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OverviewCrewelwork embroidery traditionally features bold striking designs, rich vivid colours and thick textured woollen thread, and these designs are certainly no different. Crewel Inspirations highlights the very best crewelwork has to offer in both design and technique. Featuring talented embroidery designers Hazel Blomkamp, Di Kirchner, Phillipa Turnbull, Margaret Light and Susan Casson, this special collection, including cushions, a footstool, a mandala, a framed picture and a jewellery roll, have been curated into one publication. With 8 stunning crewelwork projects to make, there are clear step-by-step instructions, pullout patterns, a stitch guide and all the information you need to create them. Discover the origins, stitches, techniques and designs that are uniquely crewelwork, and learn how to make your own beautiful works of art. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Inspirations StudiosPublisher: Search Press Ltd Imprint: Search Press Ltd Volume: EIM Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 28.00cm Weight: 0.766kg ISBN: 9781782218333ISBN 10: 1782218335 Pages: 144 Publication Date: 28 February 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAustralian publisher Inspiration Studios has distilled the best of the best from its issues of Inspirations embroidery magazine for new volumes on crewel embroidery and whitework (a third volume, on Stumpwork, is also being released). Each book begins with an abbreviated historical overview. Crewel, aka wool on linen, began around the seventeenth century and gained popularity during Elizabeth I's reign. Whitework, with any number of variations on its white-onwhite concept, was first practiced by the ancient Egyptians; since then, Scandinavian and other European needleworkers have contributed their own interpretations--Dresden, Hebedo (Danish), Hardanger (Norwegian), Madeira, and Mountmellick (Irish). Each text then leads into eight patterns. Well thought-out instructions, along with clear color photographs, document every step, with specific stitch how-tos included after the pattern directions. Hints and tips are scattered throughout, like suggestions on needleweaving and the fundamentals of blocking embroidery. The book ends with a perfect show us glossary of some 60 stitches, complete with step-bysteps and photographs. Design templates, unfortunately, are stuffed in the book's back flap, not as accessible to those working on patterns. All designs are geared to the more experienced needleworker, but any enthusiast will admire mandala musings, garden of earthly delights, a fine romance, and tulip. Each book is appended with a stitch guide. -- Booklist, May 2020. Barbara Jacobs Author InformationWith a rich history forged with needle and thread, Inspirations publishes the world’s most beautiful needlework books and magazines. www.inspirationsstudios.com Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |