Crewel Animal Portraits - 6 Stunning Projects in Jacobean Embroidery
Author(s): Hazel Blomkamp
Crafts: Knitting, Sewing, Crochet etc
Take this highly popular ancient art into the 21st century with 6 stunning multimedia projects from Hazel Blomkamp's 5th title in the series.
Animal portraits receive Hazel's stunning and practical treatment in crewel with a twist. Fun to read and highly practical this is a beautiful book of beautiful stitchery. There are six projects, each explained with detailed step-by-step instructions and clear photographs, with design templates and a full stitch gallery providing everything readers need to recreate them with ease. The sumptuous and inspiring projects covering iconic animals:
- Giraffe
- Leopard
- Lion
- Monkey
- Tiger
- Zebra
-
This is a celebration of Hazel's signature techniques: - A wide variety of surface/crewel stitches, some of which are brand new and many with a different take or different ways of combining stitches to make them more interesting
- Needle lace techniques used as embroidery stitches, loom weaving techniques modified for embroidery, and unique combinations of both of these.
- The incorporation of beads and crystals adds even more dazzle to the intricate designs
-
For embroiderers looking for something different and new to stitch, and for those keen to challenge themselves with more complex embroidery techniques, this book is a must-have.
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : Search Press, Limited
- : Search Press, Limited
- : 0.368317
- : 01 September 2022
- : {"length"=>["10.25"], "width"=>["7.6"], "units"=>["Inches"]}
- : books
Special Fields
- : Hazel Blomkamp
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 176