A Beginner's Guide to Embroidery

Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Crafts & Hobbies, Needlecrafts & Fabric, Embroidery, Needlework
Cover of the book A Beginner's Guide to Embroidery by J. Marsha Michler, Wild Rose Publications, LLC
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Author: J. Marsha Michler ISBN: 1230000193490
Publisher: Wild Rose Publications, LLC Publication: November 9, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: J. Marsha Michler
ISBN: 1230000193490
Publisher: Wild Rose Publications, LLC
Publication: November 9, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English

A few basic stitches and some simple tools and materials are all it takes to get started with surface embroidery. Hand embroidery offers much in the way of creative expression; adding dimension, texture, and color to the surface it is worked on. Author of numerous titles on crazy quilting and the needle arts, J. Marsha Michler covers recommended tools, threads, and fabrics, and includes tips for working with threads, the tracing paper transfer method, ideas for creating designs, and three different methods of stitching motifs. The embroidery shown on the book's cover is explained in steps, showing the reader how to develop a complex, original design. Seventeen basic embroidery stitches are diagrammed and explained with lefthand versions given. More than 60 full color photos of stitched embroideries show some of the many possibilities for this timeless craft.

 

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A few basic stitches and some simple tools and materials are all it takes to get started with surface embroidery. Hand embroidery offers much in the way of creative expression; adding dimension, texture, and color to the surface it is worked on. Author of numerous titles on crazy quilting and the needle arts, J. Marsha Michler covers recommended tools, threads, and fabrics, and includes tips for working with threads, the tracing paper transfer method, ideas for creating designs, and three different methods of stitching motifs. The embroidery shown on the book's cover is explained in steps, showing the reader how to develop a complex, original design. Seventeen basic embroidery stitches are diagrammed and explained with lefthand versions given. More than 60 full color photos of stitched embroideries show some of the many possibilities for this timeless craft.

 

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