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LACE R-XP At last, the much awaited for Lace
Design Program that has replaced Lace 2000. There are many new features to this program ... a very well thought out improvement. To access a demo version, go to http://www.ilsoft.co.uk/content.aspx?page=Downloads. The demo version is at the bottom of the page.
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$99.95 upgrade
$219.95 new customers
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STITCH R-XP will allow you to quickly and easily create professional looking stitch charts using your home PC and printer.
The software contains all of the advanced tools, editing features and functions necessary to create the highest quality designs suitable for working in cross-stitch, tapestry, blackwork, hardanger and most other needlework styles.
If you wish, helpful wizards can lead you through the creation of amazing bordered and beautiful sampler lettering. Others may prefer to design by hand.
Which ever method chosen, there is a masssive range of ready to use motifs and small designs included, so only very minimal drawing skills are needed to create stunning and effective results.
A popular method of chart design is to use a scanned picture or photograph from a digital camera. Stitch R-XP has the tools to instantly create charts in this way - with colors
matched to your favorite stranded cotton or wool shade range.
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$189.95
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VIDEOS/DVD'S
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An Introduction to Flanders Lace featuring Sally Schoenberg - Modern Flanders lace is a 19th century revival of a five-holed grounded lace that was made in
the 1600's in many parts of lace making Europe. The Flanders lace working diagram can be particularly confusing.
At many pins a pair of bobbin pairs are worked. The frequent exchanges of passive and worker pairs crank up the level of confusion even more. In this DVD Sally tames the diagram! She shows how to identify the elements of modern Flanders lace on a diagram and how to use those components to make a piece of Flanders Lace. In this program three edging patterns are used to teach the essential techniques; 5 - hole ground, half of a ground stitch, joining in 2 times, inputs, outputs, snowflakes and the overlapping finish. The skills learned can be used to make the many Old and Modern Flanders patterns that are listed in the book resource list which is also included.lace.
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DVD $48.00
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Bucks Point Lacemaking - Volumes 1 & 2 - featuring Cathy Richardson - 188 minutes
This video covers 1. Little Fan, 2. Honeycomb Ground, 3. Sheep's Head and 4. A Bookmark, PLUS a free pattern to try on your own!
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DVD - $64.95
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Chantilly Lace with Lia Baumeister-Jonker - Newest video from Hensel Productions for those who would love to lear how to work this fine lace. This video
provides instruction in the techniques needed to make three edgings in Chantilly lace. A Chantilly bookmark pattern is included as extra practice in applying the techniques presented. One
repeat of each edging pattern is worked on camera with pin-by-pin insturction.
By viewing this tape from start to finish before beginning to make the lace, one will gain a good understanding of how Chantilly is made.
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DVD - $48.00
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Color In Torchon - featuring Jean Leader.
This program will show how using colors can transform a simple Torchon pattern and provide endless possibilities for experimentation. The first two patterns are designed to show how pairs move through the lace when using different stitches and techniques. This knowledge is then used to control where the colors move in the following three patterns for an edging, square mat, and bookmark. An additional pattern for a square mat is also included. The instructions assume that the lacemaker already knows how to wind bobbins, make a pricking, and work basic stitches. But starting, finishing, working ground stitches, spiders, cloth stitch diamonds, roseground, footside edge, and two different fans are explained step by step. Running time 3 hours and 30 minutes.
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DVD - $48.00
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Intermediate Skills in Bucks Point Lace featuring Jean Leader.
Jean is a lacemaker, designer and teacher with experience in a wide range of laces. Though basic techniques are reviewed where they occur in the patterns, this is an intermediate level program and you are expected to have already covered the basic Bucks Point techniques. The first pattern is for a handkerchief edging and next comes a pattern for this edging with a cucumber footside. The other patterns are for a bookmark, a hexagonal motif and a small medallion with a butterfly and flowers. An additional pattern for a wider handkerchief edging is also included. New techniques introduced are explained step by step and include tallies in point and honeycomb grounds, a corner where pairs have to be added and later removed, mayflower in honeycomb, cucumber fooside, starting and finishing a bookmark, gimp fingers, working a hexagonal motif, holes in cloth stitch and 'bundling' pairs at the headside. Running time is 6½ hours.
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DVD - $70.00
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Introduction to Milanese Lace -featuring Louise Colgan. This video provides instruction in the techniques that make Milanese Lace so unique.
Scrolling tapes highlighted by decorative stitches are characteristic elements that define the Milanese style. Lacemakers will have the chance to learn a combination of traditional and innovative skills applied in a motif-format using colored threads. The pattern is suitable for those new to Milanese or for anyone wishing to gain more expertise with essential skills.
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DVD - $48.00
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Learn the Easy Art of Needle Tatting & More
- In this video you will find lots of visual reinforcement as you learn the double stitch and other beginning techniques. Intermediate and advanced needle tatters will find it an easy-to-use guide for joining, tatting with two colors, adding beads, working split rings and more. 50 minutes
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VHS - $19.95
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Learn To Tat with Janette Baker - This book shows how to shuttle tat and has a DVD included.
So you have both! It includes approximately 9 patterns both basic and advanced techniques. The patterns include: edgings, butterfly, heart, bookmark and more.
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DVD - $14.95
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Romanian Point Lace DVD featuring Sylvia Murariu is a basic technique DVD that works as a helping tool for the Romanian Point Lace books. It is a combination of the crocheted tape and needle-lace stitches and techniques. The images are very clear and the step - by - step demonstrations are very easy to follow. Running time is 25 minutes. Pattern Included
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DVD - $35.00
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Russian Tape Lace - A new video produced by Hensel Productions featuring teacher Lia Baumeister Johner. It is in color and is 135 minutes long, complete
with two patterns.
Lia provides step-by-step instructions for making a tape lace butterfly from the Vologda region of Russia. Lia's instruction is very detailed. This video would be appropriate for both a beginning lacemaker who knows how to make a cloth stitch as well as the more advanced lacemaker who wants to further her skills.
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DVD- $48.00
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Starts and Finishes featuring Susan Wenzel - In this video, Susan demonstrates
her own unique approaches to starting and finishing a variety of Torchon lace projects.
Susan explains each of her techniques with diagrams and demonstrates them on the pillow. Projects include: a bookmark with a whole stitch start and a braided ending, a bookmark with a false footside start and a woven ending, a bookmark starting and ending with picots, a circular Torchon edging with a Flanders- style overlapped finish and two different square edgings including both the start and finish, one at the footside and the other along a gimp thread.
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DVD - $48.00
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Tatting Video I - The Basics - Mildred Clark - This video covers the double stitch, picots, joining, chains, two colors, vocabulary, reading and diagramed
patterns plus more. For learning shuttle tatting this is the BEST tape. 78 minutes
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VHS - $29.95
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Tatting Video II - Beyond the Basics - Mildred Clark - Techniques covered are rolled, twisted, beads, two shuttle tatting, fewer thread ends, ways to attach
to fabric and more. 80 minutes
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VHS - $29.95
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Torchon Bobbin Lacemaking - Volume 1 - featuring Cathy Richardson - 113 minutes This video covers 1. Movement and Stitches, 2. Border and Ground, 3. The Fan and 4. The spider, PLUS a free pattern to try on your own!
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DVD - $39.95
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Torchon Bobbin Lacemaking - Volume 2 - featuring Cathy Richardson - 118 minutes This video take you beyond the basics covering 1. Movement and Stitches, 2. Three New Grounds, 3. The Open Fan and 4. The Corner PLUS a free pattern to try on your own!
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DVD - $39.95
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Torchon Bobbin Lacemaking - Volume 3 - featuring Cathy Richardson - 123 minutes This video takes you one step further covering 1. The Gimp, 2 The Rose Grounds, 3. The Baby Buggy and 4. A Doily PLUS a free pattern to try on your own!
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DVD - $39.95
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