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IGMA was founded to promote fine miniatures as an art form

NAME is a non-profit, educational organization whose purpose is to promote miniatures as a distinct art form, to provide education forums on their construction, historical significance and intrinsic value, to preserve unique collections in a miniature museum open to the public (located in Carmel, IN), and to maintain a mutually beneficial network of collectors, crafters, and artisans.

The Miniature Needlework Society was founded in 1997 to encourage all forms of miniature work with needle and thread: embroidery of every kind, knitting, crochet, tatting, lace making etc.

A total of eight classes are being offered. There are two 1-day classes, one 2-day class, two 3-day classes, a 4-day class, and two 5-day classes.

This spun silk thread has silk's beauty, luster, and shine, but doesn't catch on your hands. The size of one strand is comparable to other stranded silks, such as Splendor, Soie Cristale, and Soie d'Alger. Gloriana Silk is soft and remarkably easy to stitch with.

Needlepoint Inc Silk offers a selection of 476 colors of colorfast silk in 8 ply strands. They have a chart "Needeepoint Inc Silk to DMC"

Our speciality is pure silk thread for handsewing of all kinds and we have 600 shades! Our silk comes in skeins, each skein consisting of 6 strands of monofilament silk, each of 7 yards (6.5 metres) in length, the whole wound into a simple skein. A skein is ??£2.50. We sell the skeins individually by shade or in sets.The sets work out as more economical, the larger the set, the greater the price reduction.

Alger silk, 7 strands, in a palette of 605 colours for embroidery and tapestry, available in 8 and 45 metre skeins or 100 gram hanks (About 390 metres). This silk is loosly plyed and can be split easily. It doesn't come from Algeria. The name "Alger" refers to a special domestic process. It is made of the best quality spun silk (called strusas) which gives it an unrivalled regularity, lustrous and softness. Contrary to our competitors, our thread does not snarl in the needle and has a good tensile strength. It resists also very well to abrasion.

Embroidery products including silk threads and kits are available for purchase on this site.

This is the finest 100% silk thread on the market. Made in Japan, YLI Silk #100 is the choice for applique, basting and fine heirloom sewing