Threadplay with Libby Lehman: Mastering Machine Embroidery Techniques [Paperback]

Libby Lehman (Author), Ursula Reikes (Editor), Laurel Strand (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1997

Learn from internationally renowned quilt artist Libby Lehman how to create beautiful thread-embellished quilts on your sewing machine! In Threadplay, Libby shows you how to create fascinating ribbon illusions and how to do sheer stitching, thread painting, bobbin drawing, and couching.

• Learn how to keep pesky metallic thread from breaking, use appliqué in exciting new ways, baste on a wall to save your back, and much more

• Find a detailed guide to all the materials and equipment you need to begin your own threadplay

• Includes finishing tips and dozens of photos (including closeups) of Libby’s spectacular quilts

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About the Author

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Libby Lehman is an internationally renowned art quiltmaker whose work is in many private, corporate, and museum collections. She has taught extensively in the United States as well as in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, and Switzerland. Libby's "Joy Ride" quilt was chosen as one of "The 20th Century’s 100 Best American Quilts" in a list sponsored by International Quilt Festival, Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Quiltmaker, and McCall’s Quilting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: That Patchwork Place; First Edition edition (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564772020
• ISBN-13: 978-1564772022
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #629,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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53 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars One idea dragged into book form, October 13, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Threadplay with Libby Lehman: Mastering Machine Embroidery Techniques (Paperback)

There seems to be a disturbing trend in the sewing machine embroidery world of taking a single idea and trying to turn it into a book. The technique described, while attractive, could easily be covered in a magazine article or at most a chapter in a book.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for Free Form Embroidery, October 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Threadplay with Libby Lehman: Mastering Machine Embroidery Techniques (Paperback)

This is a great book for the beginner as well as the experienced free form embroidery hobbiest. The instructions are clear and the photos are inspiring. If you try just one of the simple designs, you will want to make another and another.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am pleased !, June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Threadplay with Libby Lehman: Mastering Machine Embroidery Techniques (Paperback)

Libby has shown me through her book of Threadplay, that quilting can be so much more than what quilting used to be. I love her choice of colors and patterns.I truely admire her work and would highly recomend this book.