How to Sew - Decorative Sewing

How to Sew - Decorative Sewing
Author: David & Charles Editors
Publisher: David and Charles
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2010-11-18
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0715338900

Never again settle for plain hand-sewn projects! Add your own unique colour and style and adorn your projects with a variety of gorgeous decorative stitches. This essential book is complete with easy to follow techniques, diagrams and tips.

Decorative Machine Stitching

Decorative Machine Stitching
Author: Cy DeCosse Incorporated
Publisher: Creative Publishing International
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1990
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780865732568

Provides ideas for decorative stitching along with step-by-step instructions.

Machine Magic

Machine Magic
Author: Deborah Louie
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2022-02-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1644030764

Blossom into a decorative quilt artist Take advantage of everything your sewing machine has to offer! Decorative quilt artist Deborah Louie teaches how to use the stitch options on your machine and incorporate them into gorgeous appliqué pieces. Follow her step-by-step process of building and adding decorative stitches to individual flowers, then applying them to the background with free-motion decorative stitching. Also, learn how to combine stitches and adjust stitch widths and lengths to create your unique stitch garden. Gain confidence in using your machine while also creating bright and bold floral creations! Make the most of your sewing machine and learn to use decorative stitching Step-by-step instructions for building and applying decorative stitches to individual flowers, leaves, and clamshells Includes 4 projects and patterns for 22 flowers plus leaves and clamshells that can be combined for an endless variety of artwork in bloom

My Custom Stitch

My Custom Stitch
Author: Barbara Skimin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 110
Release: 1999
Genre: Sewing
ISBN: 9780972086608

A comprehensive guide to creating unique stitches on Brother Pacesetter sewing machines that posess this function. All features are fully explained with tutorials for each machine model, 64 stitches ready to be programmed into the sewing machine, and four projects.

Creative Uses for Decorative Stitches

Creative Uses for Decorative Stitches
Author: Karen Linduska
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Embroidery, Machine
ISBN: 9781604600278

"Take your quilts to the next level of creativity by using the decorative stitches built into your sewing machine. Karen shows how to find multiple uses for a single stitch, how to combine stitches, and how to best use threads and stabilizers. Eleven projects serve as practice for getting to know your machine"--Provided by publisher.

How to Sew - Sashiko

How to Sew - Sashiko
Author: David & Charles Editors
Publisher: David and Charles
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2010-11-18
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0715338951

Sashiko, the traditional Japanese technique of needlework quilting, uses simple running stitch to create beautifully decorative patterns ideal for patchwork, quilting and embroidery. This little book describes everything you need to begin stitching.

Stitched Postcards

Stitched Postcards
Author: Christa Rolf
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-04
Genre: Embroidery
ISBN: 9781844484706

"Postcard-sized works of art, also known as Artist Mailing Cards, one of the latest ideas to emerge from the world of mixed media art"--Page 4 of cover.

Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery

Creative Stitches for Contemporary Embroidery
Author: Sharon Boggon
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617458783

Find endless inspiration with this photo guide to embroidery stitches. Discover the 120 hand-embroidery stitches that every embroiderer should have in their stitching arsenal, with clear, step-by-step photos you can come back to time and again! Contemporary needlework teacher Sharon Boggon’s forward-thinking ideas will help you view hand embroidery through a vibrant new lens. Beginners and seasoned embroiderers will gain the confidence to create new patterns by playing with the stitches—manipulating the height and width, making asymmetrical loops, stacking up designs, or filling multiple rows with the same stitch. With so many creative variations and the author’s gorgeous samplers, you’ll be inspired to incorporate new techniques in your own crazy quilts and modern projects. Essential guide to surface embroidery! 120 contemporary stitches, including left-hand stitches, with step-by-step photos See how tiny tweaks to each stitch can take your needlework to unexpected places Play up the possibilities with modern fill patterns, asymmetry, luscious texture, and crazy quilting

Sew Over It

Sew Over It
Author: Lisa Comfort
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012
Genre: Machine sewing
ISBN: 009194709X

Expert crafter, Lisa Comfort shares the secrets of her sewing passion. She guides you through all the basics of sewing by hand and machine, as well as providing you with the skills you need to follow her simple but stylish projects.