Vintage Stitching Treasury

Vintage Stitching Treasury
Author: Suzanne McNeill
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607653451

Crafting trendsetter Suzanne McNeill shows how to use vintage embroidery to add a nostalgic touch to anything you sew. Throughout the years, women have decorated their world by stitching artistic designs onto quilts, pillows, linens, laundry bags, potholders, and more. Now you can give new life to these charming motifs of olden days. Inside this book you’ll discover a treasure chest of authentic embroidery patterns from the classic magazines and needlework catalogs of days gone by. From birds and bunnies to flowers and fruit, hundreds of retro-cool designs are accompanied by gorgeous color photographs, stitching advice, and four step-by-step projects. You’re sure to find the perfect inspiration here for creating either a thoughtful gift or a new family heirloom.

Fun with Stitching

Fun with Stitching
Author: Fiona Goble
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607653109

- 35 cute sewing projects to turn everyday items into works of art. - Fabulous collection of simple and fun embroidery motifs. - Will inspire even a complete beginner to take up a needle and thread. - Includes easy-to-follow instructions, stitch guide, and bonus patterns. - A gorgeous book to help brighten the home and the faces of friends and family.

Vintage Hand Embroidery Patterns Flowers and Butterflies

Vintage Hand Embroidery Patterns Flowers and Butterflies
Author: Vicki Becker
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2017-07-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974006489

Add a nostalgic touch to projects you have sewn or embellish purchased items using vintage embroidery patterns. The designs can be embroidered using simple stitches for a beautiful vintage look. This book includes: 24 authentic vintage designs in 3 sizes. Instructions for transferring the designs to fabric. How to embroider tips and techniques. Crayon tinting instructions. A Rag Quilt and Envelope Pillow pattern. This book explains how to transfer the designs onto fabric, color tint, and then embroider or highlight the designs with ink. Embroidery is a great way to add a special touch to your sewing projects requiring only a few basic inexpensive tools and materials that you can find in any craft store. All you really need to get started is a needle, floss, embroidery hoop, and fabric. Crafters of all skill levels find embroidery one of the easiest and most addictive ways to personalize everyday objects.

Mystical Stitches

Mystical Stitches
Author: Christi Johnson
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 163586335X

Explore personal transformation through the stitching of dreams and intentions. Anything but ordinary, Mystical Stitches combines the beloved and accessible craft of embroidery with a spiritual element, introducing a rich treasury of 200 magical symbols you can use to set an intention and create personal icons to wear or embellish items in the home. Christi Johnson offers unique patterns inspired by botanicals, animals, numbers, the cosmos, earth elements, zodiac signs, and mythical beasts, for novice or well-practiced crafters to combine into talismans with personal meaning. Johnson’s folk art style is vibrant and unintimidating and provides a framework for bringing spiritual elements into physical form. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Joyful Stitching

Joyful Stitching
Author: Laura Wasilowski
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617455687

Stitch playful projects Dive into Laura’s delightful world of embroidery and learn how to create small, free-form embroidery pieces that are alive with color and texture. With instructions for 21 basic embroidery stitches and 6 projects, all in Laura’s signature colorful, whimsical style, you’ll transform a flat, plain surface into a joyful, design-packed art piece. Stitch on wool, felt, or silk, and enjoy the simple pleasure of slow stitching. Includes a gallery of display ideas, as well as additional ideas for using free-form stitching. • Begin with simple shapes and fill them with improvisational stitchery • Change up the provided designs, swapping out colors and trying new stitch combinations, to create your own unique work • From popular, best-selling author and teacher Laura Wasilowski

The Stitches of Creative Embroidery

The Stitches of Creative Embroidery
Author: Jacqueline Enthoven
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1987
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780887401114

This classic book of embroidery stitch instructions shows more than 200 different stitches, many of them endangered ethnic types which have not been in print before. Many countries including France, Spain, India, Mexico, and the Orient are represented. Step-by-step diagrams and photographs of finished articles will inspire even a beginner.

500 Simply Charming Designs for Embroidery

500 Simply Charming Designs for Embroidery
Author: E & G Crafts Co., LTD
Publisher: Design Originals
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781574215090

"Presents 500 embroidery designs with illustrative diagrams, as well as short chapters on embroidery essentials such as embroidery basics, types of stitches, and stitch ideas"--

Vintage Home

Vintage Home
Author: Nori Koenig
Publisher: Design Originals
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781574215120

Vintage designs and patterns are fascinating. This book features women at home. Instructions and patterns for dozens of adorable needlework projects.

Treasury of Tips and Tricks

Treasury of Tips and Tricks
Author: Leisure Arts
Publisher: Leisure Arts
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2005
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1574865722

Treasury of Tips & Tricks, -More than 650 paper crafting and rubber stamp projects for beginners and advanced paper crafters.