Designer Machine Embroidery And Textile Decoration: Creating Accessories for Your Body And Sole

Woodsford, Elli

ISBN 10: 1592532152 / ISBN 13: 9781592532155

Published by Quarry Books, 2006

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Title: Designer Machine Embroidery And Textile ...

Publisher: Quarry Books

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

Anyone with a basic sewing machine and lots of enthusiasm can create the stunning clothing and accessories shown in this book. Readers will develop their fabric decoration skills as they learn to create embellished fabrics that can be used to make beautiful clothing and accessories.

Covering a wide range of machine embroidery and textile decoration techniques, this book will show machine embroiderers and those with an interest in fashion and accessories how to apply exciting and innovative techniques to their work.

From coloring, painting, dyeing, and printing fabrics to a wide range of decorative stitching techniques, talented fabric artist and instructor Elli Woodsford shows how the simplest methods can be combined to create astonishing fabric surfaces. Each topic includes step-by-step illustrated instructions, as well as project ideas for making jackets, bags, shoes, hats, corsets, jewelry and more.

Synopsis:

As the interest in decorative sewing, fibre arts and wearable art continues to grow, leading textile designers and teachers like Elli Woodsford are studying with master garment and costume design experts in London to expand and hone their skills. She shares the result of her studies and fibre art creations in this new book. "Machine Embroidery and Textile Decoration" covers a range of machine embroidery and textile decoration techniques and shows machine embroiderers and those with an interest in fashion and accessories how to apply exciting and innovative techniques to their work. Each chapter focuses on a particular machine embroidery or textile decoration technique, with ideas of how to apply that technique to various items such as jackets, bags, shoes, hats, corsets, and jewellery, and includes patterns and templates for each project. Anyone with a basic sewing machine and an enthusiasm to try something new can create the clothing and accessories shown in this book. Readers are encouraged to develop their skills as they work the projects and are invited to experiment. Design and colour principles are applied to all projects, giving readers an opportunity to produce work that is both contemporary and timeless.