Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Landscapes

Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Landscapes
Author: Helen Stevens
Publisher: David & Charles
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-05-09
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780715321799

* Helen M. Stevens' Masterclass Embroidery Series books have sold over 50,000 copies to date* Beautiful illustrations and gorgeous projects will inspire novice and advanced embroiderersDrawing inspiration from different cultures and countries, Helen M. Stevens presents a collection of simply stunning embroidery projects that celebrate the beauty of nature around the world. From the polar caps to the tropics, through flora, fauna, birds, and insects, this guide shows readers how to translate images in nature into finished projects, and inspires them to blend traditional and modern techniques--such as using real gold and silver, and incorporating materials gathered from nature--for surprisingly lifelike results.

Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Gardens

Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Gardens
Author: Helen M. Stevens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2008
Genre: Embroidery
ISBN: 9780715329849

This is the fifth title in "The Masterclass Embroidery Series" showing how to create stunning embroideries designed by internatio- nally acclaimed textile artist Helen M. Stevens.Helen explores a range of beautiful garden settings, from the intimate and personal cottage garden, to the stately splendour of the formal country park, using pure silk embroidery threads to achieve astonishingly realistic effects.Each of the five chapters builds toward an in-depth masterclass project including landscape templates and close-up detailed colour templates of garden wildlife, as well as colour keys and step-by-step stitching instructions.Easy-to-follow colour photographs illustrate the working stages of each masterclass embroidery, ensuring that perfect results can be achieved when recreating the picturesque designs.

Helen M. Stevens' Embroiderer's Year

Helen M. Stevens' Embroiderer's Year
Author: Helen Stevens
Publisher: David & Charles
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-10-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780715324455

In this inspiration-packed book, Helen M. Stevens brings stitchers exquisite designs for every month of the year. These gorgeous projects celebrate all the important traditions, holidays and mile markers. The book features:

The Myth & Magic of Embroidery (Helen Stevens' Masterclass

The Myth & Magic of Embroidery (Helen Stevens' Masterclass
Author: Helen Stevens
Publisher: David & Charles
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-05-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780715307748

A collection of embroideries focusing on nature, the countryside and sacred places. Each chapter contains an adaptation of a legend or fable.

The Timeless Art of Embroidery

The Timeless Art of Embroidery
Author: Helen M. Stevens
Publisher: David & Charles Publishers
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2001
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780715312162

Drawing inspiration from over 1200 years of history, this book provides a collection of 75 embroideries alongside sketches from the author's workbook. It includes full instructions for all techniques and stitches.

Embroiderer's Country Album

Embroiderer's Country Album
Author: Helen M. Stevens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Country life in art
ISBN: 9780715308257

Helen Stevens recreates with consummate artistry the atmosphere, buildings, and wildlife of the traditional country scene, giving full instructions for all techniques and stitches.

Beginner's Guide to Crewel Embroidery

Beginner's Guide to Crewel Embroidery
Author: Jane Rainbow
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-06-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 085532869X

Starting with just four of these stitches, Jane clearly demonstrates, with detailed step-by-step photographs, how to work up a complete project. Instructions follow on showing how to stretch and mount your first embroidery. Using further projects she helps you build up skills, introducing new stitches in each section. Line drawings accompany each design and are used as a guide for the stitches. The designs and colours used are traditional - reminiscent of the embroidery worked by embroiderers during the Tudor period, wonderful floral pictures worked in wool and soft colours. The book is a comprehensive introduction to this lovely technique and at the same time it offers embroiderers practical help with presentation and finishing.

Needle Painting Embroidery

Needle Painting Embroidery
Author: Trish Burr
Publisher: Sally Milner Pub
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2011
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781863514200

As a self-taught embroiderer, Burr understands the need for clarity. The embroideries are divided into three levels, each designed to take you onto the next stage of needle painting. The projects feature traditional flowers, and two small, colorful and delightful South African birds.

Contemporary Embroidery

Contemporary Embroidery
Author: Anne Morrell
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1994
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780289801055

Introduces the different embroidered works and styles of thirty-eight artists