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This is an indispensable practical guide to all the different needlecrafts. It shows how to quickly and easily master the traditional skills and techniques of quilting, applique, cross-stitch and needlepoint. It contains inspiring projects to practise the techniques, with over 1500 step-by-step photographs. This practical guide brings together in one volume the very best of traditional and contemporary needlework. It encompasses a full range of techniques, including embroidery, needlework, quilting, patchwork, applique, tapestry, knitting and crochet. Each section of the book provides a full introduction to the craft it describes, making this an invaluable companion for new and experienced needlecrafters alike. Over 200 easy-to-follow projects cover a wonderful range of decorative and useful items, from cross-stitch samplers, embroidered curtains and applique cushion covers to quilted throws and knitted scarves. Inspirational examples are featured throughout, to illustrate a particular stitch or technique and to show the flexibility and diversity offered by the craft.
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Dorothy Wood is a creative embroiderer who trained to teach dressmaking and design technology before specialising in textiles and embroidery at Goldsmith's College, London. She has since worked in a variety of craft media as well as patchwork, quilting, applique and embroidery. As well as writing practical books on crafts, Dorothy works as a features writer and technical consultant for a number of specialist craft and needlework magazines Lucinda Ganderton was born and lives in London, where she studied fine-art textiles and embroidery at Goldsmiths College. She is experienced in a wide range of crafts and is the author of several books, which cover a variety of techniques and themes, from applique and soft furnishings to embroidery stitches. Her work features regularly in magazines and on websites and she has also appeared on television and video. Lucinda Ganderton is highly sought after as a designer.
This is an indispensable practical guide to all the different needlecrafts. It shows how to quickly and easily master the traditional skills and techniques of quilting, applique, cross-stitch and needlepoint. It contains inspiring projects to practise the techniques, with over 1500 step-by-step photographs. This practical guide brings together in one volume the very best of traditional and contemporary needlework. It encompasses a full range of techniques, including embroidery, needlework, quilting, patchwork, applique, tapestry, knitting and crochet. Each section of the book provides a full introduction to the craft it describes, making this an invaluable companion for new and experienced needlecrafters alike. Over 200 easy-to-follow projects cover a wonderful range of decorative and useful items, from cross-stitch samplers, embroidered curtains and applique cushion covers to quilted throws and knitted scarves. Inspirational examples are featured throughout, to illustrate a particular stitch or technique and to show the flexibility and diversity offered by the craft.
About the Author
Dorothy Wood is a creative embroiderer who trained to teach dressmaking and design technology before specialising in textiles and embroidery at Goldsmith's College, London. She has since worked in a variety of craft media as well as patchwork, quilting, applique and embroidery. As well as writing practical books on crafts, Dorothy works as a features writer and technical consultant for a number of specialist craft and needlework magazines Lucinda Ganderton was born and lives in London, where she studied fine-art textiles and embroidery at Goldsmiths College. She is experienced in a wide range of crafts and is the author of several books, which cover a variety of techniques and themes, from applique and soft furnishings to embroidery stitches. Her work features regularly in magazines and on websites and she has also appeared on television and video. Lucinda Ganderton is highly sought after as a designer.
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