Starting Embroidery (Captioned)

United Kingdom, 1986

Film
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Episode of Series “A Joy for Life”.
There are many beautiful and fascinating styles of embroidery practised around the world. “Starting embroidery” will show you the materials you need, how to work some basic stitches and some attractive items which are easy to make. Hannah Gordon introduces the many possibilities embroidery offers to everyone, young and old.

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Credits

director

Maggie Clarke

producer

Pat Marshall

production company

MSI Productions

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1986

Appears in

A Joy for Life

Group of items

A Joy for Life

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324001

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Closed captioning

Crafts & Visual Arts → Embroidery

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

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