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The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery
An all-in-one volume covering crewelwork, canvaswork, and six other types of hand embroidery, from the renowned school established in nineteenth-century England. This beautiful book is a rich source of embroidery techniques, stitches, and projects, covering eight key subjects in detail: crewelwork, bead embroidery, stumpwork, canvaswork, goldwork, whitework, blackwork, and silk shading. Collecting all the books in the trusted, bestselling Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guide series, plus a new section on mounting your finished work, this fantastic book—heavily illustrated with photos—is a must-have for all embroiderers.
Embroidered Treasures: Flowers
This fantastic book showcases the Embroiderers' Guild's huge collection of embroidered flowers dating back to the 17th cenury. Featuring photographs commissioned for the book, items are shown in full and also with detail images to show off the flowers at their best. Hailing from all parts of the globe, this is an opportunity to see fabulous works that are very rarely seen in public. The Embroiderers' Guild, founded in 1906, has at the heart of its collection numerous beautiful donated textiles in all forms, given by members and enthusiasts over many years. The collection now contains thousands of embroidery examples from many countries and cultures. This book showcases the best of the collec...
The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World
This latest title in the highly successful Ancient Textiles series is the first substantial monograph-length historiography of early medieval embroideries and their context within the British Isles. The book brings together and analyses for the first time all 43 embroideries believed to have been made in the British Isles and Ireland in the early medieval period. New research carried out on those embroideries that are accessible today, involving the collection of technical data, stitch analysis, observations of condition and wear-marks and microscopic photography supplements a survey of existing published and archival sources. The research has been used to write, for the first time, the ‘s...
The Cross Stitch Guild Design and Pattern Book
Ebook on CD in PDF format, readable on PC or Mac using Adobe Reader. Over 50 designs by Jane Greenoff and Sue Hawkins from the Cross Stitch Guild Members' magazine. Cross stitch on linen and Aida, counting onto canvas, Christmas projects, samplers, cushions, etc. Charts in b/w, easy to print on your home printer.
Treasures from the Embroiderers' Guild Collection
The Embroiderers' Guild Collection is a superb display of embroidery. This beautiful book provides a guide to the very best of these treasures from around the world, from the elegance of Tudor beadwork to the vibrant opulence of a Turkish robe.
Figure Work in Embroidery
Figures can bring an embroidery to life, but they are tricky to do well. This book guides you through the materials, stitches, body parts and clothes to give you the confidence and skills to embroider a figure and experiment, using your creative inspiration. With over 400 colour photographs it gives key information for getting started, creating designs and preparing embroideries; techniques for making three-dimensional forms using stitching and padding techniques; clear instruction for mastering stitches and then ideas for using them creatively. Specific advice is given for embroidering the face, hair, hands and feet as well as ideas for using stitching embellishments, such as beads, sequins, buttons, ribbons, feathers and jewellery charms. Step-by-step projects demonstrate a range of beautiful styles and techniques.
Stitchscapes
Forty different hand-embroidery stitches, plus a host of creative ideas for using them, generate a range of amazing textures that will delight anyone who enjoys needlework. In what will clearly become a classic of the craft, Jan Beaney analyzes in detail the eye-catching effects that an embroiderer can achieve through the use of different background fabrics, unusual threads, and various needles. She asks questions such as "Can the stitch be worked in circles?" and "Can it be worked upside down?" and illustrates some of the possible answers. All the orthodox methods of working a canvas are discarded; unique, original techniques reign, and the colorful photos show the wonderful results.
Embroidered Originals
"Embroidered originals will take you from breathtaking drawings through stitched samples to wonderful finished garments and accessories. A chapter on Studio Techniques gives insight into the rich diversity of processes employed by Sue and will serve as a comprehensive practical guide for all embroiderers and textile artists; including cut-out and machine lace, water-soluble media, fabric manipulation, rouleaux, use of sheer fabrics, free machining, quilting, beading"-- Back cover.
