Stitch At Home: Over 20 Handmade Fabric and Embroidery Projects: Make Your House a Home with Over 20 Handmade Projects - Brossura

Shaw, Mandy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1446301680 ISBN 13: 9781446301685

Casa editrice: David and Charles, 2012

Riassunto

A gorgeous collection of fun projects for your home and garden in Mandy Shaw's unmistakeable style. Combining applique, embroidery, patchwork, quilting and sewing, Stitch at Home is a fabric lovers dream, featuring 20 hand and machine sewing projects in 9 themed sections. Be inspired by Mandy's unique motifs and fresh colour palette of teal, raspberry, cream and brown.

Each project features step-by-step instructions and illustrated techniques, making even the more complex projects beginner-friendly, and the book even includes stitch diagrams for both right and left-handers.

Inside Stitch at Home:

Get Ready to Stitch Most of the projects in this book are decorated with applique, embellished with simple hand embroidery stitches. Includes information about the fabrics and threads used for the projects, advice on working with applique using fusible webbing, and working with stitches, using Mandys favourite stitches from satin stitch to blanket stitch.

Home A stitchery sampler, depicting the simpler things in life, and features almost all the embroidery stitches that Mandy has used.

Tea Time Start your own tea time magic with this striking Union Jack inspired tea cosy and a tablecloth that is ready laid out for the occasion!

Sewing This Sewing Machine Cover will prove a beautiful and practical way of covering your big white sewing machine, with colourful fabrics and pockets to store your sewing essentials; needles, threads, pencils. For when you want to stitch-on-the-go, the Cottage Sewing Case provides a handy way to take your stitching tools with you!

Pets Mandy introduces you to her pets and shows you how to pamper your own pooch, with a sturdy dog bed, a dandy neckerchief for a dog's collar, and Mandys dog has even inspired a delightful soft toy project.

Beach Learn how to restore an old deckchair with heavy weight upholstery fabric, a roomy beach bag to store all of your beach essentials, and colourful bunting to hang in your garden.

Village Mandy teaches you how to make the perfect patchwork quilt, with its easy pieced block and simple applique shapes.

Garden Create an easy-to-make and simple to erect tepee perfect for children or pets, a weatherproof garden kneeler essential for any keen gardener, and a handy leaf bag.

House These cutwork cushions made with felt and fusible webbing are inspired by English artist Rob Ryan and the art of paper cutting.

Christmas Be reminded of childhood and making traditional gingerbread houses when creating this embroidered fabric version, the perfect gift, and these delightful little gingerbread men to decorate the Christmas tree.

Techniques More detailed advice on techniques such as binding, sugar bagging, edging with ric-rac braid, making envelope cushions and utility stitches.

Templates all the templates that you will need to create the projects.

Get stitching with gorgeous embroidery and applique projects for your home, your garden and your loved ones! From sweet little hand-sewn makes to whip up in an evening to intricate heirloom projects to take your time with, this beautiful collection has over 20 truly stunning ideas!

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Mandy Shaw runs Dandelion Designs, a craft design and kit company. Her work has featured on BBC2's Leisure Hour and she has written for Popular Patchwork and Fabrications magazines. Mandy also appeared on Kirstie Allsopp's Homemade Home (Channel 4), and contributed several projects to Kirstie's latest book. She lives in East Sussex. This is her third book for David & Charles, she has also published 'Stitch With Love' and 'Quilt Yourself Gorgeous'. To find out more about Mandy's style visit www.dandeliondesigns.co.uk, where her patterns and wares can be bought.

Contenuti:

Introduction; Tools & Equipment; Working the Stitches; 1 House - sampler; 2 Tea Time - tea cosy and tablecloth; 3 Sewing - sewing machine cover and needlecase; 4 Pets - dog bed, dog toy and neckerchief; 5 Beach - deck chair, beach bag and bunting; 6 Village - quilt and cushion; 7 Garden - teepee, garden kneeler and leaf bag; 8 Town - cushions and pincushion; 9 Christmas - gingerbread house and gingerbread hangings; Techniques; Templates and Motifs; Suppliers; Index.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: David and Charles
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1446301680
• ISBN 13: 9781446301685
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 128