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Product Identifiers

PublisherCollector Books

ISBN-10157432862X

ISBN-139781574328622

eBay Product ID (ePID)11038774100

Product Key Features

Book TitleQuilt Savvy : Embroidery Stitches

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicNeedlework / Embroidery, Quilts & Quilting

Publication Year2004

IllustratorYes

GenreCrafts & Hobbies

AuthorJoan Waldman

FormatSpiral

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length10.8 in

Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2004-012380

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsIf you love to embellish your quilts with embroidery work, you will want this handy collection of embroidery stitches. There are over 850 stitches in the book. Joan explains her grid method, which provides the perfect solution for spacing your stitches evenly. Learn how to read a stitch sequence and combine the basic stitches to create an endless variety of decorative embroidery stitches. -The Applique Society

Dewey Decimal746.46/043

Edition DescriptionIllustrated edition

SynopsisJoan shares over 500 patterns from her treasury of stitch combinations and shows you how to add embellishments to base stitches. This collection is the result of nearly 30 years of designing in notebooks and on sample cloths. The author closely examined pre-1900 crazy quilts, sitting for hours with a magnifying glass, pen, and paper trying to figure out how the lines of stitching were formed. She discovered that there were some very basic stitches, including herringbone, stem, chevron, and buttonhole, that were used to make the lines of stitching. Then beads, buttons, lace, French knots, and straight stitches were added to the base stitch to change the look. Motifs, such as fans, circles, and butterflies, and easy to do without marking your fabric. Detailed directions are given for basic embroidery stitches, for both right- and left-hand sequences. Choose from a wide assortment of stitches to work over the seams of your crazy blocks. Your embroidery will take on a whole new dimension after you expose yourself to this panorama of patterns., Joan shares over 500 patterns from her treasury of stitch combinations and shows you how to add embellishments to base stitches. Some are very basic stitches, including herringbone, stem, chevron, and buttonhole, that were used to make the lines of stitching. Then beads, buttons, lace, French knots, and straight stitches were added to the base stitch to change the look. Motifs, such as fans, circles, and butterflies, are easy to do without marking your fabric. Detailed directions are given for basic embroidery stitches, for both right- and left-hand sequence. Choose from a wide assortment of stitches to work over the seams of your crazy blocks. Your embroidery will take on a whole new dimension after you expose yourself to this panorama of patterns.

LC Classification NumberTT770.W22 2004