The Hand-Stitched Surface: Slow Stitching and Mixed-Media Techniques for Fabric and Paper

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Quarry Books, 15 maj 2017 - 144 sidor

Learn to create beautifully intricate and meticulously designed surfaces with some instruction from surface designer Lynn Krawczyk and the projects in The Hand-Stitched Surface.

Add new color and flair to your home with hand-stitching projects! Written by noted surface designer Lynn Krawczyk, The Hand-Stitched Surface offers inspiring techniques and beautiful projects for creating richly layered mixed-media surfaces on paper and fabric. It's a fast world we live in; it's important to remember to slow down and savor your handiwork, and hand-stitching is the perfect craft for that.

After Krawczyk gives you an overview of tools and supplies you'll be using, she will move you into a section on stitching essentials which covers a range of basic stitches and how they can be modified.

You will learn the following skills: 

  • Mixing thread weights for textural effects
  • Unique ways to create patterns for hand stitching
  • Exploring color
  • Tips and tricks for improvisational stitching
  • And much more! 

The fifteen keepsake-quality projects are perfect for the times when you feel you need to disconnect from the modern world and enjoy a quieter, more meditative hobby.

 

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Innehåll

Preface
7
What Is Slow Stitching?
8
HANDSTITCHING ESSENTIALS
11
STITCHING TECHNIQUES
26
Stitch Combinations
42
Exploring Color
44
Improv Stitching
46
Creating Your Own Patternfor Stitching
48
FABRIC PROJECTS
55
PAPER PROJECTS
92
Templates
126
About the Author
141
Resources
142
Index
143
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The Hand-Stitched Surface: Slow Stitching and Mixed-Media Techniques for ...
Lynn Krawczyk
Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2017

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20 chenille needle arrow stitch backstitch Begonia binder clips blank card blanket stitch Bring the needle Bring the thread chain stitch chipboard circle Clockwise from top coffee Color Wedge Craft glue craft knife create cutting mat dense Doodle Love double-sided tape edge Embroidery hoops embroidery needle embroidery thread Fabric marking pen featherstitch FIGURE D FIGURE F fly stitches French knots hand stitching improv stitching layer lazy daisy stitch left shows linen loose marker Masking tape Moon Phase needle book Origami outer Pattern for Stitching perle cotton piece of felt Pins plastic project on pages Pull the thread quilt Repeatstep right shows rotary cutter running stitch satin stitch Scan and print scissors secure seed stitch shape Slow Stitching square stacking stencil stitch pattern straightstitch strands strips texture There’s thread flat tool top left towel trace weaving weights wool felt µ 28 cm

Om författaren (2017)

Lynn Krawczyk is a mixed-media surface design artist who focuses on pattern and color. Her work features painting, drawing, and hand stitching on both fabric and paper. Lynn has written nearly 50 magazine articles for such publications as Quilting Arts Magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors, Uppercase, Fiber Art Now, and Sew Somerset, and is the author of The Hand-Stitched Surface (CPi, 2017) and Intentional Printing: Simple Techniques for Inspired Fabric Art (Interweave, 2014).She also has a collection of floss with thread manufacturer Aurifil, Inked by Lynn Krawczyk, as well as three instructional DVD workshops with Quilting Arts/F&W Media: Print, Design, Compose; Color Theory Made Easy; and Thermofax Screen Printing Essentials. Lynn teaches surface design workshops at various venues throughout the United States. She lives in Plymouth, Michigan.

Bibliografisk information

TitelThe Hand-Stitched Surface: Slow Stitching and Mixed-Media Techniques for Fabric and Paper
FörfattareLynn Krawczyk
Utgåvaillustrerad
UtgivareQuarry Books, 2017
ISBN1589239423, 9781589239425
Längd144 sidor
  
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