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    Kantan Couture Beading Embroidery

    Kantan Couture A quick reminder: Today’s the last day to enter our Embroidery Essentials Giveaway! See the link below for details: http://cloverusa.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/embroidery-essentials-giveaway/ Along with our embroidery stitching tools, Clover carries “Kantan Couture” bead embroidery tools. Which is an old art of embroidery, using a fine hook on a fine cloth stretched in a frame known as “Tambour”. Watch a quick demonstration on how this tool creates beautiful motifs using sequins and beads. A more detailed instructional video is also available on Clover’s YouTube page. Have you started working on any…

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    Watch Us Wednesday – Bead Embroidery

    Tambour is the art of embroidering with a fine hook into a fine cloth stretched on a hoop. Our line of Katan Couture Bead Embroidery Tools and accessories help you create beautiful motifs using sequins and beads to embellish your designs. You thread the beads or sequins using our needle threader before you begin, and work the tool from the backside of the fabric while working the beads from the front. The results are stunning. Fran Ortmeyer introduces the tools and process in this brief video: