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Needle Painting Embroidery: Fresh Ideas for Beginners (Milner Craft Series) [Paperback]

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Renowned embroiderer Trish Burr passes her creative secrets on to stitchers--especially beginners--who want to take their needle painting skills to the next level. In 15 projects organized in three levels, from novice to intermediate, Trish provides expert, easy-to-follow guidance on techniques for surface stitching that provide subtle shadings and a soft, paintlike blending of colors. Sections on materials, the long and short stitch, and helpful practice motifs lead to gorgeous projects like Burgundy Rosebuds, a Wild Pansy, and a Racquet-tailed Roller.

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Embroidered Flowers for Elizabeth

Lavishly embroidered wool blanket by Susan O'Connor.

From renowned Australian embroidery artist, Susan O'Connor, comes this spectacular embroidered blanket, inspired by the sumptuous style of the Elizabethan era. Rich in colour and decoration, the favourite flowers and fruit of Queen Elizabeth I and her subjects are stitched in the elaborate fashion and beautiful colours that give the embroidery of this era such long lasting appeal. Set into a striking black trellis, each of the twelve large ornate motifs and twelve smaller border designs are easily adapted for individual use on any number of items. A full thread conversion chart is provided so the twenty-four individual designs can be embroidered in any scale using wool, cotton or silk thread. Easy to follow instructions, full size patterns and clear step-by-step photographs make this an irresistible title for all embroiderers.

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Redoute's Finest Flowers in Embroidery

Redoute's Finest Flowers in Embroidery (Paperback)
by Trish Burr (Author)
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'Trish Burr has painstakingly recreated blooms from the paintings of 19th century botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redoute in exquisite embroidery. Using only the simplest stitches, she provides instructions, illustrations and photo- graphs to take you step-by-step through stitching 17 beautiful buds'"roses, lilies, birds of paradise, dahlias, magnolias and more. A gorgeous gift for anyone with a passion for flowers or needlework.'

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Long and Short Stitch Embroidery: A Collection of Flowers

Long and Short Stitch Embroidery: A Collection of Flowers (Milner Craft Series) (Paperback)
by Trish Burr (Author)
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In this stunning, color-illustrated collection of floral embroideries, the author of Redout�f©'s Finest Flowers in Embroidery introduces needleworkers to her unique long- and short-stitch 'needlepainting' style of portraying flowers like a botanical painter. Five starter projects show novices how to create the illusion of brushwork in thread and use basic techniques, from preparing fabric and transferring designs to blocking and mounting. Sixteen easily achieved but challenging larger projects enable beginners and experts to bring to life meticulously detailed sunflowers, magnolias, bearded irises, an Icelandic poppy, roses, and more. With diagrams, full-size templates, and stitch directions included, this is a must-have for any embroiderer's library.

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The Art and Embroidery of Jane Hall

The Art and Embroidery of Jane Hall: Reflections of Nature (Hardcover)
by Jane E. Hall (Author) "The qualities of nature, from cobweb silk to clematis bine, from thistledown to the roots and crown of the winter aconite, command careful interpretation..."


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In a unique combination of art, photography and prose, Jane Hall's exquisite work in textile art intertwines with the world that inspires it. Breathtakingly beautiful embroideries are presented through numerous photographs and descriptions, conveying the very essence of her work.

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Helen M Stevens Embroiderer's Countryside

Helen M Stevens Embroiderer's Countryside (Helen Stevens' Masterclass Embroidery) (Paperback)
by Helen M. Stevens (Author)
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This is a classic embroidery book brought back into print after being unavailable for years, in a new and extended edition.Helen depicts the natural beauty of the countryside using pure silk embroidery threads to capture spring hedgerows, the woodland floor, river banks and summer meadows with breath-taking realism.This new edition includes four step-by-step masterclass embroidery projects giving readers the opportunity to replicate Helen's beautiful nature-inspired embroideries for themselves.Each delightful scene is accompanied with full discussion of stitching techniques and stunning colour photographs, making this the perfect guide for the nature-loving embroiderer.

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Diana Lampe's Embroidered Pansies

Embroidered Pansies by Diana Lampe (Hard cover, who is renowned for her skill in matching an embroiderer's palette with nature's, has instructions for over 100 exquisite embroidered versions of this much-loved and appealing flower.

About the Author
The flowers in her own abundant gardens have always inspired Diana Lampe's embroidery. Born in country New South Wales, she has a strong interest in flowering plants and for more than 35 years she has gardened passionately in Canberra while developing her skills in needlework. In this book, as in each of her previous publications, her meticulous interpretation of nature's own specimens has been matched uniquely with a keen awareness of design and colour.

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Embroidered Knot Gardens

Embroidered Knot Gardens using 3 dimension Stumpwork, canvas work and Ribbon Work
Owen Davis and Gill Holdsworth
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Combine three-dimensional stitches'"including stumpwork, knitting and wirework, ribbonwork, and more'"to create an assortment of lovely miniature gardens. Construct convincing flowers and foliage, paths, fountains and ponds, gates, and even graceful, trailing ivy climbing over incredibly detailed walls! It's all possible through simple instructions and extensive color photos that allow even beginners to create these miniature masterpieces, while advanced embroiderers will find their imaginations spurred and their skills powerfully enhanced. Multiple examples are featured, along with tips for every step of the process, from selecting materials to layering the stitches to planning your own miniature garden, from the historical to the fantastical.

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The Embroiderers Floral Designs

The Embroiderers Floral
Designs Stitches ans Motifs for popular flowers in Embroidery
by Janet Haigh

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Beginners Guide to Berlin Woolwork

Beginners Guide to Berlin Woolwork
by Jan Alford
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Examining Berlin woolwork, this guide enthusiastically explores the beautiful embroideries of a bygone era. Using the clear color charts, readers can recreate the vibrancy and beauty of the original floral designs, from lily of the valley and pansies to beaded poppies and roses. This beginner's guide covers all that crafters need to know, from preparing the canvas and joining threads, to blocking, mounting and framing an embroidery.

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World of Embroidery

World of Embroidery
by Helen M Stevens
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This inspirational collection of Helen M. Stevens' work celebrates the diverse beauty of nature from around the globe, from the polar caps to the tropics through flora, fauna, birds and insects. Even fantasy worlds come vividly to life.
Beautiful color photographs showcase Stevens' extraordinary talent, capturing everything from the iridescent glow of a hummingbird and the flash of a tiger's eye to the light glinting off of a sea otter's fur.

Stevens' original workbook sketches, diagrams and detailed instructions appear for all stitches, combining modern materials with traditional techniques. It's all the inspiration stitchers need to create incredible works of embroidery art!

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Embroidery Illusions

Embroidery Illusions
By Gary Clarke

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They're called illusions because these easy, elegant designs look intricate'"as if they took a lot of time and talent to create. The illustrated instructions cover various needlework styles, including satin stitch, couching, beading, cross-stitch, stumpwork, and appliqu�f©. Choose from nursery rhymes, landscapes, still life, sea creatures, and exotic scenes. Special tips show how to mix projects to make your own originals.

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Metallic Thread Embroidery

Metallic Thread Embroidery: A Practical Guide to Stitching Creatively With Metallic Threads (Paperback)
by Jacqueline Friedman Kreinik (Author), Ann Caswell (Author) "METALLIC AND METAL THREADS are some of the most interesting and useful materials available to needleworkers today..."

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The Art of Embroidered Flowers

The Art of Embroidered Flowers
by Gilda Baron
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Using painted and dyed backgrounds, and hand and machine embroidery, this guide presents a wonderful variety of 3-D landscape and flower embroideries. A number of techniques are employed when applying colour to the fabric including batik, salt discharge and brushing dye into a wet surface. Beautiful pictures are then stitched and built up over the background in easy stages. The feeling of perspective is enhanced by the clever use of scale and colour, and all the techniques are explained clearly and demonstrated in a series of stunning projects. This original book is packed with practical advice and information. Anyone interested in pattern, texture and colour will discover a wealth of inspiration when they work through the projects. Gilda's highly individual designs will encourage beginners and more experienced embroiderers to create their own embroidered flower designs.

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Beginner's Guide to Silk Shading

Beginner's Guide to Silk Shading (Beginner's Guide to)
by Clare Hanham
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This beautiful and inspiring guide uses step-by-step photographs to teach the techniques and stitches needed for silk shading. Four designs'"a butterfly, a climbing vine, tulips, and dog roses'"are provided with complete instructions for transferring the pattern, preparing the fabric, setting the piece up on a frame, and working the silk shading. Suitable for both beginners and experienced embroiderers, the finished projects have an accomplished-looking and delicate elegance.

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Embroidery for all seasons

Embroidery for all seasons
By Dianne Lampes
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Diana Lampe is world renowned for her exquisite, real-life flower garden embroideries, and here, for the first time, are her two bestselling books in one beautiful collection. Embroiderers are invited to stitch four seasonal gardens'"spring, summer, autumn, winter'"along with a 'kardinal' rose garden; a cottage garden; embroidered initials; garlands; and other extra projects. Fully illustrated, including actual-size samplers, and offering precise instructions, it contains tools and materials lists; a comprehensive Flower Glossary; a Stitch Glossary with notes for left-handed embroiderers; advice on how to wash and press finished pieces; and framing information.
A Selection of the Crafter's Choice Book Club.

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Embroidery from the Garden

By Dianne Lampes
From Library Journal
Although Lampe's third volume of embroidery designs (following Embroidered Garden Flowers, Sterling, 1994) was inspired by the flowers of South Africa, the flowers are common to gardens worldwide. Included are 50 patterns not previously published and instructions for arranging the flowers into beautiful gardens. Common embroidery stitches have been carefully chosen to re-create the true form of each flower, with each requiring a meticulous embroidering effort to reproduce. The stitch glossary reviews techniques, standard embroidery thread colors and numbers are referenced throughout, and a flower glossary offers both popular and scientific names for the flowers. Embroiderers will enjoy this lovely blending of photographs of garden flowers and their embroidered reproductions.?JYL
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Three-Dimensional Embroidery Stitches

By Pat Trott

Discover how to bring your embroideries to life with Pat Trott's original and vibrant guide, which shows how to create many different raised stitches.
Illustrated throughout with diagrams and step-by-step photography, this book combines techniques with inspiration. French knots, tufting, stem stitch, whipped spider's web, woven picot and more are included and combined with painted backgrounds, couching, padded work and twisted threads to create a sequence of easy-to-follow projects. Pat Trott guides the embroiderer through each stage, showing how to build up scenes and pictures. Using nature as her source of design, she demonstrates the techniques involved in creating flowers, plants, woodlands and seashores.

Soft cover 64 pages

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Floral Stitches

By Judith Baker Montano

A companion to 'Elegant Stitches', this book has the same user-friendly sprial binding in a hard cover and the familiar layout with clear line drawings and colour photographs of each stitch. It is a 'dictionary of floral stitches and techniques' including lots of hints on colour and design.

Hard cover 176 pages

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