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Goldwork embroidery threads Explained

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What are the most often used goldwork embroidery threads and metals? How do you identify them apart and how do you utilize them? Find out right here in this video by Sarah Homfrey Embroidery.

Even whether the threads are imitation gold embroidery thread, silver, or copper, the phrase “goldwork” is used. The metal wires used to construct the threads were never fully gold; they were usually gold-coated silver or cheaper metals, and even then, the “gold” sometimes included just a very small percentage of genuine gold.

Japanese thread embroidery originated in China with gold, silver, and copper metals. Gold and silver yarns were created by pressing gold and silver stock into exceedingly thin leaf, which was then cut into very small strips and twisted into yarn.

But don’t take our words for it, check out this video from her for more details.

 

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These learning activities don’t use actual Christmas ornaments, but they do use the shapes of ornaments to aid in learning, or making an ornament with an educational twist.

Look We’re Learning has a set of printable worksheets using Christmas ornaments to learn about patterns that are the same and different. There are color and black and white versions included so you can have kids color all the ornaments, or just color the ones that match.

Learn about patterns and make your own with these free printables from Planes and Balloons. There are options for picking what comes next in a repeating pattern, blank ornaments so you can make your own pattern, and a coloring sheet with different designs of ornaments and you can draw lines to the matching ones or color them the same.

Little learners can practice tracing short lines with these printable ornaments from Fluffy Tots. You can get a sample for free or buy a set of 60 different ornaments that let kids practice short straight, curved and curly lines.

Add a bit of critical thinking to your Christmas learning activities with this Christmas decoder project from STEAM Powered Family. Use the symbols on the ornaments to decode the secret message, then find the word that matches and put the ornament back together. There are also blank ornaments so kids can write their own messages, or you can use the code to make up your own statements and have kids decode them.

Get kids coding for Christmas with these binary code ornaments from Little Bins for Little Hands. Once you know the basics of binary you can spell out holiday themed words, kids names or other secret messages and turn them into holiday ornaments.

And while we’re making ornaments with an educational twist, why not paint some ornaments that teach kids about symmetry? Download templates from Crafting a Fun Life or have kids draw their own, paint on half and make a symmetrical ornament that’s perfect for displaying in the classroom.