November 16 - World Needlework Day! UNESCO Foundation equates needlework with World Heritage. And although this is not an official holiday, lovers of handmade make gladly celebrate it.
On this day all kinds of exhibitions, meetings of like-minded people are organized around the world, master classes are held. For lovers of manual labor and simply indifferent to creativity - this is a great opportunity to get acquainted with interesting and unusual types of hobbies, exchange experiences, learn something new. In addition, learn more not only about traditional, but also about rare types of needlework.
Carving
Translated, the word "carving" means - carving. This type of creativity comes from the ancient East. Such a craft made it possible to create unique objects from wood, stone, and bone. Today carving is popular as fruit and vegetable carving. Beautiful and delicious decoration for the festive table.
Carving for beginners: learning the art of creating masterpieces from fruits and vegetables
Quilling
An ancient type of needlework of European origin. It is mainly used as the main element of decor and decoration for greeting cards, commemorative photo albums, gift wraps, as well as for creating paintings in this technique.
Felting
The technique of felting natural wool. The history of felting originates from the culture of nomadic peoples. As needlework felting appeared in the 16th century. There are two types - dry and wet felting. The first allows you to create bulk products, the second method is suitable for flat products. Thanks to this type of needlework, even the most ordinary thing can be easily turned into a work of art. In recent years, toys made in this technique have become especially popular - they are very beautiful and look just like alive.
What is felting and how to quickly master it
Topiary
Decorative interior decorations in the form of small trees in flower pots. Outwardly, they are associated with figuredly trimmed garden trees and shrubs. It was garden decoration that served as the beginning of this modern type of needlework. Topiary is a great gift for any holiday. The crown of this tree sets the tone, everything else depends on the chosen topic and your imagination.
Iris folding
Iris folding - rainbow folding. This particular color paper technique has appeared in Holland. This type of handmade is quite simple, even children can easily master it. Iris Folding is of particular interest to those who are passionate about scrapbooking.
Mistaken
This ancient Japanese art is a floristic technique for creating paintings from flowers and leaves. Any plant materials are suitable for the work - flower petals, leaves of trees and shrubs, seeds that turn into amazingly beautiful decor elements.
Japanese technique is mistaken: paintings from plants and flowers
Denim paintings and portraits
These works of art are created from shreds of denim in different shades of blue. Old jeans are great for this. The ideological mastermind and creator of this type of creativity is the British artist Jan Berry, who did not want to part with his beloved jeans.
Encaustic
In simple terms, this is drawing with an iron. This type of creativity requires a minimum of materials and time: wax crayons, iron and your imagination. Incredible beauty and richness of colors, the painting technique arose in ancient Greece.
Embroidery with threads on cardboard (stained)
Embroidery on paper - embroidery on paper. But in practice, we are talking about creating any images (pictures) using threads, usually on cardboard. 
This type of needlework can be used to develop motor skills in children.
Street knitting
First, lovers knitting and crocheted took to the streets to "paint" trees, poles, cars, benches in bright colors. 
And today, this type of needlework is slowly moving to interior items.
Diamond embroidery
It is a mosaic of acrylic rhinestones. As a rule, the pattern for the picture is proposed according to the cross stitch patterns. A meditative type of needlework, requiring increased diligence and care.
Torsion paperweight
Weaving from newspaper or paper tubes. As the main material used old newspapers, which are painted or left as is. Or plain and colored paper. Boxes, vases, coasters, flower pots look very similar to ordinary rattan products.
Knitting from plastic bags
A non-standard and environmentally friendly way to recycle plastic bags. This creates bags, accessories and even shoes, such as sandals.
Kraft parchment (parchment craft)
A kind of embossing, where tracing paper or parchment is used as the main material, instead of expensive and durable material from raw leather, as it was in the Middle Ages.
Jacarelado technique or false mosaic
The word "jacarelado" is translated - crocodile skin. The Brazilian type of needlework is very simple in execution, the result of which looks very impressive.
Monotype
This is the creation of prints on any surface, the easiest drawing technique. Monotype makes it possible to create only one print. The paint is applied to a smooth surface, after which the finished drawing is pressed to the base, which is decorated.
Indian embroidery shisha
The magic of the mirror. Shisha - in Hindi means a small glass. This is a kind of Indian embroidery. The originality and unusualness of this type of embroidery is that small particles of mirrors are used to create it.
Sicilian lace
This is a type of decoupage that uses predominantly cotton lace with a convex pattern.
Ganutel
Making artificial flowers from wire and floss thread.
Zentangle technique
Zentangles are repeating elements that create a beautiful pattern. This form of art is easy to master even for a small child. Zentangles can contain any number of repeating elements.
Marquetry
From the French Marquer - mark, draw. This is a type of mosaic when a mosaic set is made of pieces of veneer of different species of wood or ivory on furniture, caskets and other products.
String art
Stringart - create pictures using nails and threads.
Material prepared by Julia Dekanova
