Joyful Daily Stitching, Seam by Seam: Complete Guide to 500 Embroidery-Stitch Combinations, Perfect for Crazy Quilting - Softcover

Bothell, Valerie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617455512 ISBN 13: 9781617455513

Publisher: C&T Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Valerie Bothell encourages readers to stitch daily, even for a few minutes. If you can stitch one seam 5 days a week, over the course of a year readers will complete 250 seams! The book includes instructions for 61 basic embroidery stitches and over 500 seam-treatment stitch combinations, as well as crazy-quilt-block piecing instructions and information about tools and supplies.

About this title

About the Author

Valerie Bothell is a long-time teacher of crazy quilting who always looks forward to any opportunity to share her love of crazy quilting.

Review

Bothell, a crazy quilting specialist with more than 20 years of experience, helps others whose imaginations might fail when decorating the seams of quilts in this delightful collection of stitches. She begins the book with a lesson on piecing, followed by an overview of essentials of hand embroidery (tools, tips, templates, and transfers) and instructions on 61 basic stitches. She then presents over 500 combinations of stitches, including eight pages of back stitches and eight more of blanket-stitch variations. Large pictures of hot-pink thread against beige fabric help to illustrate the intricacies of each individual stitch. Variations with beads and sequins in circles and fans expand the detailed yet doable work. Though the book is geared toward quilters, anyone with an interest in needlework (beginners and experts alike) will make plenty of use of this nifty anthology of stitches., Publishers Weekly, 12/18/17

Edition details

• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1617455512
• ISBN 13: 9781617455513
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144