The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery Embellishment and Applique
It's a needlework garden filled with exquisite, floral-themed blocks to instruct and inspire today's needle artists. This award-winning book carefully describes and illustrates 62 embroidery stitches and dozens of techniques for ribbonry, stumpwork, fabric, and needle turn appliqué on floral-based blocks. With over a hundred block designs, create your own needle art flowers by completing 4 step-by-step sampler quilt projects with coordinating full-color diagrams and illustrations. Also included is a DVD with 124 printable patterns, a sizing chart, list of supply resources, and suggestions for further reading.
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Janice Vaine--seamstress, quilter, Appliqué_ enthusiast, pattern designer, and teacher--enjoys sharing her love of needlearts with her students. Her teaching credentials include The Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué_ Academy, the International Quilt Festival, and quilt and sewing shops for over 20 years. Jan finds joy studying the methods used by needle artists of antique quilts and vintage embroidery and how they interpreted their designs with elements of embroidery, stumpwork and ribbonwork. The exquisite handwork of treasured vintage pieces is the inspiration for her fresh new designs. Jan lives in Jacksonville, FL. (grahamcrackercollection.com)
As a book lover, I find this beautifully wrought volume a joy to hold, a pleasure to read and, best of all, clear depictions of embroidery and appliqu methods that will ensure my success. Jan's precious designs are so tempting, and the minute I opened the cover I knew I was going to be hooked. Thread, ribbon and fabric it is all embraced with obvious love by a talented designer, needlewoman and author. I can't wait to get started -- Bette Augustine "Administrator of The Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqu Academy"
"Embroidery is adding something special to your project without changing it. The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery, Embellishment and Appliqu is a guide to the uses of embroidery in one's work, as Janice Vaine educates readers on how to get started and comes at them with no shortage of exquisite techniques in many shapes, sizes, and complexity, with plenty of examples. Complete with a DVD with even more patterns, The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery is a must for any crafts driven person who wants to add something special to their work." -- James A Cox Editor "Midwest Book Review: Library Bookwatch"
"'Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while occupied.' Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, 1859. This is one quotation from the book which I am sure will strike a chord with most of us. This exquisite and elegant book would be a joy to own because it is beautiful from the front right through the back. Master quilter and expert teacher Janice Vaine fashions a needlework garden filled with exquisite, floral-themed blocks to instruct and inspire today's needle artists. It is filled with full-colour photos, step-by-step instructions and accurate illustrations, which show you how to create needle art flowers that will bloom for years to come. As a further bonus, the book comes with a DVD containing 102 x 4" block patterns, 20 x 8" block patterns, a 16" centre block pattern and finally a corner swag. This is a 'must-have', so maybe one for your Christmas present list?" -- Book Reviewer "Fabrications Quilting For You (UK magazine)"
"WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! All in all, this is one book you will definitely want in your library or a GREAT gift for a quilter/embroidery person in your life." -- Barbara Rhoades "Independent Book Reviewer"
"The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery offers a blend of hardcover with lay-flat binding and spine lettering for easy location and over two hundred pages of ribbonwork, embroidery and stumpwork stitches and techniques, and is perfect for any needlework collection. Color photos of each stitch accompany good-sized step-by-step illustrations and provide color and easy instruction to a book that includes appliqu and features all patterns on a DVD. Any interested in artistic needlework applications will find this a winner." -- Diane Donovan Editor "The Midwest Book Review, California Bookwatch"
