Creative Thread Sketching: A Beginner's Guide: Tips, techniques and projects for starting out in Thread Sketching and Thread Painting - Softcover

Wirsu, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1725950537 ISBN 13: 9781725950535

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

Learn to 'draw' and 'paint' with thread and your sewing machine!

Stop struggling to find the answers to basic questions—they're all here!

Do you want to learn free machine thread sketching and thread painting, but have no idea where to begin?

Are you frustrated that no-one tells you the basics?

Do you want tools and techniques explained clearly and methodically?

Tired of wasting hours searching for simple answers?

Do you want a handy reference tool by your side?

This guide covers everything the beginner needs for free machine embroidery, thread sketching and thread painting:

Equipment and Tools

Machine Needles—which ones to use

Thread for Thread Sketching

Setting up your Machine for Free Motion Stitching

Understanding Tension

Fabric

All about Stabilizers

Stitch Basics

Puckering (and How to Avoid It!)

Free Bonus! 6 Free Projects to help you get started!

Creative Thread Sketching: A Beginner's Guide

Begin an exciting journey into drawing and painting with thread and sewing machine. You'll be guided through the ‘start-up’ phase of thread sketching, thread painting and free machine embroidery, and introduced to some more advanced techniques. After years of working in the creative arts, teaching and guiding people through techniques from basic to advanced, Deborah is ready to offer this complete guide that reveals everything you need to know as a beginner. You can do it, even if you're a complete novice! Frustratingly, the basics are so often glossed over, leaving your creative mind with a rich palette of ideas, but absolutely no idea where to begin, or how to solve some of those pesky little problems that face us all from time to time.

This book will answer your questions and solve your problems.

Take the first step towards mastering the arts of thread sketching and thread painting.

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About the Author

Australian textile and digital artist, teacher, writer and musician, Deborah Wirsu, shares how to make wonderful thread sketched and thread painted textile art, offering creative ideas, easy-to-follow advice, along with informative tips, tutorials and online classes. Early forays into a range of sewing and textile arts and crafts led, over time, to a fascination with ‘painting’ with thread, creating visually appealing works of art using surprisingly easy-to-master techniques. As long as you can use a sewing machine, you can learn to draw and paint with thread. Deborah’s work has been exhibited and sold worldwide, and her passion for teaching online has allowed her to reach out to thousands of students around the globe. Other business pursuits and interests involve Classical Music, and Proofreading, Editing and Writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1725950537
• ISBN 13: 9781725950535
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 82