Screen LibraryEmbroidery : a maker's guide /
Contains fifteen beautiful step-by-step projects for crafters at all levels. Each one takes its cue from a different tradition, including English goldwork, Indian beetle-wing embellishment, Japanese kogin, and Irish whitework, as well as contemporary machine embroidery. This modern maker's guid...
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Thames & Hudson,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Contains fifteen beautiful step-by-step projects for crafters at all levels. Each one takes its cue from a different tradition, including English goldwork, Indian beetle-wing embellishment, Japanese kogin, and Irish whitework, as well as contemporary machine embroidery. This modern maker's guide to decorative stitching traditions around the world will expand readers' crafting horizons and become an invaluable addition to every crafting shelf. |
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"Over 230 photographs and illustrations." "From Japanese kogin to Irish whitework. 15 projects inspired by the V & A collections"--Cover. Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Thames & Hudson in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum. Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780500293270 0500293279 |
| Index Number: | TT770 |
| CLC: | J533.6 |
| Call Number: | J533.6/E532-1 |
| Contents: | Embroidery today -- Tools & materials -- Stitch guide -- Counted-thread & canvas work: Kogin ; Berlin woolwork ; Bargello ; Blackwork ; Phulkari -- Freestyle embroidery: Crewelwork ; Chinese silk ; Goldwork ; Art needlework -- Whitework: Broderie anglaise ; Mountmellick -- Embellishments: Shisha ; Beetle wing ; Aine appliqué -- Contemporary embroidery: Drawing with thread. |