Description
Pulled thread embroidery transforms a piece of ordinary fabric into delicate "lace" by compressing threads of loosely woven background material with tightly pulled stitches. Focusing on this age-old craft, Moyra McNeill's clearly written, profusely illustrated how-to book shows embroiderers what attractive effects can be achieved by using relatively simple techniques. For needlecrafters desiring greater challenges, more complex ideas are presented as well.
Following a brief introductory history of the craft, easy-to-follow instructions are provided for creating dozens of decorative stitches, among then the diagonal cross, open trellis and checker fillings; the ripple, Finnish, cushion, diamond, triangle, and braid stitches; as well as composite stitches displaying a reeded stitch and mosaic filling.
Concluding sections describe procedures for a variety of edgings (simple-faced, hern-stitched picot, and fringed) and for creating inspired designs of your own, while a final chapter exhibits decorative examples of pulled work embroidery from the past.
Author: Moyra McNeill
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 10/22/2009
Pages: 222
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.21h x 5.70w x 0.51d
ISBN13: 9780486278575
ISBN10: 0486278573
BISAC Categories:
- Crafts & Hobbies | Needlework | Embroidery
About the Author
Moyra McNeill is well known among practitioners of needlecraft and has written several popular books on embroidery.
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