The Hand-Stitched Surface (eBook)

Slow Stitching and Mixed-Media Techniques for Fabric and Paper

Lynn Krawczyk (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2017
144 Seiten
Creative Publishing International (Verlag)
978-1-58923-959-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Learn to create beautifully intricate and meticulously designed surfaces with some instruction from surface designer Lynn Krawczyk and the projects in The Hand-Stitched Surface.Add new color and flair to your home with hand-stitching projects! Written by noted surface designer Lynn Krawczyk, The Hand-Stitched Surface offers inspiring techniques and beautiful projects for creating richly layered mixed-media surfaces on paper and fabric. It's a fast world we live in; it's important to remember to slow down and savor your handiwork, and hand-stitching is the perfect craft for that. After Krawczyk gives you an overview of tools and supplies you'll be using, she will move you into a section on stitching essentials which covers a range of basic stitches and how they can be modified. You will learn the following skills: Mixing thread weights for textural effectsUnique ways to create patterns for hand stitchingExploring colorTips and tricks for improvisational stitchingAnd much more! The fifteen keepsake-quality projects are perfect for the times when you feel you need to disconnect from the modern world and enjoy a quieter, more meditative hobby.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 200 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 220 x 220 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Schlagworte: arts and crafts • Buttons • calendar • Collage • Color • cotton • crafters • decoration • Design • Designing • embellish • Embroidery • Fabric • fabric projects • Felt • fiber art • Fiber enthusiasts • Floss • hand stitching • improvisational stitching • improv stitching • linen • Mixed Media • modern stitching • needle book • needles • Origami • osnaburg • Paint • paper • paper projects • Pins • Quilt • quilters • quilting • Sampler • Scissors • SiLK • slow stitching • Stencil • stitcher • stitching techniques • stitch patterns • Surface Design • Thread • types of stitches
• ISBN-10: 1-58923-959-8 / 1589239598
• ISBN-13: 978-1-58923-959-3 / 9781589239593