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