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23) Free-form embroidery with Judith Baker Montano: transforming traditional stitches into fiber art
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Shows you how to create stunning landscapes and seascapes by applying fine art principles to your fabrics, threads, and fibres. This book helps you learn how to use these materials with other embellishments to convey anything from seaweed to shells, pine trees to pond lilies.
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Presents a modern, experimental, and creative approach to thread and embroidery projects. You'll find fun and surprising project ideas, a unique artistic approach, and uncoventional mixed-media materials such as stamps, paint, sequins, paper, and shrinky dinks. These projects are designed to be quick, fun, abstract, and creative, and many offer clever ideas for personal customization.
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"Slow down and embroider your way through the changing seasons with the beautiful debut book from embroidery artist and rising star Emillie Ferris. Needlepainting, also known as thread painting or silk shading, is a form of embroidery that creates a realistic, lifelike effect using a single strand of thread and one simple stitch - the 'long and short' stitch. You can create gorgeous colour gradients, magical details and flowing stitch directions that...
30) Thread the halls
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Angie and the Needlepointers need to trim down the naughty list, catch a cold-hearted killer, and wrap up the case...
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Embroidery. Let your imagination run wild with this book, Teeny Tiny Menagerie by Noriko Murata, featuring 380 enchanting animal embroidery motifs. Using traditional embroidery, cross stitch, and applique techniques, you can create motifs, borders, and alphabets unlike any you've seen before. Each stitched motif is accompanied by detailed instructions for fuss-free execution. The collection also includes an embroidery how-to tutorial and adorable...
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• 22 small embroidered projects with simple step-by-step instructions-ideal for beginner and intermediate sewists
• Learn 26 basic embroidery stitches and how to transfer embroidery patterns to fabric
• Full-size embroidery designs with instructions for color and stitch placement
Today's coolest crafters use beautiful COSMO embroidery thread to bring a fresh perspective to the centuries-old technique of embroidery in this charming collection....
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"Here's your chance to get up close and personal with an amazing collections of crazies!" - Quilter's Newsletter Magazine.Made from the finest silks, satins, and velvets and stitched together with elaborate embroidery, the crazy quilt is a testament to quilters' rich imagination and artistry. This beautiful book traces the bewitching history of "Crazies" from their earliest origins to the present day. Distinguished quilting teacher and appraiser...
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Embroidery is back in a big way! This comprehensive guide covers everything readers need to know with 30 illustrated, step-by-step tutorials for all the essential techniques, plus a section on digital and free-motion machine embroidery. More than 500 color images showcase a range of contemporary applications alongside inspiring artist profiles, a dictionary of embroidery stitches, and sections on other needlecrafts such as crewel, applique, and cross-stitch....