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Silk Ribbon Machine Embroidery (Great Sewing Projects Series)

Designer Machine Embroidery and Textile Decoration: Creating Accessories for Your Body and Sole Anyone with a basic sewing machine and lots of enthusiasm can create the stunning clothing and accessories shown in this book. Readers will develop their fabric decoration skills as they learn to create embellished fabrics that can be used to make beautiful clothing and accessories. Covering a wide range of machine embroidery and textile decoration techniques, this book will show machine embroiderers and those with an interest in fashion and accessories how to apply exciting and innovative techniques to their work. From coloring, painting, dyeing, and printing fabrics to a wide range of decorative stitching techniques, talented fabric artist and instructor Elli Woodsford shows how the simplest methods can be combined to create astonishing fabric surfaces. Each topic includes step-by-step illustrated instructions, as well as project ideas for making jackets, bags, shoes, hats, corsets, jewelry and more.

Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidery (Beginner's Guide to Needlecrafts) Pamela Watts explores all the techniques with infectious enthusiasm, showing how to work the stitches, adjust tension, layer fabrics, develop surfaces, build up texture, create lacy effects with water soluble fabric and more. Step-by-step photographs accompany a series of projects which are designed to improve skills and the book is packed with expert advice on all aspects of machine embroidery. A final section takes you beyond fabrics into using metal, mesh, handmade paper and more. Vibrant and exciting designs can be created easily using these materials. The effect is stunning when they are combined with soft and transparent fabrics, and lustrous threads.

More Ribbon Embroidery by Machine

Machine Embroidery (The New Crafts Series) Explore the technique of using a machine for the traditional craft of embroidery, with 25 stunning examples to create in both contemporary and traditional styles.