In half the time it takes to shop for the "right outfit" readers can create an original and stylish look, right in their own home. "Contemporary Machine Embroidered Fashions" instructs readers on how to create jeans, capri pants and a suede jacket with a personal touch, through detailed instructions and additional designs. This unique guide: offers insight on selecting the right fabrics, patterns and designs to achieve a desired look; covers the tricks for using placement of embroidered designs to create a slimming effect in any outfit; and inspires readers to be their own designer. This easy-to-use and exciting reference successfully demonstrates that elaborate, artful and stylish looks are affordable.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great pictures, cute ideas, blah designs,
By Yossi's Mom "k_laydee" (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Fashions: Transform Everyday Garments into Designer Originals (Paperback)
I love to embroider. I look around for blanks all the time, and embroider them to death. So I have drooled over this book for a while. I finally bought it, and was hugely disappointed. The first few pages are a refresher course on embroidery. It talks about stabilizer, threads, even machines. It shows how to hoop, and basically is a short course in how to get set to embroider. Then you get to the projects. Each project shows you a blank (an piece of clothing that has no embroidery or designs on it already), and it shows you how to dress it up. There is probably something for everyone in the book. There is a sweater, a top, jeans, a few dresses, and much more. Some of the ideas are very unique and original. However, what I really wanted the book for was the designs. What a mistake! The designs are pretty boring, absolutely nothing special. I am very surprised, as Eileen Roche has such beautiful designs through Amazing Designs. Anyway, it was my error to get the book without seeing all the designs first.One thing that was really excellent about the book is how the placement of the designs was explained. If you have a hard time knowing where to put designs, this is a good book for that. Just don't think you are getting a bunch of gorgeous designs.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A thoroughly 'user friendly' manual of projects and concepts,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Fashions: Transform Everyday Garments into Designer Originals (Paperback)
Eileen Roche is the founding editor of 'Designs in Machine Embroidery' and so brings a special expertise to "Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Fashions: Transform Everyday Garments Into Designer Originals". Enhanced with a profusion of colorful illustrations, as well as the inclusion of a bonus CD offering 30 original designs, "Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Fashions" focuses upon fashion embroidery using the sewing machine. Needlecraft enthusiasts are provided with twenty projects with their step-by-step instructions and coordinating outfit ideas; techniques and tips for selecting and using blanks, notions, designs, templates, stabilizers, hoops and machines; as well as invaluable information on embroidering tops and bottoms, necklines, collars, cuffs, pockets, and trim. A thoroughly 'user friendly' manual of projects and concepts, "Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Fashions" will prove a welcome and even inspiring addition to needlecraft reference collections.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
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This book is not worth the high price many people are charging. I paid about $3.00 and that is just about what it's worth. Nothing new in here.
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target sticker, sticky stabilizer, centering rulers, permanent stabilizer, sewing field, temporary spray adhesive, embroidery process, embroider the design, inner hoop, excess stabilizer, temporary adhesive, outer hoop, embroidery designs, machine embroidery, sewing notions, color segment, stitch count, embroidery foot, appliqué fabric, customizing software, seam ripper, embroidery machine, placement guide, large hoop, color sort Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plan the Design, Lean Lines, Sweatshirt Border, Aqua Melt, Necklines Step New!
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target sticker, sticky stabilizer, centering rulers, permanent stabilizer, sewing field, temporary spray adhesive, embroidery process, embroider the design, inner hoop, excess stabilizer, temporary adhesive, outer hoop, embroidery designs, machine embroidery, sewing notions, color segment, stitch count, embroidery foot, appliqué fabric, customizing software, seam ripper, embroidery machine, placement guide, large hoop, color sort Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plan the Design, Lean Lines, Sweatshirt Border, Aqua Melt, Necklines Step New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Embroidery Machine Essentials - Fleece Techniques: Jeanine Twigg's Companion Project Series #2 by Nancy Cornwell in Back Matter
- Machine Embroidery on Paper by Annette Bailey in Back Matter
- Machine Embroidery Room by Room: 30+ Home Decor Projects by Carol Zentgraf in Back Matter
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