Color photos brilliantly display over 50 free-style embroidery stitches and how you how to combine them to create attractive motifs. Stitches include: Antwerp Edging, Bokhara Couching, Bullion, Chained Feather, Couching, Fishbone, Mountmellick, Romanian, Spider's Web Filling, Vandyke, Wheatear, and 37 more. 128 pages (all in color), 6 x 5 3/4.
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Several generations of stitchers grew up using handy little "Anchor Books" and leaflets issued by the makers of Anchor brand thread. This recent series continues the tradition of a small handy format that includes large, clear diagrams, patterns, and color photos of finished stitches. Some simple projects are included, but the primary emphasis is as a guide for making individual stitches. Each stitch diagram shows very well the sequence of steps from the beginning?an area in which many stitch guides fail. Color photos are large and clearly show the weave of the ground fabric, a particularly important consideration in counted-thread techniques such as Hardanger. These are excellent references for library and home use.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent value for money,
This review is from: The Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches (The Anchor Book Series) (Paperback)
As a graduate of the certificate course at the Royal School of Needlework in Hampton Court, London, I find this book extremely helpful when designing projects. I use it as a reference booklet, and it is much cheaper than more expensive "encyclopedia" of stitches on the market. Instructions are clear for beginners; samples are clearly photographed; price is right. If you don't want to spend a lot of money learning embroidery, then buy the Anchor Book Series.
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It was so easy to understand and so well illustrated.,
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I needed an easy to understand book about embroidery.I'm a begginer,and because of it I decided to use this book.All I needed to know and all I needed to do was right there.The ilustrations on this book where excellent and clear.And I love the fact that they also placed the pattern of the samples in the book, which where beutiful.I'm so glad I bought this book because it help me to learn about embroidery in a very simple ,easy and fun way.I highly recommend this book to mothers who would like to teach their children about embroidery.I'm sure they are going to have a lot of fun and good memories.Thank you so much for making my experience of learning needlework an unforgetable one.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent reference,
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This review is from: The Anchor Book of Free-Style Embroidery Stitches (The Anchor Book Series) (Paperback)
I've been embroidering for years and this is a great reference book for both beginners and experienced stitchers. For the experienced, this small volume can be used when designing projects, and for beginners, each stitch comes with clear instructions. As a bonus, there are some patterns at the back. Great value for the price!
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Also known as Knot Stitch Edging, this is one of the many forms of Knot Stitches used in embroidery. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Satin Stitch, Stranded Cotton, Feather Stitch, French Knots, Stem Stitch, Buttonhole Stitch, Pearl Cotton, Split Stitch, Cable Stitch, Floral Garland, Jacobean Motif, Leaf Border, Leafy Scroll New!
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Also known as Knot Stitch Edging, this is one of the many forms of Knot Stitches used in embroidery. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Satin Stitch, Stranded Cotton, Feather Stitch, French Knots, Stem Stitch, Buttonhole Stitch, Pearl Cotton, Split Stitch, Cable Stitch, Floral Garland, Jacobean Motif, Leaf Border, Leafy Scroll New!
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