Painting with Thread: Simple Embroidered Pictures to Make and Cherish

Nicol, Kit

ISBN 10: 185585791X / ISBN 13: 9781855857919

Published by Collins & Brown, 2000

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Painting with Thread: Simple Embroidered Pictures to Make and Cherish
• Publisher: Collins & Brown
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185585791X
• ISBN 13: 9781855857919
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

From simple landscapes that use only one or two kinds of stitches to fully realized raised and 3-D embroideries: use your needle and thread just like a brush and paint! This exciting and unique approach to producing exquisite embroidered pictures borrows freely from many areas of needlecrafts, including stumpwork and quilting techniques like trapunto. Packed with tips for designing and executing your own stitched "paintings," as well as 20 projects such as a Spanish Garden and Duck Pond. Inspiring!

Reviews

British artist Nicol combines watercolor with embroidery techniques stitchery, stumpwork, needle lace, and trapunto to create unique embroidered pictures on silk. In Painting with Thread, she leads the reader through a workshop in designing embroidered pieces and mastering painting and embroidery techniques. Also included is a stitch library, demonstrating how each stitch might be used to obtain a desired effect in a thread painting, and a project section of 14 thread paintings with step-by-step instructions. This will appeal to intermediate and advanced embroiderers and is highly recommended for large public libraries and subject collections.
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