Enchanting Embroidery Designs

Author: MiW Morita
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 146292185X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 281

Book Description
Enchanting Embroidery Designs invites you to create your own world using bright thread colors and imaginative stitches. Full of motifs that are both simple and playful, from zany crocodiles, and cuddly cats to big-eared bats and stealthy ravens. This book invites you to be creative with its whimsical designs and step-by-step instructions--whether you use these projects as visible mending techniques or simply to add interest to a piece. The sweet scenes and cute characters are full of life and texture, making them at home on your favorite clothing, home accessories or wall hangings. The unusual and versatile designs in this book include: Cheery flowers on a broach Pretty pine trees on hanging ornaments A colorful curly sheep Fluffy and stormy clouds Bushy-tailed foxes Moss on stone and microorganisms in Petri dishes And more! Simple how-tos take you through every recommended stitch, while a section on combining colors will inspire you to try mixing and matching to create something new. There's also a section on turning your stitchery into embellishments you can use, wear and share. Put your imagination and hands to work with the help of this inspiring embroidery book.

501 Enchanting Embroidery Designs

Author: Boutique-Sha,
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462918352
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 99

Book Description
"""If you have never embroidered before, no worries, for there are detailed instructions of what you need + all the techniques and stitches you need to know for the patterns in the book."" --Japanese Sewing Books blog This fun embroidery book contains hundreds of creative needlework designs you can use to personalize all sorts of things! From a little hand-sewn gift, to monogrammed linens and cushions, to a well-worn and well-loved pair of jeans. 501 Enchanting Embroidery Designs offers simple hand embroidered motifs that highlight life's small pleasures: Motifs from the kitchen or garden (teacups, fruits and cozy reminders of home) Sweet feminine embellishments for your household zakka projects (flowers, pets, fashion elements) Designs for your child's clothing, drawn in a kid-friendly style Traditional designs such as monogrammed initials and elegant borders These freestyle designs are doable even for embroidery beginners and will always add that special touch--from an apron for your best friend to the neckline of your favorite top. No matter what you choose to leave your mark on, you are sure to find inspirational designs perfect for any occasion. "

Crewel Embroidery

Author: Tatiana Popova
Publisher: SearchPress+ORM
ISBN: 1781266484
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 166

Book Description
Learn to create stunning needlecraft projects inspired by traditional fairy tales, including The Wizard of Oz, Karolcia, The Wild Swans, and Cinderella. This magical collection takes as its central theme a magnificent embroidery depicting the “Tree of Happiness.” Each part of the embroidery is then explored in detail through stitch diagrams, explanations of the threads used, and alternative ways of working. There are seven wonderful designs in total, each dedicated to one of Tatiana’s favorite fairy tales, and all illustrated with gorgeous photographs and informative diagrams. Over 90 stitches are described in the book, all worked using stranded cotton and cotton pearl thread rather than traditional crewel wool, which gives the embroideries a fresh, modern appeal. Whether you are new to embroidery or an experienced embroiderer looking for inspiration and expert guidance, Tatiana’s beautiful book is one you will turn to again and again. “Tatiana Popova is a major craftswoman in her art, and what she does is beautiful. She not only demonstrates the techniques of crewel, she simplifies and breakdown each design into small achievable parts.” —Postcard Reviews

500 Simply Charming Designs for Embroidery

Author: E & G Crafts Co., LTD
Publisher: Design Originals
ISBN: 9781574215090
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Presents 500 embroidery designs with illustrative diagrams, as well as short chapters on embroidery essentials such as embroidery basics, types of stitches, and stitch ideas"--

Embroidery Companion

Author: Alicia Paulson
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 0307462358
Category : Embroidery
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Shows general embroidery techniques with illustrated stitch guides and finishing and framing tips.

Pleasures of Crewel

Author: Jo Springer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780684128672
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 188

Book Description

Jacobean Iron-on Transfer Patterns

Author: Unda Ormesson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486236391
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
Contains patterns and samples of many stitches used in Jacobean embroidery.

Flowers, Birds, and Unicorns

Author: Candice Bahouth
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
One of the world's most influential needlepoint and textile artists re-creates the magic of the Middle Ages with more than 20 magnificent projects, for both beginners and veteran stitchers. More than just a how-to, this book sets the designs, themes, and motifs in the context of Medieval art and life. Full-color illustrations.

Decors Barbares

Author: Nathalie Farman-Farma
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780865653894
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
"A refreshing antidote to the contrived nature of much contemporary interior design, the textiles and decoration of Nathalie Farman-Farma have gained a devoted following among celebrity and socialite clients for their folkloric charm and romantic exuberance. Drawing on the enchantment of fairytales and a history of material culture spanning Persia, Central Asia and Russia, Farman-Farma employs traditional print-making techniques to create exquisitely detailed fabrics, which she uses to conjure interiors infused with warmth and natural charisma. Farman-Farma's townhouse and studio in London and her family homes in Connecticut and Lake Tahoe feature in this captivating volume, forming the backdrop for her Décors Barbares range of fabrics, as well as her vast collection of antique textiles, costumes and jewellery. Vogue has called Farman-Farma "the textile designer you need to know." Her clients include Lauren Santo Domingo, Tory Burch, and influential interior designer David Netto, who writes the foreword to this book"--

Crewel Twists

Author: Hazel Blomkamp
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1782217770
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Whether you refer to it as crewel or Jacobean, this free form of surface embroidery has been around for centuries and is still popular amongst needle artists today. Because of the nature of the fanciful objects and the tradition of using a large variety of stitches in one project, it lends itself to endless creative expression. In this book Hazel Blomkamp uses a wide selection of materials to update techniques and inspire embroiderers to explore whilst working loosely within the confines of crewel work styles. She shows needle artists how to be creative with fabric, threads, beads and alternative stitches, borrowing techniques from other forms of needlework, and still producing a product that is typical of the crewel or Jacobean style of embroidery.The original designs include: Projects including beads and metal threads to add sparkle and texture to your work. Monochrome embroidery making use of a variety of threads and beads, all within the same colour range. Techniques employed in needle-made laces with designs defined by means of texture. More traditional embroidery including shading and satin stitch and the many variations of trellis couching to provide texture and interest. The completed embroideries are displayed in ways that are not only decorative, but are useful in the home.