Customer Reviews

Painting with Stitches: Creating Freestyle Embroidery by Hand

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I love the author's loose free style and the photography of the embroidery is excellent, with many, many full-sized photos. The cover photo of the multi-colored dog is representational of the work on the inside. Nice section on inspiration. My main quibble is that there is very, very little instruction for the actual stitching: five pages (mostly pictures) are it. Too much space is wasted on line drawings of the author's own work. Rather thin for the price, but beautifully executed.

Lovely photos of a very knowledgeable artist's embroidery techniques. Inspiration galore. Glad to add this book to my library.

Though the designs are very innovative, the skill level was below what I expected. It may be that this technique just makes it appear that way, but I was expecting much more of a refined look, perhaps similar to Japanese embroidery. Being a very advanced stitcher, this technique would not be one of my choosing. Color combinations were excellent and tutorials quite good. I guess it's a matter of personal choice. If the information given about prior to ordering the book had close-ups of the finished product, I would not have purchased it. None the less, I still enjoy looking at various techniques in stitchery even though I will probably never tackle a piece in this style.

This book is in excellent condition and I was pleased with the images shown. I was just a little disappointed in that the author uses only one type of fabric for the embroidery and only a very few embroidery stitches. I mistakenly thought it would give more options. But nevertheless, I enjoy looking at the images in the book.

I first borrowed this book from the library and then knew I wanted to own this book. What I like best is the way the designs are not exacting, but free flowing. This helps with my own creativity. A nice book to have on hand to refer to.

while I give this book three stars, the price is so low in the used seller offerings I would suggest it to those who love fabric art if for no other reason than eye candy alone. The authors fun, bright childlike style is fantastic but this is no craft book as there are almost no instructions or projects. That being said-you can still glean alot from the photos and since it's dirt cheap I'd say it's a great book to keep on hand for inspiration.

3 stars.

Painting With Stitches: Creating Freestyle Embroidery By Hand is a guide deftly prepared by Sue Dove for advanced embroiderers seeking to create a needlecraft project unrestricted by rigid motifs. A bold, colorful yet somewhat abstract flavor pervades the example embroidered creations, which adapt original artwork to fabric and are displayed with appealing photography. The "materials and techniques" tutorial is informative but brief, with most of Painting With Stitches being devoted to the sample vivid art creations and diagrams that captivate the imagination. A superb guide and a highly recommended source of inspiration for any experienced embroiderer who is looking to create something daring and different.