Let your imagination be your guide with crewel embroidery, featuring surface stitches and the boldest, most fanciful designs in needlework. Expert instructor Shelagh Amor teaches her special techniques, starting with the simplest stitches, and c...Loe edasi...
“Thread painting” is the term for using colored thread embroidery to create artistic, dimensional images. Using Jenny McWhinney’s directions, even novice embroiderers can recreate 12 delightful rabbit-themed designs—including bunnies watering an...Loe edasi...
Renowned designer Trish Burr opens the door to a whole new world of creative possibilities by adding color to traditional whitework embroidery. Exploring unusual color combinations, celebrated needle artist Trish Burr has created 17 p...Loe edasi...
Design and create realistic hand-embroidered landscapes, from coastlines to deserts, escarpments to plains. Judy Wilford has 30 years of experimentation, refinement, and tutoring under her belt, and her process combines and adapts different genr...Loe edasi...
In 1598, Lady Anne Clifford wrote a letter to her father that featured a beautifully painted border. Inspired by that Shakespearian-era design, Jane Nicholas has created her own embroidery, stitched on ivory silk satin in stumpwork. It showcases...Loe edasi...
Small, embroidered paintings can have all the detail, form, and beauty of a larger piece—except theyre much quicker to stitch! These fresh and appealing designs all capture the pretty, romantic images typical of the Victorian and post-Victori...Loe edasi...
Once used primarily for fishing, netting now works beautifully as a base for filet lace. While many lacemakers use commercially available varieties, Margaret Morgan wanted unique sizes and colors. So she began to make her own. Here she expl...Loe edasi...
Presents sixty-four patterns for crocheted squares that can be used to form a tapestry that can be used to decorate a childs room. With their bright colors and fun designs, these crocheted tapestries are perfect for decorating a childs...Loe edasi...
Introduces the techniques for creating textured and dimensional embroidery featuring butterflies and moths, and features step-by-step project instructions. Following the popular Stumpwork Dragonflies and Stumpwork Beetles...Loe edasi...
The author recreates an old art form by offering new and updated patterns to making knotted lace flowers. With Bibilla Knotted Lace Flowers, todays crafters can enjoy a beautiful form of lace making that originated in antiquity....Loe edasi...
A collection of 64 versatile lace patterns will help readers increase their crocheting knowledge, confidence and pleasure with easy-to-follow instructions for mastering new techniques and stitches. By the author of Freeform Crochet and Beyond...Loe edasi...
Thread painting is, as the words say, painting with thread. The results look like a wonderful painted illustration, all done with easy stitches and the clever use of blending and contrasting threads....Loe edasi...
Renowned embroiderer Trish Burr passes her creative secrets on to stitchers--especially beginners--who want to take their needle painting skills to the next level. In 15 projects organized in three levels, from novice to intermediate, Trish...Loe edasi...
How does color affect embroidery? How can it bring needlework to life? Crafters will uncover the possibilities in this unique, in-depth exploration of color in embroidery. From color selection and blending to choosing complimentary colors and cr...Loe edasi...
Explore the many varied ways of incorporating color and novelty into crochet! Noted needleworker Renate Kirkpatrick provides patterns for 64 multicolored squares, all meant to become part of an attractive final sampler rug. The techniques r...Loe edasi...
Eileen Campbell has skillfully captured the flowers of Japan in a single exhibition quilt. Here, she shares her easy-to-follow techniques for creating each of these amazing blooms, giving crafters everything they need to recreate her e...Loe edasi...
The 16 raised embroidery projects featured here are inspired by the breathtaking art of the Islamic world. Created by renowned designer Jane Nicholas, whose previous books on stumpwork and goldwork have proven so popular, the projects-such...Loe edasi...
The tiny Irish village of Borris is famous for the marvelous lace, and a rare private collection containing some of the finest examples is the inspiration for this beautiful book. Its a catalog of the collection, a guide to using the...Loe edasi...
Designer Effie Mitrofanis has a playful and creative spirit and in Threadwork, she shows readers what can happen when you let your imagination go wild and think outside the usual sewn square. Her sumptuous c...Loe edasi...
Examples of medieval stumpwork—the art of embroidering using raised, 3-D embellishments—can be found in museums and galleries throughout Europe. Considered among the most intricate and lovely of embroidery styles, it requires a...Loe edasi...
