Book Description
Stumpwork first became popular in the 17th century when it was known as raised embroidery. In this book you will be shown how to make all kinds of figures.
Author : Kay Dennis
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,56 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Embroidery
ISBN : 9781844480876
Stumpwork first became popular in the 17th century when it was known as raised embroidery. In this book you will be shown how to make all kinds of figures.
Author : Helen Richman
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 1059 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1785002953
Stumpwork is a highly decorative and imaginative embroidery technique, which typically uses raised and padded stitches that are rich in texture. This practical book explains how to create your own piece of stumpwork embroidery. Beginning with an introduction to the appropriate materials, equipment and tools, it instructs on a wide range of stitches and techniques, and illustrates them with ten delightful projects. It then explains how to design your own piece of stumpwork before advising on finishing, presenting and caring for you work. Written by a leading embroiderer, this beautiful book will inspire and encourage you to try this exciting technique and create your own exquisite designs. Contents include: Practical advice on working with threads, as well as how to stretch and prepare fabrics; Over 900 photographs to guide the reader through a wide range of decorative and raised stitches; Detailed instructions on combining stumpwork with a range of other techniques to create unique designs; Ten projects show how to use the stitches in designs, including stumpwork human figures. This practical guide will be of great interest to embroiderers, designers, theatre designers, interior designers and historians, and is beautifully illustrated with 983 colour photographs.
Author : K. Dennis
Publisher : Search Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2014-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781782211020
"How to create stumpwork and needlelace plants, animals and figures, whatever your ability ... clear step-by-step techniques and inventive projects"--Publisher's description.
Author : Angela Bishop
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1785007289
Figures can bring an embroidery to life, but they are tricky to do well. This book guides you through the materials, stitches, body parts and clothes to give you the confidence and skills to embroider a figure and experiment, using your creative inspiration. With over 400 colour photographs it gives key information for getting started, creating designs and preparing embroideries; techniques for making three-dimensional forms using stitching and padding techniques; clear instruction for mastering stitches and then ideas for using them creatively. Specific advice is given for embroidering the face, hair, hands and feet as well as ideas for using stitching embellishments, such as beads, sequins, buttons, ribbons, feathers and jewellery charms. Step-by-step projects demonstrate a range of beautiful styles and techniques.
Author : Alison Cole
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 27,94 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Embroidery
ISBN : 9780994392305
Author : Kate Sinton
Publisher : Search Press Limited
Page : pages
File Size : 24,30 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 1781269173
Author : Salley Mavor
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 30,32 MB
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1607058871
“A fabulous book! . . . If you enjoy tiny, detailed projects that allow for lots of creativity and personal handiwork, I cannot recommend this book enough!” —Feeling Stitchy Salley Mavor’s book Felt Wee Folk inspired tens of thousands to handcraft dolls from simple materials. Now, she invites you to return to the wee world with Felt Wee Folk—New Adventures, starring 120 dolls to spark smiles and creativity. As requested by fans, this long-awaited follow-up shares more challenging projects. Explore fresh scenes and an array of new outfits, hairstyles, and accessories, with full-sized patterns. Make bendable dolls that resemble you, your family, or your favorite fairy-tale characters with wool felt, chenille stems, and decorative stitching. Display the figures in a dollhouse, atop a wedding cake, or in a holiday scene to be cherished year after year. From the pages of Mavor’s award-winning children’s books to your home, the enchanting wee folk dolls appeal to crafters of all ages and skill levels. More dolls, more scenes, and more outfits Use your stash—wool felt, chenille stems, and simple embellishments Delightful, challenging projects, as requested by fans Felt Wee Folk was a Foreword Reviews’ GOLD WINNER for Crafts & Hobbies “While the original book included projects beyond Wee Folk dolls, the new volume focuses on the dolls themselves. Fairies and families, kings and knights, and even some not-too-scary pirates all grace the pages of the book, beckoning readers to at least admire, if not try to create, Wee Folk of their own.” —The Enterprise (Cape Cod)
Author : Dennis
Publisher : Search Press Limited
Page : pages
File Size : 20,36 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1781267340
Author : Jan Messent
Publisher : Search PressLtd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781844487417
"With a different and delightfully practical approach to a traditional and time-honored subject, Jan Messent shows you how to create portraits in stitch. There are simple instructions for shaping and padding different-angled heads, creating faces, adding features and stitching the hair and garments, as well as explorations of the most suitable fabrics, stitches, threads and embellishments to use. Within this book you will discover a host of personalities, including a mysterious white Edwardian lady, the formidable Bess of Hardwicke and a 'book-box' that opens to reveal exquisite renditions of Cinderella and Prince Charming. All of Jan's portraits are filled with character and charm, and have a timeless appeal that will enthral and excite textile artists and embroiderers alike"--Dust jacket cover.
Author : Kay Dennis
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,25 MB
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1782217908
A practical, step-by-step guide which shows clearly how to create beautiful raised and padded embroideries. Kay Dennis is passionate about Stumpwork. This intricate, raised and padded embroidery has its origins in the seventeenth century, and is enjoying a revival amongst embroiderers and lacemakers. It is wonderfully versatile and will appeal both to the novice and imaginative needleworker. Using a mix of flat, padded, wired and free-standing elements, it employs a wide range of embroidery techniques. This comprehensive and colourful book covers both basic and needle lace techniques - sections on each containing a series of elaborate step-by-step demonstrations showing how to work individual techniques, followed by a project combining all the methods. Kay takes inspiration from a variety of sources and her designs include animals, flowers, fruits and insects popular motifs in the seventeenth century. She also creates contemporary designs and there are advanced projects on landscape and figurative work. A gallery of Kay's work is included to stimulate and inspire the reader.