Jan Constantine's How to do … Embroidery Stitches
Jan Constantine gives tips and advice on how to do Hand Embroidery Stitches. Learn how to reate your own stunning hand embroidered textiles with tips from Jan Constantine.
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Celebrate Halloween
All Hallows’ Eve or Halloween falls on the last Sunday of October this year – the best day for organising fancy dress parties to celebrate what has become an increasingly popular occasion. I can remember making an assortment of ghoulish costumes for my daughters, Camille and Mary to go trick or treating, although I rather think they are growing too old for that now.
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Jan Releases Second Embroidery Book
'Love Stitching'
Iconic appliqué & hand-embroidery designs by Jan Constantine. Love Stitching is a fabulous new collection of 21 decorative appliqué and hand-embroidery projects from Jan Constantine, featuring some of
her bestselling designs. Alongside her signature cushions are a selection of bags, aprons and other home accessories such as a throw, quilt, needle
case and tablemats.
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Celebrate The Royal Wedding
From Queen Victoria to Princess Diana, British Royal Weddings have always been spectacular pageants of pomp and ceremony. Celebrate the marriage of William and Catherine with Jan Constantine Wedding Memorabila. My Regal Collection is designed to include collectables of the future, and I hope they will be considered beautiful enough in their own right to be used and cherished for a long time and evoke memories of William and Kate’s big day!
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Setting Your Dining Table for Christmas
You can really go to town decorating a dining table for Christmas – anything goes! Here a few tips to help you achieve my ‘Venetian’ look. Have some kind of focal point at the centre of the table. In this case, I have used a Panettone (Italian Christmas cake) studded with red candles. My sister always brings a delicious one from Monte’s Delicatessen in Islington, but they are widely available at most good delis. Not only do they look good, but you can eat them afterwards!
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Decorating A Fireplace for Christmas
A small, painted Victorian or Georgian fireplace lends itself to our festive decorating ideas. Here are a few tips to try. Natural foliage is always a good idea for home decorating and easily accessible if you have trees or shrubs in your garden. Ivy seems to naturally wind itself along a mantelpiece and you can twist it and stick it where you want it with a piece of clear sellotape, which can then be easily hidden.
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Jans Heirloom Embroidery Book
In September 2009, Jan Constantine launched her first book ‘Heirloom Embroidery’, which is an exquisite collection of 30 beautiful hand embroidery projects she has designed to appeal to beginners and established embroiderers alike. “It is meant to remind us of the way past generations used to live, appreciating, preserving and passing down the wonderful hand worked textiles embroidered by family members. Hopefully, it represents an antidote to the throwaway lifestyle of today.”
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