Beginner's Guide to Blackwork

Beginner's Guide to Blackwork
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Publisher : SearchPress+ORM
Total Pages : 163
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ISBN-10 : 9781781267332
ISBN-13 : 1781267332
Rating : 4/5 (332 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Beginner's Guide to Blackwork by : Lesley Wilkins

Download or read book Beginner's Guide to Blackwork written by Lesley Wilkins and published by SearchPress+ORM. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the sixteenth century embroidery technique in which beautiful patterns are created by stitching geometric designs onto evenweave fabric. Inspired by the past, Lesley Wilkins illustrates her techniques with a whole host of wonderful designs flowers, plants, birds, animals and figures. She covers everything from the materials to use and working with a chart, to getting started and how to stitch. Patterns are created by small stitched units which are combined in many different ways some heavily textured, some delicate and light. Borders can be built up by repeating and joining motifs. Clear step-by-step photographs accompany the author’s comprehensive instructions, and the motifs, borders, fill-in patterns and images are all charted, with inspirational pictures of embroideries showing how to build up finished designs. “The designs in this book are amazing. Some are very simple and others have a look of intricacy in them. There are figures, flowers, borders and much much more, this gives a lot of inspiration if you want to design your own piece.” —Postcard Reviews “A comprehensive book about the blackwork technique, covering the materials to use, how to use a chart, getting started and what designs we could do.” —Mr X Stitch


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