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Author : Lynn Krawczyk
Publisher : Creative Publishing International
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781589239425
The Hand-Stitched Surface offers inspiring techniques and beautiful projects for creating richly layered mixed-media surfaces on paper and fabric to encourage stitchers to slow down and savor their handiwork.
Author : Lynn Krawczyk
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781589239593
“Improvisational hand-stitching lies at the heart of Krawczyk’s collection of embroidery projects . . . The overall style is loose and free-wheeling.” —Library Journal Add new color and flair to your home with hand-stitching projects! Written by noted surface designer Lynn Krawczyk, The Hand-Stitched Surface offers inspiring techniques and beautiful projects for creating richly layered mixed-media surfaces on paper and fabric. It’s a fast world we live in; it’s important to remember to slow down and savor your handiwork, and hand-stitching is the perfect craft for that. After Krawczyk gives you an overview of tools and supplies you’ll be using, she will move you into a section on stitching essentials which covers a range of basic stitches and how they can be modified. You will learn the following skills: Mixing thread weights for textural effects Unique ways to create patterns for hand stitching Exploring color Tips and tricks for improvisational stitching And much more! The fifteen keepsake-quality projects are perfect for the times when you feel you need to disconnect from the modern world and enjoy a quieter, more meditative hobby. “Delightful.” —The Papercraft Post
Author : Lynn Krawczyk
Publisher : Quarry Books
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781589239685
Hand Sewing Magic is an essential reference to all things stitching, featuring how-tos for dozens of stitches, from the basics for sewing and mending to stunning embroidered embellishment. Hand Sewing Magic is a modern, all-in-one guide for hand stitchers of all levels of skill and experience, and for all applications. In this unique guide book you will: Get an in-depth overview of essential tools and materials, including thread, needles, fabric, and other key supplies. Explore a comprehensive visual dictionary of 35 stitches plus dozens of variations, from basic mending to stylish decorative embellishment to unique art stitching. Discover key techniques, from starting and ending threads to the right way to use an embroidery hoop, from stitching curved shapes to color shading, and more. Learn essential tips and tricks from influential and innovative stitchers, including Joanne Sharpe, Allison Aller, and Catherine Redford. 10 simple and stunning projects show unique ways to use stitches and techniques. With Hand Sewing Magic, you’ll make the most of your hand stitching and give all your projects a beautiful handmade look.
Author : Cheryl Fall
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780811760683
A sampler is a project made from a "sampling" of different stitches or different motifs. Once the learning tool that helped generations of girls master basic needlework skills, this traditional project is still a great way to learn and practice embroidery skills—as well as a creative way to add color to a room or a fabric item. Covers samplers in several different styles: cross-stitch, counted thread, surface, and freestyle embroidery Creative uses for sampler art beyond the basic wall hanging: gift bags, ornaments, scarves, tote bags, and more Includes a how-to section with step-by-step instructions for basic embroidery stitches and sewing skills 16 projects for decorative sampler designs plus creative variations
Author : Hazel Blomkamp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Needlework
ISBN : 1782213481
Crazy patchwork has long been a popular subject amongst quilters and embroiderers, allowing them the freedom to be creative and to incorporate a broad range of techniques into their work. In this beautiful book, expert needlecrafter Hazel Blomkamp explores a wide variety of hand-stitching techniques and produces five stunning projects in which everything is created using just fabric, a needle, threads, ribbons and beads. She provides expert guidance on embellishment techniques such as beading, embroidery (with both thread and silk ribbon), needlelace, needle weaving and tatting, as well as on patchwork and quilting. Three projects are worked completely from scratch, and even the patches themselves are created with a needle and thread. The fourth project is a traditional crazy patchwork with hand-stitched embellishments, and the fifth project combine a traditional crazy patchwork with a Jacobean embroidery panel. The book will draw in both embroiderers and quilters, and inspire them to combine their skills in new and exciting ways.
Author : Jan Dowson
Publisher : Search Press Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781781267066
Author : Lynn Krawczyk
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781631595516
An essential sewing reference, including how-tos for dozens of stitches, sewing and mending basics, embroidered embellishments, and creative projects. Discover the pleasures of slow stitching as Lynn Krawczyk shows you how to enjoy the meditative process of stitching by hand. Stitching and embroidery are great ways to add color, texture, and interest to all kinds of textiles. After mastering a variety of stitches, apply them to imaginative projects, such as a boro sketchbook cover, a stuffed toy bunny, a wabi sabi neck scarf, and an embroidered square bowl. Even experienced sewers and embroiderers will learn how to transfer patterns, ideas for organizing and caring for thread, differences in thread types, and troubleshooting tips. Hand Sewing Magic is an all-in-one guide for hand stitchers of all levels of skill, and for all applications. In this unique guide book you will: Get an in-depth overview of tools and materials, including thread, needles, fabric, and other key supplies. Explore a comprehensive visual dictionary of thirty-five stitches, plus dozens of variations, including basic mending, stylish decorative embellishments, and unique art stitching. Discover key techniques, such as starting and ending threads, the correct way to use an embroidery hoop, stitching curved shapes, color shading, and more. Gain confidence in your stitching and embroidery skills as you try new techniques. Learn essential tips and tricks from influential and innovative stitchers, including Joanne Sharpe, Allison Aller, and Catherine Redford. Use stitches and techniques in unique ways for ten simple and stunning projects. With Hand Sewing Magic, you’ll make the most of your hand stitching and give all your projects a beautiful handmade look.
Author : Laura Wasilowski
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781617455681
Stitch playful projects Dive into Laura’s delightful world of embroidery and learn how to create small, free-form embroidery pieces that are alive with color and texture. With instructions for 21 basic embroidery stitches and 6 projects, all in Laura’s signature colorful, whimsical style, you’ll transform a flat, plain surface into a joyful, design-packed art piece. Stitch on wool, felt, or silk, and enjoy the simple pleasure of slow stitching. Includes a gallery of display ideas, as well as additional ideas for using free-form stitching. • Begin with simple shapes and fill them with improvisational stitchery • Change up the provided designs, swapping out colors and trying new stitch combinations, to create your own unique work • From popular, best-selling author and teacher Laura Wasilowski
Author : Judy Wilford
Publisher : Milner Craft Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Embroidery
ISBN : 1863514740
Design and create realistic hand-embroidered landscapes, from coastlines to deserts, escarpments to plains. Judy Wilford's stunning process combines different genres, textiles, traditional stitches, and embroidery styles. Part 1 covers the materials and equipment, lays out a simple landscape, and demonstrates background layering and surface stitching. The second section contains a range of projects, each developing and extending the various techniques.
Author : Lynn Krawczyk
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781620335185
Draw, stamp, screen print, and more to create gorgeous art cloth! Intentional Printing walks you through a two-part approach to fabric design. Author Lynn Krawczyk starts by showing you how to develop your own distinct printing style by first identifying the colors, themes, and processes that speak to you and then using those ideas repeatedly to explore your furthest possibilities. At the same time, Lynn urges you to think beyond simply printing fabric and consider how the finished cloth will be used. She demonstrates a variety of printing, stamping, painting, and color techniques, encouraging you to identify what draws you back again and again and to push your personal themes as far as possible. Using examples of her work, Lynn then shows how she adapts her own preferred imagery to projects, explaining what works and what does not. You emerge with a solid knowledge of basic printing techniques, an understanding of how to apply them for maximum impact, and an appreciation of your own personal creative voice.
Author : Kathy Seaman Shaw
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781617457746
Find endless inspiration for stitching your crazy quilts in this treasure trove of seam designs and templates by the creator of Shawkl Designs. You don't have to be a master embroiderer to create beautiful crazy-quilt seams! With 480 seam designs to inspire your creativity, Stunning Stitches for Crazy Quilts will also teach you the simple techniques that give your stitches a professional appearance. Line everything up perfectly with full-size stitch templates and dozens of step-by-step illustrations. Then dress up embroidered seams with sparkly beads, buttons, sequins, and silk ribbon embellishments for endless creative combinations! This eBook edition includes links to printable full-size templates.
Author : Hislop
Publisher : Search Press Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781781268315
Author : Kristin Nicholas
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781607059745
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!
Author : Alice Kettle,Jane McKeating
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-04
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780713688689
This unique book collection culls the expertise of academics and the actual embroidery machines archives of Manchester Metropolitan University in Great Britain whose specialist embroidery department has been instrumental in artistic and educational innovations in textiles since the 1960s. This book is the definitive record of the vast number of machines from the traditional Irish Embroidery machines to the latest generation of computerized sewing machines and features a rich and fascinating record of the machines themselves and the samples and artwork that were produced on them. Each contributor gives their own individual perspective on machine stitch and the book illustrates how key machines can be applied to the artistic, industrial and domestic practice and shows how to combine techniques and develop new ideas in machine embroidery, a creative medium that is flourishing in both design and production.
Author : Jackie Woolsey
Publisher : GMC Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Box craft
ISBN : 1861080859
Boxes and lids offer a perfect vehicle for needleworkers to showcase patchwork, quilting, and embroidery skills. Calling for surprisingly little fabric, they're great for finishing up remnants or indulging in an expensive textile. Make boxes with trays and dividers for jewelry, sewing supplies, or other small objects. All techniques are covered and a dazzling gallery of projects will inspire you.