Fancywork and Fantasies

Needle Nicely profiles the charts from Carol Costello in this interesting post.  It's proof that a classic design lasts for decades.  Maybe you can't get the threads that were popular then now, but the design is ageless.
http://needlenicely.blogspot.com/2016/08/carol-costellos-fancywork-and-fantasies.html

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Fancy Work and Fantasies: A Tale of Hapsburg Lace UPDATED

Ruth has been working "Hapsburg Lace" which you'd think is a style of needlework, but it isn't.  She explains here--
http://ruthsneedlework.blogspot.com/2015/09/my-name-is-ruth-and-i-am-needlework.html

The best place I know of to pick up some of the Fancy Work and Fantasies charts now is Alex Paras, the online arm of Thistle Needlework.  Ruth linked to the site in her article above.  Don't miss the very beautiful "Eterna" which is my favorite of Carol Costello's designs.
http://store.apneedlearts.com/fawofa.html

The Pampered Stitcher on Etsy also has some of Carol's work.  Use the Search This Shop box in the middle of the page to see them all.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThePamperedStitcher?ref=l2-shop-info-name

These designs are from the 1980s but they are classics all the same, even if they are over thirty years old.  After all, when WE hit our thirties, we were just coming into our prime!

UPDATE: By coincidence Julie posted a Tanja Berlin design called Hapsburg Lace on Facebook this morning.  The second link below describes her classes using this technique.  Thanks, Julie!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205538301793328&set=gm.932688986808260&type=3&theater

http://www.berlinembroidery.com/countedthreadembroidery.htm#hapsburg

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