Needleweaving and Embroidery: Embellished Treasures
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Needleweaving and Embroidery: Embellished Treasures
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Needleweaving and Embroidery: Embellished Treasures
Stitchers who have dabbled in cross stitch, hardanger and pulled work, plus beginners and more experienced stitchers are invited to venture into Needleweaving and Embroidery, a beautiful and colourful combination of well-known embroidery techniques.
Unique designs combined with beautiful coloured threads and cloths, as well as stylish embellishments, make this book especially attractive for all embroiderers. Stitchers who have dabbled in cross stitch, hardanger, and pulled work, as well as beginners and more experienced stitchers, are invited to venture into Needleweaving and Embroidery: Embellished Treasures, a combination of well-known embroidery techniques such as drawn thread, needle weaving, and surface stitches.
Specially selected stitches and finishing touches are sampled in small, useful projects such as bookmarks, greeting cards, pot pourri and glasses bags, table mat and runner, and more. Small and medium-sized projects allow skills to develop through the creation of objects which are beautiful and useful, to keep or give as special gifts.
Series: Milner Craft Series
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The reviews for Needleweaving and Embroidery: Embellished Treasures highlight the book's innovative use of traditional drawn thread work in a contemporary style. By combining needleweaving with vibrant surface stitches in colourful threads and ribbons, the book offers a fresh take on these techniques. It includes clear photographs and diagrams that support the step-by-step instructions, with projects such as bookmarks, greetings cards, and table mats to apply the skills learned.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781863513449
Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 May 2005
Country: Australia
Imprint: Sally Milner Publishing Pty Ltd
Illustration: 120 Illustrations, color
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 502.0mm
Height: 280.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 120
About the Author
Effie Mitrofanis is a researcher and tutor of creative and traditional hand embroidery and exhibits and lectures regularly throughout Australia and internationally. She has studied embroidery and needle lace in the UK, Italy, Greece, China and India. She has published numerous articles in the World of Embroidery, UK, and magazines in Australia. She has a passionate interest in the art, pattern and texture of embroidery, its history, its makers and techniques.
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