365 Days of Stitches
How to Create a Personal Embroidery Journal
New York : Abrams, 2023.
Format: Book
Description: 127 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm + 3 sheets of patterns (folded)
Embroider a motif each day and create a personal stitch journal to commemorate your year with this modern approach to the art of embroidery from expert embroiderer Steph Arnold, founder of Oh Sew Bootiful.
Commemorate everything from milestones to simple pleasures by hand-embroidering a symbolic motif each day, creating a stitch journal along the way. With detailed stitching instructions, stitched examples, and helpful advice on choosing floss colors, 365 Days of Stitches provides readers with the tools to jumpstart a daily embroidery practice. Featuring more than 1,000 illustrated motifs, ranging from beach-day themes with palm trees and popsicles to cozy holiday themes with snow globes and mistletoe, and iron-on transfer sheets, crafters of all levels can use this book to create inspired stitch journals full of personal memories and exciting achievements.
With guidance from Steph Arnold, readers will learn--or enhance--embroidery skills and stitch techniques using the book's colorful collection of appealing motifs and templates. Set aside time for yourself each day with this new approach to mindfulness and commemorate events both large and small into a beautiful and unique stitched journal.
Includes Color Images
Commemorate everything from milestones to simple pleasures by hand-embroidering a symbolic motif each day, creating a stitch journal along the way. With detailed stitching instructions, stitched examples, and helpful advice on choosing floss colors, 365 Days of Stitches provides readers with the tools to jumpstart a daily embroidery practice. Featuring more than 1,000 illustrated motifs, ranging from beach-day themes with palm trees and popsicles to cozy holiday themes with snow globes and mistletoe, and iron-on transfer sheets, crafters of all levels can use this book to create inspired stitch journals full of personal memories and exciting achievements.
With guidance from Steph Arnold, readers will learn--or enhance--embroidery skills and stitch techniques using the book's colorful collection of appealing motifs and templates. Set aside time for yourself each day with this new approach to mindfulness and commemorate events both large and small into a beautiful and unique stitched journal.
Includes Color Images
Contents:
Core techniques and stitches -- Before you start -- Motif dictionary -- Animals -- Nature -- Home -- Food and drink -- Celebrations -- Work and play -- Personal care -- Children -- Mind, body, and spirit -- Astronomy -- Genre -- Communication.
ISBN:
9781419769771
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | Just Ordered |
More Formats
Includes index.
"Features 1,000 motifs"--Cover.
"Features 1,000 motifs"--Cover.