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Beginner's Guide to Crewel Embroidery
by
Jane Rainbow
Starting with just four of these stitches, this guide clearly demonstrates, with detailed step-by-step photographs, how to work up a complete project. Instructions follow on showing how to stretch and mount your first embroidery. Using further projects she helps you build up skills, introducing new stitches in each section. Line drawings accompany each design and are used ...more
Paperback, 64 pages
Published
June 1st 1999
by Search Press
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I've been teaching myself crewel (in order to expand out from counted corss-stitch), and I bought this book in order to work though the main projects, which are three different variations on the same pattern (a flourish of carnations). I set myself to work through all three of the projects, and then to work a fourth version of the pattern, choosing my own color and stitches. I think that the layout and instructions for the projects are very good and well thought out, although for a raw beginner ...more
Excellent introduction to crewel work! Simple, clear designs with easy to follow instructions, and the nice touch of adding one quite large project alongside the smaller practise ones so you have something to aim towards.
Very well illustrated, friendly format and beautiful designs.
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