Format: Hardback Pages: 128 pages Publisher: Lark Books (NC) (6 May 2008) ISBN-13: 9781600590870 Moved beyond the traditional boundaries of art with the help of 24 creative projects that will show you how to embellish your work with layers of beads, embroidery, & surface design. The illustrated basics section covers a variety of ways to affix beads to textiles &

Includes:: a helpful quilting primer. You will love experimenting with the featured techniques & making a retro-chic throw pillow, fabric greeting card with appliqud flowers & seed beads, & miniature wall quilt of a stylised bird.

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Creative Recycling in Embroidery Creative Recycling in Embroidery. Embroiderers recycle for many different reasons: to conserve old pieces of ephemera for the future, to give their work a personal touch, to convey meaning, or simply for economy. This book is packed with ideas for using many different types of salvaged material, such as fabric, paper, natures materials including dried flowers & tree bark, plus plastic, wood & metal waste, & precious personal objects such as broken jewellery or special souvenirs. Illustrated in colour throughout with work from the worlds leading contemporary embroiderers, the book covers: introduction: why recycle? how to collect salvaged objects; finding your own meaning; fibre waste; fabric waste; recycling old embroidery; paper & natural waste; plastic waste; wood, metal & mineral waste; & packaging & books. ...

Creative Recycling in Embroidery Creative Recycling in Embroidery. Embroiderers recycle for many different reasons: to conserve old pieces of ephemera for the future, to give their work a personal touch, to convey meaning, or simply for economy. This book is packed with ideas for using many different types of salvaged material, such as fabric, paper, natures materials including dried flowers & tree bark, plus plastic, wood & metal waste, & precious personal objects such as broken jewellery or special souvenirs. Illustrated in colour throughout with work from the worlds leading contemporary embroiderers, the book covers: introduction: why recycle? how to collect salvaged objects; finding your own meaning; fibre waste; fabric waste; recycling old embroidery; paper & natural waste; plastic waste; wood, metal & mineral waste; & packaging & books. ...

Crewelwork The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new & innovative ways. This book

Includes:: an extensive stitch guide, covering all the stitches necessary for crewel embroidery, a design section, & a history of the Royal School itself. Although it is commonly thought of as a woven tapestry, the Bayeux Tapestry is in fact the oldest surviving example of crewelwork. The illustrations on the piece tell the story of the events leading up to the Norman Conquest, & are embroidered on to the linen surface with a two-ply worsted wool. About the Author Becky Hogg achieved a first class honours degree in Textiles at Loughborough School of Art, then specialised in traditional hand embroidery as a Graduate Apprentice at the Royal School of Needlework, where she learned blackwork, goldwork, silk shading & whitework. She worked in the studios of the Royal School of Needlework for nine years on diverse & prestigious commissions including replica curtains for the Royal Opera House & the Commonwealth banner for the Queens Jubilee. She now works freelance from her London studio & teaches hand embroidery at art colleges & at the Royal School of Needlework.

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Crewelwork The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new & innovative ways. This book

Includes:: an extensive stitch guide, covering all the stitches necessary for crewel embroidery, a design section, & a history of the Royal School itself. Although it is commonly thought of as a woven tapestry, the Bayeux Tapestry is in fact the oldest surviving example of crewelwork. The illustrations on the piece tell the story of the events leading up to the Norman Conquest, & are embroidered on to the linen surface with a two-ply worsted wool. About the Author Becky Hogg achieved a first class honours degree in Textiles at Loughborough School of Art, then specialised in traditional hand embroidery as a Graduate Apprentice at the Royal School of Needlework, where she learned blackwork, goldwork, silk shading & whitework. She worked in the studios of the Royal School of Needlework for nine years on diverse & prestigious commissions including replica curtains for the Royal Opera House & the Commonwealth banner for the Queens Jubilee. She now works freelance from her London studio & teaches hand embroidery at art colleges & at the Royal School of Needlework.

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Cricket Rubber Stamp Set Cricket Rubber Stamp Set features two cricket players in action. Create some sporting vintage memories to your papercrafts. This Kling-On backed stamp is very easy to use. Just mount it straight onto an acrylic block. Perfect for your papercrafts! Approx stamp

Size: 6.5 x 9cm

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Cricket Rubber Stamp Set features two cricket players in action. Create some sporting vintage memories to your papercrafts. This ' Kling-On' backed stamp is very easy to use. Just mount it straight onto an acrylic block. Perfect for your papercrafts! Approx stamp

Size: 6.5 x 9cm.

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