Hand-Stitched Crazy Patchwork: More than 160 techniques and stitches to create original designs - Softcover

Blomkamp, Hazel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782213481 ISBN 13: 9781782213482

Publisher: Search Press, 2016

Synopsis

Hazel Blomkamp combines a range of patchwork techniques including embroidery, beadwork, lace making and tatting to create inspiring, hand-stitched designs.

There are five projects to make exploring and combining your needlework skills. Everything has been created with fabric, a needle, threads, ribbons and beads. In some cases, even the ‘patches’ have been created with embroidery techniques. Be inspired to explore and combine your skills in new and exciting ways.

About this title

About the Author

Hazel Blomkamp has taught embroidery and beadwork in South Africa for over 30 years. She is the author of Crewel Twists, Crewel Intentions, Crewel Creatures, Hand-Stitched Crazy Patchwork, Animal Portraits, two stitch guide books – Needle Lace Techniques and Needle Weaving Techniques – and has collaborated on Freestyle Embroidered Mandalas with Di van Niekerk and Monique Day-Wilde. She is a regular contributor to local and overseas publications, and runs a busy website from home, providing embroidery supplies and kits globally. Travelling extensively both around South Africa and abroad to teach and promote her work, Hazel is regularly invited to teach at international conventions. Her teaching has taken her to Australia, New Zealand, Western and Eastern Europe, North America and Asia.
Visit Hazel’s website www.hazelblomkamp.com to see more of her work.

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• 5 projects to make exploring and combining your needlework skills
• Includes simple quilting techniques and tips for finishing off
• Features both free hand techniques and working from paper templates

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782213481
• ISBN 13: 9781782213482
• Binding: Flexibound
• Number of pages: 176