Customer Reviews

Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidery

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Pam Watts has chosen an inappropriate title for this book. In no way is this a beginner's guide to anything. One would have to be an expert sewer with an elaborate machine and many years of sewing and quilting experience to benefit from this book. There is no mention of hooping or stabilizing fabrics. These are techniques that beginner's need to know. Beginners do not use silks and satins and fancy ribbons for a project. I am very disappointed and I wish a more appropriate title had been chosen for the book. If you are experienced in machine embroidery and want to paint pictures with threads and fabric, this book is for you. But it is not a guide for a beginner.

I was looking for an introduction to Machine embroidery. I would not use this book or recommend it as a beginners guide. Nice techniques, once you have an idea of the basics

"This book is exciting from a designer's point of view. Watts uses a progression from units to finished design. She shows how to go from the particular to the general, from lovely little fragments to a combined whole that has integrity and unity. Those who know that stabilizers and dropped feed dogs mean stitching fun, can have a really, really, good time."
The title may mean different things to different people. I do have good machine skills, but I'm a relative newcomer to this form of stitching.

Not any of the 3 books that I purchased were really what they said they were for. One said it was for beginning embroiderying and it was not exactly embroidery. Hhad more of quilting.

the book is very clear and easy to follow projects!! realy "for beginers" the reason that i don't rate it 5 stars is just because it doese not heave projects for medium more experienced
crafters and fiber artists or textile artists.

otherwise a very good book!! i don't know how can people say it is a 1-2 stars book?! and i do heave many books and magazines.
makig and teaching i heave to!!

louise dollmaker & mixed media artist and techer www.pushadolls/com