Paint With Thread: Through the Seasons: A step-by-step guide to embroidery - Hardcover

Ferris, Emillie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1446308480 ISBN 13: 9781446308486

Publisher: David & Charles, 2022

Synopsis

Slow down and embroider your way through the changing seasons with the beautiful debut book from embroidery artist and rising star Emillie Ferris.

Needlepainting, also known as thread painting or silk shading, is a form of embroidery that creates a realistic, lifelike effect using a single strand of thread and one simple stitch ; the 'long and short' stitch. You can create gorgeous colour gradients, magical details and flowing stitch directions that are perfect if you want to embroider flora and fauna.

In this richly illustrated step-by-step guide, self-taught embroidery artist Emillie Ferris shows you how to pick up a needle and thread in the same way as a paintbrush to create strokes of colour and bring images to life on fabric.

Inspired by nature and the changing seasons, Emillie has created five new and exclusive patterns for the book, four that reflect each season in turn and one special design that brings the natural year together into one showstopper embroidery.

This book is the culmination of all of Emillie's skills and years of experience in this wonderful, meditative art form. Each design has around 60 detailed step-by-step photos, showing every stage of the process, so that even complete beginners can follow along and create beautiful embroideries. If you have been considering learning the art of needlepainting but are unsure where to start, then this book is for you!

Not only are the embroideries sublime, but the book itself is a thing of beauty, with incredible attention to detail ; from the exquisite photography to the lavish hardback binding, making it a real treasure for the book lover. Plus, high quality iron-on transfers at the back of the book allow you to transfer the designs directly onto fabric to get started straight away.

In this book Emillie generously shares her tried and tested tips and techniques, including advice on materials, transferring designs onto fabric, and fully illustrated explanations of the stitches and skills needed. The five in-depth projects draw on Emillie's love of nature, including motifs that she is best known for such as flowers, foliage, bees and fungi.

This beautiful book will become an indispensable and treasured guide allowing you to paint with thread the Emillie Ferris way.

About this title

About the Author

Emillie Ferris is a self-taught embroidery artist who has shot to fame due to her incredibly realistic depictions of animals and nature. She has over 200,000 followers on Instagram and is one of the leading names in British contemporary embroidery. She lives in Warwickshire, UK, and is inspired by the natural landscape around her. She sells her patterns at kits on Etsy. This is her first book.

From the Back Cover

Thread painting is a form of embroidery that creates a realistic, lifelike effect using just one stitch. In this step-by-step guide, embroidery artist Emillie Ferris has created five exclusive patterns inspired by nature. Iron-on transfers at the back of the book allow you to transfer the designs to fabric to get started straight away.

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In this book, I show you how to embroider realistic images, even if you've never picked up a needle before. You will gain confidence in your abilities, and hopefully go on to create your own designs in the future. I'll introduce you to all the materials you need and teach you how to transfer the pattern onto fabric. We will delve into how to use Long-and-Short Stitch to create flowing stitch directions - ideal for embroidering the featured flora and fauna.

Whatever your current embroidery experience and knowledge, I'm sure you will enjoy embroidering the following projects and learn something new along the way.

Edition details

• Publisher: David & Charles
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1446308480
• ISBN 13: 9781446308486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128