The Watts Book of Embroidery
Author : Mary Schoeser
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 17,51 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Ecclesiastical embroidery
ISBN : 9780953326501
Machine Embroidery Stitch Techniques
Author : Valerie Campbell-Harding
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,75 MB
Release : 2003-06
Category : Embroidery, Machine
ISBN : 9780713486018
Book Description
This volume, written by two experienced teachers of embroidery, shows how to gain mastery over your sewing machine and produce exactly the effect you want. Techniques include running stitch, zig zag, satin stitch, whip stitch, combined stitches and cable stitch.
Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery
Author : Sharon Boggon
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 36,65 MB
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1617458783
Book Description
Find endless inspiration with this photo guide to embroidery stitches. Discover the 120 hand-embroidery stitches that every embroiderer should have in their stitching arsenal, with clear, step-by-step photos you can come back to time and again! Contemporary needlework teacher Sharon Boggon’s forward-thinking ideas will help you view hand embroidery through a vibrant new lens. Beginners and seasoned embroiderers will gain the confidence to create new patterns by playing with the stitches—manipulating the height and width, making asymmetrical loops, stacking up designs, or filling multiple rows with the same stitch. With so many creative variations and the author’s gorgeous samplers, you’ll be inspired to incorporate new techniques in your own crazy quilts and modern projects. Essential guide to surface embroidery! 120 contemporary stitches, including left-hand stitches, with step-by-step photos See how tiny tweaks to each stitch can take your needlework to unexpected places Play up the possibilities with modern fill patterns, asymmetry, luscious texture, and crazy quilting
Bead Embroidery
Author : Valerie Campbell-Harding
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780713486063
Book Description
Two of the world’s most experienced embroiderers show how to make a variety of beads for hand and machine embroidery. Emphasizing how beads add color, texture and beauty to a piece of work, they guide the reader through a variety of traditional and contemporary techniques, including bead weaving; sewing “trapped” beads; stitching beads onto mesh and canvas; and adding them to fringes, edges, cords, chains, and tassels.
Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidery
Author : Pamela Watts
Publisher : Search Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,47 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Embroidery, Machine
ISBN : 9780855329938
Book Description
Pamela Watts explores all the techniques with infectious enthusiasm, showing how to work the stitches, adjust tension, layer fabrics, develop surfaces, build up texture, create lacy effects with water soluble fabric and more. Step-by-step photographs accompany a series of projects which are designed to improve skills and the book is packed with expert advice on all aspects of machine embroidery. A final section takes you beyond fabrics into using metal, mesh, handmade paper and more. Vibrant and exciting designs can be created easily using these materials. The effect is stunning when they are combined with soft and transparent fabrics, and lustrous threads.
The Amazing Stitching Handbook for Kids
Author : Kristin Nicholas
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 30,85 MB
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1607059746
Book Description
Learn how to embroider and personalize almost anything with these 15 projects ranging from phone cases to backpack tags. Transform your plain stuff into awesome stuff with just some fabric and thread! Glam up boring bookmarks, tote bags, and even your jeans! Bored during a road trip or on a rainy day? Grab your favorite color thread and get stitching! Learn and choose from different stitches to make each project exactly the way you want. Make presents that your pals and family will love. Put your own stamp on pillows and picture frames. Stitch up some cuteness!
Myth and Ritual In Christianity
Author : Alan Watts
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 1971-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807013755
Book Description
“Our main object will be to describe one of the most incomparably beautiful myths that has ever flowered from the mind of man, or from the unconscious processes which shape it and which are in some sense more than man.… This is, furthermore, to be a description and not a history of Christian Mythology.… After description, we shall attempt an interpretation of the myth along the general lines of the philosophia perennis, in order to bring out the truly catholic or universal character of the symbols, and to share the delight of discovering a fountain of wisdom in a realm where so many have long ceased to expect anything but a desert of platitudes.” —from the Prologue
TEACH YOURSELF to MAKE BISCORNU (Leisure Arts #5406)
Author : Bobbie Watts
Publisher : Leisure Arts
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1609001222
Book Description
Includes 9 designs.
Chikankari
Author : Paola Manfredi
Publisher : Niyogi Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,57 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Embroidery
ISBN : 9789385285530
Book Description
Chikankari is one of the finest traditional embroideries of India, a symbol of Lucknawi culture and elegant courts of the nawabs of Awadh. Chikankari appeared in Lucknow in the late 18th century and its exquisite aesthetic and craftsmanship has sustained the tradition to this day, through changing patronage and market trends. Chikankari is not just about embroidery. Its legendary finesse is based on a creative blend of the delicate embroidery with very fine dressmaking and sewing techniques. This beautifully illustrated book showcases unknown gems from personal and public collections, and brings to life the history of this unique craft tradition. The various chapters describe the mysterious origins of the craft, the range of costumes, the inspirations behind it motifs, the time-honoured elaborate production process, and the bewildering array of stitches that raised this craft to a truly exceptional art form.
The Embroidered Garden
Author : Kazuko Aoki
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,13 MB
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1611802660
Book Description
Whimsical, beautiful embroidery motifs created by an avid gardener—stitch roses, bees, or whole garden scenes. Kazuko Aoki has a unique talent for translating the beauty of the garden with needle and thread. By offering forty motifs, Aoki invites us to explore her gardens through embroidery. The forty motifs explore the roses and wildflowers that appear season to season, as well as the bees and butterflies that enjoy their nectar. The designs here are exquisite, detailed, and artfullly rendered. Beyond the motifs themselves, Aoki also presents projects that feature the embroidery: brooches, notebook covers, pin cushions, and pouches. For those new to embroidery, detailed how-to illustrations are included.
