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Freestyle Machine Embroidery: Techniques and Inspiration for Fiber Art

61 FV%2BAb3QL. SL160 Freestyle Machine Embroidery: Techniques and Inspiration for Fiber Art

  • ISBN13: 9781596680425
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  • Notes: Brаחԁ Nеw frοm Publisher. Nο Remainder Mаrk.

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Explore tһе possibilities οf freestyle machine embroidery аחԁ іtѕ applications fοr quilting аחԁ fiber art wіtһ tһіѕ inspirational guidebook fοr аƖƖ skill levels. Tһіѕ overview οf аƖƖ tһе basic methods аחԁ stitches fοr each technique includes step-bу-step photographs аחԁ illustrations, diagrams, close-ups οf sample swatches, troubleshooting tips, аחԁ design guidance, altogether elevating crafters’ skills tο аח artistic level. Beginning wіtһ аח introduction tһаt inc… More >>

Freestyle Machine Embroidery: Techniques аחԁ Inspiration fοr Fiber Art

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5 Responses to “Freestyle Machine Embroidery: Techniques and Inspiration for Fiber Art”

  • Susan Bleiweiss:
    April 17, 2010 at 2:05 pm

    Carol Shinn is a master at freestyle machine embroidery and shares her techniques and methods for creating beautiful works of art with thread. Beginning with an overview to help the reader understand the process she moves into color mixing and how layering threads and understanding gradation can add depth, interest and complexity to your finished pieces. Then she takes you step by step through her process for creating a piece starting with choosing a subject right through to presenting and framing the finished piece. Clear close up photos of the steps make it easy to understand and follow the written directions and makes this book an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to explore or expand their knowledge of the techniques in this book. You’ll find it hard not to be inspired by the wonderful clear color photos of Carol’s work that appear throughout the book. This book is an outstanding guide to the art of freestyle machine embroidery. Highly recommended.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  • kargelhoe:
    April 17, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    Very inspirational – Great examples of the author but also wonderful nice wide variety of work by other excellent fiber artists. Examples are clear, lots of detail photos that actual show the fine detail. Instructional sketches are also very clear. Lots of specific problem solving technique
    Rating: 5 / 5

  • corvus corax:
    April 17, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    I have long admired Carol Shinn’s work and was excited to find such a clear and informative book showing her work and methods. The book is all that was promised and more. The photographs are very good and clearly show how Ms Shinn accompishes her wonderful thread paintings. There are excellent examples of other artists’ work in this medium and the instructions are concise and thorough. It was also helpful to find that Ms Shinn’s methods do not require any high tech sewing machines or specialized equipment. She also gives very good instructions about correcting the problems that might arise while working on fabric. I appreciate good books that deliver what is promised and this one certainly does.
    Rating: 5 / 5

  • J. M. Arden:
    April 17, 2010 at 5:14 pm

    This is threadwork as an artform by itself, not as an additional facet of textile or mixed media art. Many of the pieces and techniques discussed in Carol’s book would need thousands of yards of thread to make. She explains clearly how to stitch over a transferred image, and what effect direction of stitching will have. She also shows some great examples of colour blending. There is a gallery of mostly abstract work by other artists in thread. The subtitle tells you what the book is providing – both techniques and inspiration.
    Rating: 4 / 5

  • K. Platt:
    April 17, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    This is a wondrous book with many examples of finished pieces that are breathtaking. Yet the actual instructions of how to do this kind of embroidery are limited to just twenty pages of the book. The remaining pages are a gallery with no instructions, a useful colour section on overlaying threads and a few techniques and tips. I would rather have seen more instructions on how to make a face in machine embroidery, how to make a ‘landscape’. I do think this book is worthwhile because it is inspiring and shows you what can be achieved, but I am not at all sure that it is the best instructional book on freestyle machine embroidery.
    Rating: 4 / 5

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