The Anchor Book Of Freestyle Embroidery Stitches

Description

Intended for beginners and experienced embroiderers alike, this book presents a wide variety of stitches, with ideas and techniques for using them. The selection of freestyle stitches is accompanied by 48 motifs, and the stitches are explained in step-by-step instructions and diagrams.

Table of contents

Antwerp edging; back stitch; Bokhara couching; bullion stitch; buttonhole stitch; buttonhole stitch bar; knotted buttonhole stitch; up-and-down buttonhole stitch; cable stitch; cable chain stitch; knotted cable chain stitch; chain stitch; chain stitch, open; rosette chain stitch; chain stitch, twisted; chained feather stitch; chevon stitch; couching; couching, Jacobean; Cretan stitch; double knot stitch; feather stitch; feather stitch, Spanish knotted; fern stitch; fishbone stitch; fishbone stitch, open; flat stitch; fly stitch; French knot; herringbone stitch; herringbone stitch, closed; leaf stitch; long and short stitch; Mountmellick stitch; overcast stitch; raised rose; raised chain band; ribbed wheel filling; rope stitch; Romanian stitch; satin stitch; scroll stitch; spider's-web filling; split stitch; stem stitch; straight stitch; Vandyke stitch; wheat-ear stitch.