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	<title>Comments on: Bullion stitch: to hoop or not to hoop?</title>
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		<title>By: yvette</title>
		<link>http://vettycreations.com.au/white-threads/2010/03/04/bullion-stitch-to-hoop-or-not-to-hoop/comment-page-1/#comment-499</link>
		<dc:creator>yvette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great - let me know if you have further questions. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great &#8211; let me know if you have further questions. <img src='http://vettycreations.com.au/white-threads/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Michelle</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks - pretty sure I understand that. I have 2 of your books, but not those ones!  But my embroid guild library will have them, so I can check the diagrams to make sure what I&#039;m picturing in my head is correct.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks &#8211; pretty sure I understand that. I have 2 of your books, but not those ones!  But my embroid guild library will have them, so I can check the diagrams to make sure what I&#8217;m picturing in my head is correct.</p>
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		<title>By: yvette</title>
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		<dc:creator>yvette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Michelle, This could take a bit of explaining! :-)

Ok, bring the needle out of the fabric. Insert it a short distance away. Bring the needle point out again right next to where it first emerged. Do not pull the needle through the whole way, but leave it sitting in the fabric, with only the eye below the fabric. Hold the eye below the fabric with one hand, and wrap the thread around the needle with the other. Wrap enough times to span the length of the bullion stitch. To test this, lever the needle tip downwards towards the other end of the stitch to see if the quantity of wraps looks about right. When you are satisfied that you have enough wraps, gently hold the wraps on the needle with the wrapping hand. Bring the other hand up from below, and pull the needle through, keeping your wrapping hand loosely holding the wraps to keep them under control. Pull the thread through until the bullion lies flat against the fabric, and then let go of the wraps. Insert the needle at the second end of the bullion.

Does that help? In my books (&quot;Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature&quot; has right-handed instructions, and &quot;The Left-Handed Embroiderer&#039;s Companion&quot; has left-handed instructions) there are step-by-step instructions with diagrams that illustrate this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Michelle, This could take a bit of explaining! <img src='http://vettycreations.com.au/white-threads/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Ok, bring the needle out of the fabric. Insert it a short distance away. Bring the needle point out again right next to where it first emerged. Do not pull the needle through the whole way, but leave it sitting in the fabric, with only the eye below the fabric. Hold the eye below the fabric with one hand, and wrap the thread around the needle with the other. Wrap enough times to span the length of the bullion stitch. To test this, lever the needle tip downwards towards the other end of the stitch to see if the quantity of wraps looks about right. When you are satisfied that you have enough wraps, gently hold the wraps on the needle with the wrapping hand. Bring the other hand up from below, and pull the needle through, keeping your wrapping hand loosely holding the wraps to keep them under control. Pull the thread through until the bullion lies flat against the fabric, and then let go of the wraps. Insert the needle at the second end of the bullion.</p>
<p>Does that help? In my books (&#8220;Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature&#8221; has right-handed instructions, and &#8220;The Left-Handed Embroiderer&#8217;s Companion&#8221; has left-handed instructions) there are step-by-step instructions with diagrams that illustrate this.</p>
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		<title>By: Michelle</title>
		<link>http://vettycreations.com.au/white-threads/2010/03/04/bullion-stitch-to-hoop-or-not-to-hoop/comment-page-1/#comment-488</link>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you able to explain exactly how Effie&#039;s method is done? I have always made bullions using the &quot;common&quot; method above, and prefer using a hoop but struggle big time.  I would love to know how to do them the other way. I asked my mum, who has Effie&#039;s books, but she couldn&#039;t find anything in them about a &quot;different&quot; way of working bullions.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you able to explain exactly how Effie&#8217;s method is done? I have always made bullions using the &#8220;common&#8221; method above, and prefer using a hoop but struggle big time.  I would love to know how to do them the other way. I asked my mum, who has Effie&#8217;s books, but she couldn&#8217;t find anything in them about a &#8220;different&#8221; way of working bullions.</p>
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		<title>By: Ponto canutilho / Bullion knot &#171; agulhas da méri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ponto canutilho / Bullion knot &#171; agulhas da méri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] explica, de forma muito clara, os truques para um bom resultado: o primeiro, segundo e terceiro. Este último uma completa novidade para mim e que tenho que experimentar.  Também não posso [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] explica, de forma muito clara, os truques para um bom resultado: o primeiro, segundo e terceiro. Este último uma completa novidade para mim e que tenho que experimentar.  Também não posso [...]</p>
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		<title>By: yvette</title>
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		<dc:creator>yvette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Maryvonne, Do keep experimenting with them - it is with practise that we often improve. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Maryvonne, Do keep experimenting with them &#8211; it is with practise that we often improve. <img src='http://vettycreations.com.au/white-threads/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Maryvonne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maryvonne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I will try your method.  I&#039;ve had mixed fortunes with bullions - sometimes they come out ok, others they look like pigs&#039; eyes!  That&#039;s why i&#039;ve never done anything serious with them, just kept experimenting.  Thanks for the tip.
LOL</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will try your method.  I&#8217;ve had mixed fortunes with bullions &#8211; sometimes they come out ok, others they look like pigs&#8217; eyes!  That&#8217;s why i&#8217;ve never done anything serious with them, just kept experimenting.  Thanks for the tip.<br />
LOL</p>
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		<title>By: Elmsley Rose</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elmsley Rose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>great! :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>great! <img src='http://vettycreations.com.au/white-threads/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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