A library of possibilities for finishing embroidered pieces, this work provides plenty of inspiration for developing your own ideas.

Edges & Finishes in Machine Embroidery

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

V Campbell-Harding

Crafts & Hobbies

Batsford

Machine Embroidery : Stitched Patterns

This book shows how anyone with a sewing machine can experiment with stitched patterns to create innovative embroideries. The book presents new ways of adapting stitch patterns on a variety of different fabrics and combining them with a range of techniques - hand-stitching, free machine embroidery, quilting, applique and beads. Swinging stitches, patterns and ribbons, stitching and slashing, quilting with patterns, machine-wrapped cords, stuffed ribbon braids and larger motifs are just some of the ideas included in this colourful book.

Leading embroidery authors Valerie Campbell-Harding and Maggie Grey translate the richness of Celtic imagery into fabric, textiles and stitched work using machine embroidery. The visual Celtic elements from fine manuscripts, metalwork and stone sculpture - spirals, knots, plaits, lettering, interlacings and meanders - are brought to life through designs that start simply and build up to more complex pieces. The book gives detailed information on the design process, then progresses to stitch, with plenty of new ideas as well as new slants on old favourites. A final chapter shows you how to put together finished pieces and - should it all go wrong - how to redeem an uninteresting piece. The authors encourage readers not just to copy existing designs but, through experimentation and stitch samples, to make the work their own.

Celtic Inspirations for Machine Embroiderers

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Books by V Campbell-Harding

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Edges & Finishes in Machine Embroidery

Machine Embroidery : Stitched Patterns

Celtic Inspirations for Machine Embroiderers