Tag: Embroidery

Foolproof Freeform Embroidery Exploring Your Creativity with Fabric, Threads & Stitches


Free Download Foolproof Freeform Embroidery: Exploring Your Creativity with Fabric, Threads & Stitches by Jennifer Clouston
English | June 25, 2024 | ISBN: 1644034204 | 96 pages | MOBI | 59 Mb
Your guide to crafting embroidery masterpieces! Embark on an embroidery adventure with Jennifer as your mentor, igniting your own creative process. Discover Jennifer’s organic approach, inspiring you to forge your path in embroidery. This book unravels everything from daily neural challenges to unconventional backgrounds, "auditioning" threads to create a unique color palette, and blending traditional stitches with a modern flair. Watch as common stitches morph into extraordinary treasures. Go on a journey through the stages of crafting unique embroidery, breaking free from conventions, and embracing joyous experimentation. With Jennifer’s guidance, unleash your imagination and delight in creating unique embroidery art! Includes step-by-step instructions to 45 of Jennifer’s favorite simple and most versatile stitches and how to transform them by adding other simple embroidery stitches and embellishments to create pressure points, movement, and softness. Explore multiple surfaces to incorporate embroidery―textile art, slow stitching, fabric journals, crazy quilting―that will appeal to all levels of stitchers. A beautiful, inspiring embroidery book that’s an excellent tool for teachers and students alike.

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Simple Embroidery


Free Download Elsie Mochrie, "Simple Embroidery"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1528700317 | EPUB | pages: 40 | 1.6 mb
"Simple Embroidery" offers the reader a novice-friendly introduction to the art of embroidery, including chapters on the basic stitches, how to properly form borders, and creating simple patterns. With step-by-step instructions and simple diagrams throughout, this vintage book is ideal for anyone looking to step into the wonderful world of embroidery. Contents include: "Stitches", "Description of Stitches", "Run and Thread Stitch", "Zig-Zag Stitch", "Chain Stitch", "Loop Stitch", "Y Stitch", "Buttonhole Stitch", "Herringbone Stitch", "Roumanian Stitch", "Borders", "Flower Sprays", "Suggestions for Needlework", "Descriptions of Borders and Motifs", "The Table Runner", "Cushion Cover", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.

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Hand Embroidery Stitches At-A-Glance


Free Download Jeri Simon, "Hand Embroidery Stitches At-A-Glance: Carry-Along Reference Guide (Landauer) Pocket-Size Step-by-Step Illustrated How-To for 30 Favorite Stitches, plus Tips & Techniques and Needle & Thread Charts"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1935726595 | EPUB | pages: 64 | 3.5 mb
This essential pocket-sized guide includes favorite stitches, embroidery options, and handy charts for quick and easy reference anywhere!

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Foolproof Freeform Embroidery Exploring Your Creativity with Fabric, Threads & Stitches


Free Download Foolproof Freeform Embroidery: Exploring Your Creativity with Fabric, Threads & Stitches by Jennifer Clouston
English | June 25th, 2024 | ISBN: 1644034204 | 96 pages | True EPUB | 55.36 MB
Your guide to crafting embroidery masterpieces! Embark on an embroidery adventure with Jennifer as your mentor, igniting your own creative process. Discover Jennifer’s organic approach, inspiring you to forge your path in embroidery. This book unravels everything from daily neural challenges to unconventional backgrounds, "auditioning" threads to create a unique color palette, and blending traditional stitches with a modern flair. Watch as common stitches morph into extraordinary treasures.

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Crazy Quilts History – Techniques – Embroidery Motifs


Free Download Crazy Quilts: History – Techniques – Embroidery Motifs By Cindy Brick, Nancy Kirk
2011 | 160 Pages | ISBN: 0760340099 | EPUB | 50 MB
Made from the finest silks, satins, and velvets and stitched together with elaborate embroidery, the crazy quilt is a testament to quilters’ rich imagination and artistry. This beautiful book traces the bewitching history of "Crazies" from their earliest origins to the present day. Distinguished quilting teacher and appraiser Cindy Brick follows the crazy quilt from colonial times, the Civil War, the Victorian era, and through today, decoding the mystery and meaning of these curious quilts.

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