Kaye Pyke's Classic Cushions - Softcover

Pyke, Kaye; Landy, Lynne; Stowers, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1863738770 ISBN 13: 9781863738774

Publisher: Unwin Hyman, 1995

Synopsis

"Kaye Pyke's Classic Cushions" will show the average sewer how to turn basic scraps of fabric and trim into a pillow with a designer label (your own!). An expensive sewing machine is not necessary - all the pillows are made with straight stitch and a zigzag finish. Here are all Kaye Pyke's special effects such as putting a satin picture in the middle of a cushion, or a piece of tapestry, or a piece of hand-painted enamel, or a crest. For the avid embroiderers there are more original Kaye Pyke designs for cushions - or anything else!

About this title

About the Author:

Kaye Pyke has been designing and teaching embroidery for 19 years and is a leading light on the embroidery scene in Australia. Lynne Landy is the Melbourne editor of Australian Country Style and wrote the best-seller Kaye Pyke's Elegant Embroidery with Kaye.Anne Stowers was for many years a couture dressmaker and has worked with Kaye Pyke translating Kaye's design ideas into stylish custom-made accessories for her Port Melbourne boutique.

From Booklist:

A visit to any home-decorating store reveals the popularity of pillows as accessories. Pyke operates an Australian shop specializing in elegant embroidery and cushion kits. This handsome manual includes a bevy of designs by Pyke and her coauthors, together with instructions for basic stitching and sewing techniques. Color photographs show lovely bedrooms and sitting rooms adorned with taffeta, velvet, brocade, and lavishly embroidered cushions, providing plenty of ideas as well as actual patterns to study and undertake. Many of these pillows involve advanced techniques, but their heirloom ambience is worth the extra effort. Alice Joyce

About this edition

• Publisher: Unwin Hyman
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1863738770
• ISBN 13: 9781863738774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Blair Patsy