Stumpwork Figures
Ref:
1844480879
AuthorKay Dennis
SummaryThis book provides everything you need to know to make figures in stumpwork. There are detailed, step-by-step instructions on embroidery and needlelace techniques, and the three easy-to-follow projects allow you to create your own figurative stumpwork embroideries.
Figures have been an important feature of stumpwork for hundreds of years, and in this book Kay and Michael Dennis explain in detail how to make all of the components of a figure – limbs, head, face, hair, body shape and clothes – as well as provide clear, step-by-step instructions for all of the needlelace and embroidery techniques you need to make clothing and to add details and embellishments to your designs. Numerous full-colour diagrams and photographs are included throughout the book, and the three projects allow even those with no experience of stumpwork to create beautiful embroideries of their own.
Suitable for beginners as well as more experienced stumpwork embroiderersHighly illustrated with full-colour diagrams and photographs throughoutDetailed instructions on how to make heads, faces, hair, limbs, hands, body padding and clothesNeedlelace and embroidery techniques clearly explained
Introduction 6Materials 8Getting started 12Needlelace techniques 14Other ways of making clothes 19Embroidery techniques 20Making arms and legs 27Making heads and faces 28Hair styles 30Side-facing heads 32Making different body shapes 33Making hands 34ProjectsChild Paddling 36The Fairy 42Gone Fishing 50
No of pages64 pages
FormatBC Paperback
PublisherSearch Press
ISBN1844480879
EAN9781844480876
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Price:
£8.99