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Hand-stitched landscapes & flowers, 10 charming embroidery projects with templates, Katrina Witten

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Hand-stitched landscapes & flowers, 10 charming embroidery projects with templates, Katrina Witten

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hand-stitched landscapes & flowers

Oclc number

1079335139

Responsibility statement

Katrina Witten

Sub title

10 charming embroidery projects with templates

Summary

Handstitched Landscapes and Flowers is a beautiful exploration of the potential of embroidery in depicting the natural world. Katrina Witten, who is a regular on crafts channel Hochanda, uses just six simple stitches, delicate embellishments and an array of techniques and fabrics to portray pastoral scenes of fields, flowers and creatures with eye-catching three-dimensional effects

Table Of Contents

Materials and fabrics -- Threads and yarns -- Equipment -- Embellishments -- Inspiration -- Designing an embroidery -- The stitches -- Techniques -- Mounting fabric in a spring tension hoop -- Working with organza -- Applying beads -- Melting out apppliqué motifs -- Achieving three-dimensional effects -- Trees -- rocks and pebbles -- Loose grasses -- Dry-stone walls -- Sheep -- Flower centres -- The projects -- Hedgerow with cow parsley -- Woodland and bluebells -- Cornflowers -- Sunflowers -- Butterfly pincushion -- Poppy field -- Oriental poppies -- Flower doodles -- Moving on -- Buddleia, bee and butterflies -- Hydrangea -- Templates

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Hand-stitched landscapes and flowers

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