Stitched Textiles: Seascapes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stitched Textiles: Seascapes write by Amanda Hislop. This book was released on 2019-10-01. Stitched Textiles: Seascapes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Aimed at textile artists and intermediate to experienced embroiderers and quilters this amazing work explores in both technique and design, Amanda Hislop's incredible textile seascapes. New from the Stitched Textiles series, Amanda Hislop reveals the skills and processes she uses to make her incredible textile seascapes. Featuring original projects, practical and enjoyable design exercises, and extensive sections on composition and markmaking, this instructional guide is brimming over with good ideas for a stunning selection of fabric and stitch scenes. The book has a particular emphasis on taking your work from inspiration through the design stage, offering practical, clear advice and guidance on this sometimes difficult part of creating artwork. It's all clearly explained through practical exercises and inspirational examples that then lead to projects which build upon and consolidate the lessons learned. Amanda's deep love and fascination with the varied moods of the sea and coastal landscape makes this a fantastic source for ideas and wonderful must-have reference book for all textile artists, whatever their skill level.
Stitched Textiles: Seascapes
Stitched Textiles: Seascapes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stitched Textiles: Seascapes write by Hislop. This book was released on 2019. Stitched Textiles: Seascapes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Stitched Textiles: Nature
Stitched Textiles: Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stitched Textiles: Nature write by Stephanie Redfern. This book was released on 2018-06-05. Stitched Textiles: Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An inspiring step-by-step guide to creating contemporary textile artworks themed on nature. Stitched Textiles: The Natural World is the fourth title in this successful theme-based series. It contains an extensive section on techniques, featuring step-by-step guides to machine- and hand-stitching, attaching embellishments and found objects to your work; painting and printing on fabrics including cotton, silk and Khadi paper; and using objects found in nature, such as leaves, to make unique and iconic prints. The book includes four inspirational projects based on different facets of the natural world: Ocean, Rainforest, Botany, Birds and Animals. Stitched Textiles: The Natural World also features examples of the author, Steph Redfern's own intricate and detailed works based on nature, exploring the means by which the pieces have been created, and the wonderful stories behind Steph's journey as an artist. The wealth of information and visual stimuli in Stitched Textiles: The Natural World is intended to inspire the reader to create their own works inspired by nature, beginning by exploring the use of sketchbooks and study pages, progressing to picking out iconic elements from sketches and photographs, and eventually assembling a stunning, personal piece of stitched textile work on fabric or on cotton-blend Khadi paper, applying handstitch in metallic threads, or machine stitch in whimsical and beautiful patterns, and embellishing with natural beads or found objects.
Free-Form Embroidery with Judith Baker Montano
Free-Form Embroidery with Judith Baker Montano - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Free-Form Embroidery with Judith Baker Montano write by Judith Baker Montano. This book was released on 2012-10-01. Free-Form Embroidery with Judith Baker Montano available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The fiber artist and author of Crazy Quilting Odyssey shares her secrets for creating embroidered landscapes and seascapes in this illustrated guide. Beloved fiber artist and teacher Judith Baker Montano demonstrates how to beyond traditional embroidery in this new and comprehensive to free-form embroidery. In this book full of stunningly photographed examples and watercolor illustrations, she shows you how to apply the principles of fine art to various projects using fabrics, threads, and fibers. Judith explains how to use these materials with other embellishments to convey lifelike trees, flowers, ocean corals, and more with 60 stitches and 67 stitch combinations. She also demonstrates artistic embroidery techniques for building layers, creating dimension and perspective, and blending shapes. With techniques of free-form embroidery, you’ll be able to translate your favorite landscape or seascape photo into fiber art.
Stitch, Fabric & Thread
Stitch, Fabric & Thread - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stitch, Fabric & Thread write by Elizabeth Healey. This book was released on 2017-01-24. Stitch, Fabric & Thread available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Experiment with stitch, fabric and thread to create your own unique textiles. This inventive book is a treasure trove of over 40 inspiring practical exercises, a rich and creative exploration of fabric and stitch, and a fascinating all-round read. Elizabeth Healey's approach to sewing is that it should be fun, and not like a chore or an exam we need to excel in. Her aim is to simply encourage you to pick up a needle and thread and get sewing! The exercises draw inspiration from around the world: create corded works of art inspired by Milton Glaser's iconic Bob Dylan poster; create bold embroidered African masks; layer up and cut away to create Mola applique; use bleach and fabric paint to create Aboriginal dreamtime lizards; create knotted works of art inspired by ancient Mayan counting systems; embroider varsity cross-stitch letters or try out decorative Japanese book binding. Alternatively, try a host of other techniques such as quilting, printing, dyeing, couching tumbled crockery, creating pleats and puckers and needlelace. Packed with stitch galleries and bursting with slow sewing ideas, the book also contains 'behind the stitches' features: illuminating insights into sewing movements such as Boro textiles, Gee's Bend quilting and Dorset buttons.
