Stitched Textiles: Animals
Title | Stitched Textiles: Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Mrs Bertimus |
Publisher | Search Press Limited |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2021-06-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1781267898 |
Stitched Textiles: Animals
Title | Stitched Textiles: Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Mrs Bertimus |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-06-29 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 178221822X |
An inspiring and practical step-by-step guide to creating quirky, contemporary animal-themed stitched textiles from the amazing studio of Mrs. Bertimus. In this inspiring, practical guide, textile artist Letitia Thompson, aka Mrs Bertimus, shows you how to create colourful, contemporary, animal-themed stitched textiles with a quirky mix of vintage and whimsical style. Letitia's subjects range from playful, dancing mice to crafty foxes, their personalities skillfully captured in stitch using free-motion machine embroidery and hand stitching. The progression from idea to stitch is developed in easy stages, providing a valuable insight into the author's creative process and the methods she uses to achieve her stunning textile artworks. Starting with a comprehensive materials and techniques section, the book includes 4 step-by-step projects and numerous finished pieces to spark your creativity, resulting in a unique source of ideas and inspiration for textile artists of all abilities.
Stitched Textiles: Nature
Title | Stitched Textiles: Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Redfern |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-06-05 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1782214526 |
An inspiring step-by-step guide to creating contemporary textile artworks themed on nature. Stitched Textiles: The Natural World is the fourth title in this successful theme-based series. It contains an extensive section on techniques, featuring step-by-step guides to machine- and hand-stitching, attaching embellishments and found objects to your work; painting and printing on fabrics including cotton, silk and Khadi paper; and using objects found in nature, such as leaves, to make unique and iconic prints. The book includes four inspirational projects based on different facets of the natural world: Ocean, Rainforest, Botany, Birds and Animals. Stitched Textiles: The Natural World also features examples of the author, Steph Redfern's own intricate and detailed works based on nature, exploring the means by which the pieces have been created, and the wonderful stories behind Steph's journey as an artist. The wealth of information and visual stimuli in Stitched Textiles: The Natural World is intended to inspire the reader to create their own works inspired by nature, beginning by exploring the use of sketchbooks and study pages, progressing to picking out iconic elements from sketches and photographs, and eventually assembling a stunning, personal piece of stitched textile work on fabric or on cotton-blend Khadi paper, applying handstitch in metallic threads, or machine stitch in whimsical and beautiful patterns, and embellishing with natural beads or found objects.
Stitched Textiles Flowers
Title | Stitched Textiles Flowers PDF eBook |
Author | B. Britnell |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Embroidery, Machine |
ISBN | 9781844487318 |
Stitched Textiles is an exciting new series in which leading textile artists present their art through step-by-step demonstrations, projects, and examples of their work. Each book is theme-based and takes the reader on a creative journey from initial .inspiration through to finished piece, visiting design development and the materials and methods used along the way. Evidence of the use of the flowers as a design source can be traced back throughout history, and this book will appeal to any textile artist interested in exploring flowers and their design possibilities. Fresh and innovative in its approach, it covers the design process itself, from inspiration to final design, and provides information on the materials used and step-by-step demonstrations of a whole range of techniques including dyeing, monoprinting, block printing, appliqu , foiling, photo-transfer printing, piecing and stitching. Five step-by-step projects build on the skills learnt in the preceding sections and include wall hangings, a pretty needlecase, a pincushion and a cushion cover. Very much aimed at the contemporary textile artist, this beautiful book is designed to inspire and encourage new ideas and experimentation.
Stumpwork Embroidery
Title | Stumpwork Embroidery PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Richman |
Publisher | The Crowood Press |
Total Pages | 1059 |
Release | 2017-10-26 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1785002953 |
Stumpwork is a highly decorative and imaginative embroidery technique, which typically uses raised and padded stitches that are rich in texture. This practical book explains how to create your own piece of stumpwork embroidery. Beginning with an introduction to the appropriate materials, equipment and tools, it instructs on a wide range of stitches and techniques, and illustrates them with ten delightful projects. It then explains how to design your own piece of stumpwork before advising on finishing, presenting and caring for you work. Written by a leading embroiderer, this beautiful book will inspire and encourage you to try this exciting technique and create your own exquisite designs. Contents include: Practical advice on working with threads, as well as how to stretch and prepare fabrics; Over 900 photographs to guide the reader through a wide range of decorative and raised stitches; Detailed instructions on combining stumpwork with a range of other techniques to create unique designs; Ten projects show how to use the stitches in designs, including stumpwork human figures. This practical guide will be of great interest to embroiderers, designers, theatre designers, interior designers and historians, and is beautifully illustrated with 983 colour photographs.
50 Fabric Animals
Title | 50 Fabric Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Marie Claire |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012-05-10 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1844487709 |
50 Fabric Animals presents a cute collection of 50 animal-themed fabric projects to make for you and your home, or as the perfect gift for friends, family and children. The projects include teddy bears, rabbits, birds, sheep, cows, pigs, fish, mice and many more in a range of fabrics, finishes and colours, and there's a mix of styles to suit everybody, from a classic brown teddy bear to more unusual designs like the bright and funky button-eyed bunnies! There is also a selection of appliqué and embroidery projects, such as an owl mobile-phone pouch, a fish motif glasses case, a seagull cushion and a childs bear-design coat, as well as a keyring, purse, scarf and babys cot quilt. Beginners will enjoy the easy-to-follow instructions along with the full pattern templates, and more experienced stitchers won't be able to resist making these charming creatures. Inspiring and imaginative, theres even a toy rabbit to fashion from a pair of woollen gloves!
Stitched Textiles: Nature
Title | Stitched Textiles: Nature PDF eBook |
Author | Redfern |
Publisher | Search Press Limited |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1781264821 |