Creative Embroidery, Mixing the Old with the New: Stitch and Embellish Your Stashed Treasures

 

A treasure of a book. Very beautiful and creative ideas for new or vintage items that you can make yourself. Great ideas and suggestions for using items that you have on hand or what to look for. Includes many embroidery stitch designs. Buttons, ribbons, old handkerchiefs, treasured items that might be worn or tattered that can be made into useable and decorative treasures.

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Create with your stash, both old and new! Put all stashed, hoarded, and handed down bits and pieces to creative use! Popular author Christen Brown walks readers through innovative uses for all kinds of embellishments ― like lace, vintage linens and hankies, trims and ribbons, buttons of all sorts, and vintage notions ― through techniques and projects. If you want to add more unique stash pieces, she provides tips on finding the good stuff, both in-person and online. Get tips for taking care of your treasures, from cleaning vintage finds to fiber identification.

Embroider your stashed treasures with 19 stash project ideas, 3 step-by-step projects, and a robust gallery to get started

Explore a wide variety of projects from feminine to whimsical, functional to frivolous, and old school to contemporary

Christen walks you through adding embroidery stitches with a library of 100+ stitches

About the author

I came from a very supportive family of creative gifted parents; no matter what room of the house I went into I learned something.

I graduated from the Fashion Institute of Merchandise and Design and I continue to experiment in all areas of art and craft.

I am fascinated by design in general; and concentrate specifically in the techniques of embroidery, quilting, ribbonwork, mixed media and jewelry making. 

When people ask me how long something takes me to make, I tell them a lifetime, because everything we do is the sum of that experience and wonderful journey.

Customising Clothes with Embroidery by Connie Mabbott

 

15 fun projects to inspire you to upcycle the clothes you already own.

This is an instructional book for machine embroidery. Good, detailed instructions and good photo illustration. Neat techniques and pattern ideas.

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Beaded Embroidery Stitching: 125 Stitches to Embellish with Beads, Buttons, Charms, Bead Weaving & More, by Christen Brown

 

Excellent book on beaded embroidery. VERY detailed information, breaking information down in several ways. Beautiful pattern examples. Great addition to your home library as an ongoing reference.

Plant Lady Embroidery by Applemints

300 Botanical Embroidery Motifs & Designs to Stitch 

Lovely book! I love flowers but haven't done embroidery in years. As it says, there are 300 motifs and designs in this book. I can't pick a favorite. First I saw the violets (!), then the lily of the valley, then little wreaths and as I kept going I realized that all of these designs suit me. What I found unique were the succulents and cacti. The flowers are in many different categories. There are color pictures of the finished work, then patterns to trace and detailed instructions on how to do the stitches. Now I have to think of where I'll put them. Oh yeah, there are inspirations for that in the book too. This is a good book for beginners or experienced embroidery artists.

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Embroidered Garden Flowers, Botanical Motifs for Needle and Thread by Kazuko Aoki

Beautiful book. Great photos and detailed information about the basics of embroidery. So many flowers with excellent detail. I like the way that the patterns are given, with a picture of the flower and the type of stitch near each area. The thing I would change is to have the picture of the embroidered flower next to the pattern so that you don’t have to flip back and forth.

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Featuring 63 plants, this collection of embroidered flower motifs was inspired by a year of studying the garden. Beginning with the spring and going through the late autumn, the flower varieties presented here are presented with care and realistic detail. With beautiful color combinations, wonderful texture, and a studied but artful expression, this is an exquisite guide for those who love flowers and embroidery, and for those who want to share in the pleasures to be found with fabric and needle.

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