Thread Painting Made Easy


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Longtime quilter Terry White shares all the tips and tricks she has gleaned over the years for using thread to add texture and excitement to quilts. White's encouragement will have quilters jumping into the wonderful world of machine thread painting.




Thread Painting and Silk Shading Embroidery


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Thread painting embroidery is one of the most beautiful embroidery techniques. Often mistaken for painted art, it shows off the true skill of an embroiderer. This book demystifies the technique and shows how easy it is to start embroidering your own stitched masterpieces. For the true beginner and the experienced stitcher alike it will be a treasured guide, explaining the techniques and providing the inspiration to master this exquisite form of embroidery. Over 600 colour photographs support twenty step-by-step projects that range from a simply shaded topiary tree to a three-dimensional hydrangea bouquet. Guide to getting started introduces equipment you may need, explains how to transfer designs to fabric and demonstrates the long stitch and short stitch. Advice on blending colours and stitching shades together to achieve depth and vitality. Provides inspiration and encourages experimentation to create your own designs. Illustrates historical examples and explains how to reproduce and learn from these pieces, while also showcasing contemporary techniques and ideas for finished embroidery. Over 600 colour photographs support twenty step-by-step projects that range from a simply shaded topiary tree to a three-dimensional hydrangea bouquet.




Needle Painting Embroidery


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As a self-taught embroiderer, Burr understands the need for clarity. The embroideries are divided into three levels, each designed to take you onto the next stage of needle painting. The projects feature traditional flowers, and two small, colorful and delightful South African birds.




Pet Portrait Embroidery


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Learn the art of thread painting from Instagram sensation Michelle Staub Cats and dogs seem to always have a paw planted firmly in our hearts. Capture the life in their eyes and the texture of their fur with a unique embroidered pet portrait! Insta-famous artist Michelle Staub puts a modern spin on thread painting with her easy-to-learn approach. Get started with 4 basic embroidery stitches, and follow the detailed tutorials to hone your skills. Capture awe-inspiring details of your pet with lessons in full-color thread painting or go clean with a simple line drawing—the choice is yours. Learn to personalize your art piece with names, dates, and decorative accents. With 20 sample patterns to customize, you can easily recreate any breed! Paint stunningly realistic pet portraits with just a needle and thread Try your hand at two styles—minimal outlines and incredible full-color renderings Make it modern with floral garlands, personalized banners, and crisp lettering Start today with 4 easy stitches and 20 customizable projects




Thread Painting


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*Contains exciting lessons in achieving elaborate embroidered and embellished looks with a simple sewing machine and a home computer and printerUsing the techniques in this guide you can create stunning custom fabric art featuring skillful touches of embroidery, all by using own sewing machine. Inside this inspiring guide to thread painting, you'll discover innovative techniques for integrating digital photography and computer software in creating custom fabrics. Plus, this book covers various threads, tension and bobbins, and troubleshooting tips. The book's 15+ projects include:*Wall hangings*Totes*Pillows*Artwork for the home




Creative Thread Sketching


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Begin an exhilarating journey into the world of drawing and painting with thread and your sewing machine. Thread sketching is a fascinating craft - but where do you begin? This fully revised and illustrated Second Edition of 'Creative Thread Sketching' guides you through everything you need to know. From equipment and tools, fabric selection and setting up your sewing machine, to free motion stitching techniques and problem-solving, this friendly guide shows you how to put all the pieces together. Learn how to create a wide variety of stunning stitched textile art for your home or friends. Popular textile artist, author and blogger Deborah Wirsu includes six free, illustrated projects to help get you started with this comprehensive introduction to creating stunning textile art using fabric, thread, and a domestic sewing machine.




Textile Artist: Small Art Quilts


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An inspiring look into the world of creative textile-making, illustrated with beautiful textile pieces. This inspiring book guides the reader through Deborah's creative and inventive textile work: from painting fabrics and building textures to embellishing with hand and machine stitching. This book contains a wealth of inspiration for any textile artist, showing them how to create gorgeous, textured pieces of art.




Fabric + Paint + Thread = Fabulous


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Learn innovative new painting, free-motion quilting, and embellishing techniques for creating breathtaking art quilts. Are you ready to take your quilting to the next level? Then this is the book for you! Discover how to expand your artistic horizons and make breathtaking art quilts with these innovative techniques for painting, free-motion quilting, and embellishing, from award-winning quilter Pat Durbin. With five original projects to get you started and a stunning full-colour photo gallery to get the creative juices flowing, you'll never be without inspiration again.




Thread Painting with Style


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In this comprehensive reference guide, award-winning quilter Nancy Prince shows you how to thread paint with style. This highly detailed instructional book walks you through thread, supplies, stitches, methods, shading, sketching, distortion, and a very useful troubleshooting chapter. This ultimate technique book concludes with six projects so you can practice everything you need to know about thread painting. OUT OF PRINT




Creating Art Quilts with Panels


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· Learn thread painting and embellishing techniques for making one-of-a-kind art quilts with dimension and texture · Provides 6 projects with step-by-step instructions and detailed photographs · Includes an inspiring gallery of magnificent art quilt masterpieces · Joyce Hughes is an award-winning quilter and fiber artist, a McCall’s Quilting Quilt Design Star, and a fabric industry consultant