This 3-unit course covers materials, techniques and design in handicraft production such as needlework, pottery, jewelry making, and paper arts. Students will be evaluated based on quizzes, projects, demonstrations, and exams. The course introduces handicrafts and various techniques like cross-stitching with demonstrations of how to read patterns and basic stitches. Specific needlework techniques like embroidery and beadwork will be covered.

1. Crafts Design
(Handicraft)

2. Crafts Design (Handicraft)
(Lec / Lab)
This covers materials,
techniques and design in
handicraft production.
3 units
3 hours per week = 54 hours
Course
Description:
Course Credits:
Contact Hours:

3. Grading System
Written Works - 20%
◦ Quizzes, Reflection, Written Outputs
Performance Tasks - 60%
◦ Attendance, Report/Demo Teaching
Performance Outputs/Projects
Examinations - 20%
◦ Prelim, Midterm, Final
Total - 100%

4. Contents
I. Needlecraft
• Cross Stitch, Embroidery, Crochet
II. Housewares
• Pottery, Macramé, Basketry, String Art
III.Fashion Accessories
• Jewelry (Bead Work), Cloth (Batik, Dyeing,
Printing)
IV.Paper Art
• Quilling, Ikebana, Bouquet

5. Introduction
Handicraft: hand + craft
◦hand means made of hand or using simple tools in
making of any item
◦craft means a unique expression that represent a
culture, tradition and the heritage of a country
◦handicraft is a unique expression by using art on any
item
◦a skilled activity in which something is made in a
traditional way with the hands rather than being
produced by machines in a factory, or an object made by

6. Needlecraft – Cross Stitch
◦a decorative style of
sewing that uses
stitches that cross
each other to form
an X
◦a type of counted
embroidery in
which x-shaped
stitches are used to

7. Cross Stitch Tools
•Cross-stitch needles
• Needle Size 24: for 14-
count Aida fabric
• Needle Size 26: for 16-
count Aida fabric
•Embroidery thread
•Cross-stitch fabric
• 14-count Aida
•Scissors
•Cross-stitch pattern

8. Reading a Cross Stitch Chart
Cross-stitch Chart
◦a colored map that tells you where to stitch and what
color to use
Each project has two pattern charts:
◦A black and white symbol chart – where the symbols
represent the colors used in the design
◦A color symbol chart – displaying a colored square block
for each stitch (they include the color symbol in the

9. Reading a Cross Stitch Chart

10. Cross Stitch Techniques
Starting/Ending a Cross Stitch
1. Loop Method
◦works well if you’re using two strands of thread
◦requires you to pull a strand of thread from the
and thread two ends together through the needle
2. Trap As You Go Method
◦requires leaving a long tail on the back of your
starting stitching, and trapping the thread end as
continue stitching

11. 5 Main Stitches
1. Cross-stitch
•the main stitch used
•stitching in the shape of
a cross
•stitches can be worked
one cross at a time, or
one way diagonally in
rows – known also as
the Danish method

12. 5 Main Stitches
2. Half Stitch
◦a diagonal stitch (half of
the cross-stitch) and is
usually worked in
horizontal rows
◦when a design calls for a
half stitch you’ll find it
indicated on the chart
by a diagonal colored
line

13. 5 Main Stitches
3. Quarter Stitch
•another fractional
stitch, which is half of a
Half Stitch
•it can be worked from
any side of the square
and ends up touching
one point of the square

14. 5 Main Stitches
4. Three-Quarter
Stitch
◦a combination of a
Quarter Stitch and a
Half Stitch
◦this stitch takes up half
the square, usually,
you’ll be stitching first
the Quarter Stitch, then
the Half Stitch

15. 5 Main Stitches
5. Back Stitch
◦used to define a motif or
add details to a cross-
stitch project

16. Thank you and
God bless!