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Customize Your Cross-Stitch: Friends and Family
Learn to customize, prepare, stitch, and finish your very own personalized cross-stitch creations
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An inspiration gallery showcases finished pieces and invites you to explore more patterns by Stitch People, known for their custom cross-stitched family portraits since 2014.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Perfect for craft enthusiasts of all skill levels interested in personalised needlework, from beginners eager to learn cross-stitch basics to experienced stitchers seeking creative customisation ideas for family and friends-themed designs.
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See moreThe ready-to-go patterns in Customize Your Cross-Stitch: Friends Family come with tips and tricks for customization so you can create your very own personalized pieces.
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Make your very own personalised cross-stitch pieces by combining these ready-to-go patterns with the included tips and tricks for customisation. Customize Your Cross-Stitch: Friends and Family by Lizzy Dabczynski-Bean and the team at Stitch People is the perfect how-to guide, whether you are an experienced cross-stitcher who wants to create personalised pieces or a beginner who has never before held a needle and thread.
This helpful guide introduces you to the basics of the craft with easy-to-follow written directions and photographic instructions. You can learn everything from using the tools of the trade to reading a pattern, creating basic stitches, and tweaking an already-existing design.
The beautiful, modern designs in this book are accompanied by simple instructions appropriate for all skill levels. The easy-to-follow lessons—complete with patterns, detailed instructions, and photographs—ensure success in customising patterns to create your very own unique pieces.
Discover how to swap out colours, alter hairstyles, change clothing, and much more, to make your scene depict you and your own friends and family! Learn to stitch and customise patterns of these adorable scenes:
- A couple sitting on a porch
- A family portrait with a pet
- Friends on a road trip
- A meeting for coffee at the cafe
- A baby birth announcement
- A family sledding scene
- A family in the garden
- A pool party
- A family picnic at the park
An inspiration gallery at the end includes full-colour images of additional finished pieces to inspire you to continue your learning with even more patterns from Stitch People, which has offered patterns and instruction for do-it-yourself cross-stitched family portraits since 2014.
Create custom cross-stitch art that will be treasured for generations with this easy-to-follow guide.
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“Readers will adore this.” — Publishers Weekly
“Simply stated, Customize Your Cross-Stitch: Friends & Family by needlecraft expert Lizzy Dabczynski-Bean is fun, informatively instructive, and a highly prized pick.” — Midwest Book Review
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780760385357
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 November 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: Walter Foster Publishing
Illustration: 150 color photos
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 216.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 567g
Pages: 112
About the Author
Lizzy Dabczynski-Bean (Dabczynski pronounced dab-chin-ski) started her service business Stitch People in 2013. The first Stitch People portraits were Christmas gifts for her family in 2011; now countless customized portraits have been stitched for families all over the world based off of her designs. Stitch People is now a wife-and-husband team headed by Lizzy and has expanded its pattern collections with digital patterns available for purchase and download online at StitchPeople.com.
Julian Odessa is the design lead and resident Australian at Stitch People. His tale is a common one: boy starts out as a musician, becomes a cancer researcher, and then returns to the arts to work from home in his comfy pants, helping people reconnect with their creativity while keeping the coffee bean supply chain well-funded. Find Julian's article segment for CrossStitcher Magazine UK, where he looks at the relationship between art and mindfulness. Follow Julian on Instagram @jojodessa
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