Complete instructions guide the needleworker in creating amazing 3-dimensional stitches and beautiful Brazilian motifs. Includes 50 original transfer patterns for any fabric.

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.

“A valuable instructional tool for bead-embroidery fans of all skill levels . . . A book you will refer to over and over again.” (Bead&Button). In this fully illustrated reference volume, acclaimed bead artist Jamie Cloud Eakin explains more than 30 indispensable techniques for bead embroidery—a process that involves sewing beads onto a fabric base. With step-by-step instructions, helpful diagrams, time-tested tips, and gorgeous photography, Eakin covers everything from the most common surface stitches to decorative fringes and picot. The volume also includes nine creative projects to help you explore what you’ve learned, including beautiful necklaces, dazzling earrings, and an elegantly accented purse. A gallery of stunning work from other designers offers additional inspiration.

Textile artists and embroiderers have long been interested in creating three-dimensional structures in the form of bags and boxes, but many are now constructing more advanced geometric shapes and free-form embroidered pieces. The added third dimension of depth offers endless scope for design and can be much more exciting and challenging than flat, two-dimensional work. In this book, Janet Edmonds explores the textile design processes and building methods that take the image off the drawing board and into three-dimensions. Whether working with the discipline of geometric shapes or with the freedom of free-form construction, Janet Edmonds show how textile artists and embroiderers can build and shape three-dimensional structures and combine them with decorative surfaces. Richly illustrated, with stunning colour photographs of finished pieces, diagrams and drawings, this is the first book to cover three-dimensional textiles in detail and it comes from the leading authority on the subject.

An overview of tools, techniques, and materials used in bead embroidery. Includes instructions for twelve step-by-step projects, ranging from beginner to advanced.

Enter a world where nature is re-created with such incredible realism, one can scarcely tell the art from the original. This is the world of Julie Kniedl and her astonishing three-dimensional embroidery. Discover and learn this innovative, three-dimensional embroidery style and create spectacular botanical pieces, inspired by beautiful garden specimens. Twelve stunning projects are included, using simple stitches and a handful of techniques to create elegant and realistic interpretations of natural subjects. Each piece is captured with stunning photography and detailed instructions are provided for every step.

From the absolute beginner to the experienced embroiderer, this design book has applications across the many forms of textured embroidery. Clear instructions are given for all the relevant techniques and for all the projects detailed.

Offering a fantastic array of flowers and insects, this book is packed with mixed media techniques including ribbon work, appliqu�, fabric manipulation, beading and stitching. Projects range from a quick and easy dragonfly and a nesting bird to exotic passion flowers and three dimensional fruit. Includes stitch diagrams and templates.

"By applying the time-honoured techniques and traditions of Japanese embroidery, beautiful beaded motifs are brought to life. Discover a whole new world of beading through the pages of this superb book which includes detailed step-by-step diagrams, full descriptions of the techniques involved and fabulous photography. Nine stunning projects are included ranging from simple beginner designs to a sumptuous evening bag."--