Elegant Embroidery
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Embroidery has shed its dowdy image and has a new look and a new purpose! This book introduces embroidery for a new age - sophisticaed stitchery with panache that's easy to do, satisfying to finish and stunning to look at. No experience is necessary!
Kaye Pyke's well-known style of combining rich and sumptuous texture with a dramatic use of stitches is set out in this book with clear step-by-step instructions for everyone to try.
Kaye Pyke's Elegant Embroidery shows you how to start with the simplest project and develop techniques and stitches to create beautiful handmade pieces to be proud of; there are cushions, nightwear, footstools, pictures to be framed, handkerchiefs, babywear and pot pourri bags. All the stitches you will use are explained in full in stitch glossaries at the front of the book.
Each project is accompanied by one of Patsy Blair's delightful black and white drawings of the stitches. Neil Lorimer's stunning photography shows off the projects in decorator settings and gives close-up pictures of the stitches.
Author: Kaye Pyke
Format: Paperback, 128 pages, 210mm x 275mm
Published: 1995, Allen & Unwin, Australia
Genre: Handicrafts, Arts & Crafts
Embroidery has shed its dowdy image and has a new look and a new purpose! This book introduces embroidery for a new age - sophisticaed stitchery with panache that's easy to do, satisfying to finish and stunning to look at. No experience is necessary!
Kaye Pyke's well-known style of combining rich and sumptuous texture with a dramatic use of stitches is set out in this book with clear step-by-step instructions for everyone to try.
Kaye Pyke's Elegant Embroidery shows you how to start with the simplest project and develop techniques and stitches to create beautiful handmade pieces to be proud of; there are cushions, nightwear, footstools, pictures to be framed, handkerchiefs, babywear and pot pourri bags. All the stitches you will use are explained in full in stitch glossaries at the front of the book.
Each project is accompanied by one of Patsy Blair's delightful black and white drawings of the stitches. Neil Lorimer's stunning photography shows off the projects in decorator settings and gives close-up pictures of the stitches.