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Victoria Adams Brown visits with her Silk Ribbon Magic!!!

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"Quilters are the pioneers in the embroidery arts" Victoria Adams Brown

I first discovered Victoria when I purchased her book "The New Ribbon Embroidery" I fell in love with the sea horse on the cover! I soon after purchased all of her books. They are all informative, and I was also very impressed that she incorporated punch needle art in with silk ribbon embroidery! I contacted Victoria, and asked her if she would consider doing an "interview" on the Suite101 Punchneedle site, and she very graciously agreed!

I have been excited about this article, and I believe you all will enjoy it as much as I have! So, enough of my chatter-

WELCOME, Victoria!

I was attending a stitchery consumer show about 7 years ago and saw the needle punch technique demonstrated and purchased a set of needles.

I began using silk ribbon for punch needle when entertaining all the ways to embellish with silk ribbon while researching techniques for my second book, "The New Ribbon Embroidery".

I have been working with a punch needle for five years. I have been rug hooking for about 10 years and the punch needle is the same method except executed on a much smaller surface and a tighter weave fabric ground.

I also was inspired while attending Ecole Lesage in Paris. There I learned how to create with a tambour needle and the punch needle is a similar tool and technique.

I saw first-hand how the world's most famous couture embroiderer used a variety of fibers and methods to create three-dimensional embroidery and embellishment.

Punch needle is a fast way to create dimension and add texture to flat one-dimensional embroidery pieces. Due to my enthusiasm in stitching with silk ribbon, it makes perfect sense to investigate additional methods that allow me opportunities to work with silk ribbon.

I believe punch needle is an artform that certainly needs more publicity! Due to its ease and ability to create a variety of looks, punch needle should be incorporated more often in surface design, quilting and embroidery classes.

I would certainly like to see punch needle gain in popularity. I believe punch needle is used quite often in the miniaturist market, where designers create miniature rugs and carpets for doll houses.

As the crazy quilt market continues to expand and envelop more embroiderers in quilting,I believe needlepunch will appear on more quilts. Quilters are the pioneers in the embroidery arts and as they explore more techniques for embellishing, needlepunch will appear more often.