beyond your grandma's embroidery and has created the hippest embroidery site ever. Here you find patterns, info on techniques, fair-trade materials and lots of smart instruments to add to your toolbox.

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ANDREA FUSION EMBROIDERY

If you're looking for inspiration, check the website of artist Orly Cogan who has found embroidery the best medium to express her ideas about female archetypes. Her works on vintage fabrics are true tableaux vivants and make your fingers tingle to get started. Embroidery couture and interior products can be found at Alabama Chanin. All collections are made-by-hand using a combination of new, organic and recycled materials. From farmer to fiber to artisan to home, all items are “grown-to-sewn” in USA. The great thing about

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ANDREA FUSION EMBROIDERED HOODIE
embroidery is that it allows you to tell stories on fabric. Women around the world have done this for decades, sharing community life in colorful tales. Like Coostuart, a cooperative in one of Rio's favelas specialized in embroidery. Their work for ModaFusion and Andrea Crews has led to a collection of embroidered hoodies sold in Parisian department stores. These examples show that embroidery is just another superb hobby you might want to take up yourself.

 

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