Let your imagination be your guide with the embroidery method known as crewel—surface stitches that produce some of the boldest and most fanciful designs in needlework, from the most realistic to the quite fantastic. Follow an expert crewel instructor’s special techniques, starting with the simplest stitches, including stem, chain, split, long and short, French knot, and trellis filling. The complete process unfolds, from selecting and transferring your designs to final framing and finishing. Put it all together with ten original floral projects you can apply to clothing, from fashion to children’s wear, as well as soft furnishings and framed wall hangings.
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Shelagh Amor grew up in England, where she pursued a career in accounting before marrying and settling in Australia. Although she had taken up a needle at an early age, it wasn't until after the birth of her second child that she discovered the Embroiderers' Guild and, through it, the many facets of the art of embroidery. For Shelagh, embroidery became a passion, first patchwork then counted thread techniques - canvaswork, pulled thread, Hardanger,and blackwork - and with time she developed skills in crewel embroidery. Shelagh currently teaches crewel embroidery at all levels, both in the classroom and by correspondence.
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This review is from: Crewel Embroidery: A Practical Guide (Milner Craft Series) (Paperback)
I borrowed this book from my library and after reading through it, studying the photographs, and the directions, I am putting it on my wish list as another book I want in my own personal collection. This book is very clear with simple reasons for why or how something is done in a certain way. Options are given on how to prepare to do your embroidery from transfering designs to hooping it. There are simple work pieces that use increasingly more difficult/involved stitches so you will be building on what you have learned. You even get instructions for designing your own designs. I look forward to using some of the stitches in this book for a current project I'm working on as I still have several weeks to keep this library copy.
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This review is from: Crewel Embroidery: A Practical Guide (Milner Craft Series) (Paperback)
I checked out a few books from the library on crewel embroidery and thought this one was the best. The author does a good job of introducing the reader to the stitches one project at a time. Each project is interesting in its own right and is designed just right so that the number of new stitches introduced does not overwhelm the new embroider.
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