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16th out of 27 books
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Embroidered Effects: Projects and Patterns to Inspire Your Stitching
Embroidery empress Jenny Hart taught her legion of fans the basics with the best-selling Stitch-It Kit and Sublime Stitching. Now she takes stitchers one step further with instructions and diagrams for more than 35 stitches, some published here for the first time. To top it off, Embroidered Effects includes dozens of original (and reusable) iron-on transfers. With lots of...more
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
September 9th 2009
by Chronicle Books
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Sep 02, 2011
Meghan
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5 of 5 stars
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crafts, embroidery, needlework, cross-stitching, sewing, hobbies
This is a great book by Jenny Hart. It's more embroidery technique-focused than the other two books I have reviewed on GoodReads. It's good, in the sense that I learned a few more stitches (I am way excited to try bordering projects with the "herringbone + hidden + french knots + lazy dazy" combo)!
The book doesn't hold as many transfers, which is a bummer - but the ones that she does provide all are big enough for larger-scale projects. Again, I love that. Hart also has a transfer that allows th...more
The book doesn't hold as many transfers, which is a bummer - but the ones that she does provide all are big enough for larger-scale projects. Again, I love that. Hart also has a transfer that allows th...more
I looked into this book as a possible follow-up to Sublime Stitching. I found that it had much of the same learning embroidery sections and many of the same stitches. There might have been a few more stitches defined in this book, but not enough to warrant buying it. This book is also project based, unlike Sublime Stitching. I think that for starting completely new to embroidery Sublime Stitching is a better book because of the patterns provided. The projects in Embroidered Effects are at multip...more
I have this on loan from the library, and am working on the sampler. The instructions are very easy to follow, so it is a wonderful book for learning some new stitches, or learning stitching in general. There is some basic information to get started which is also super helpful.
The patterns are fun and cute! Also, I thought it was very cool how she shows you how to make portraits or child's art into patterns to stitch.
I will probably be buying this one, and that is really saying something!
The patterns are fun and cute! Also, I thought it was very cool how she shows you how to make portraits or child's art into patterns to stitch.
I will probably be buying this one, and that is really saying something!
I love to embroider, and Jenny Hart is definitely an inspiration. Although she has written other books, I think I will get the most use out of this one because she introduces some techniques here that I've never seen (and the instructions are clear and easy to follow). However, even if you're a beginner, this book can be helpful. The key to embroidery is patience and creativity. This book will help with both.
great starter book for a younger generation learning embroidery. I have never been taught any kind of needlepoint, I just learn as I go along, this book was great. It easily teaches you various types of stitches and shows you ways that they can be used in embroidery. It also has lots of great starter patterns to get your embroidery creativity flowing!
Cute patterns and cute projects. She doesn't provide any actual instructions for the projects (for most projects she lists the materials and writes a half page long description), which could be frustrating for the new stitcher, but didn't bother me. There's nothing earth-shatteringly new here, but I always enjoy Jenny Hart's writing and designs!
I think she gives you a lot of ideas about what not to do, but I could use a little more instruction about the practical details - how many strands of thread to use, for example. The patterns are pretty cool, and I especially like that the first project gives you a way to practice all the stitches. Now if I could just get the needle threaded...
This is a simple, strightforward embroidery guide that has a youthful voice and always encourages exploration and invention. I can't imagine one better suited for me as a folk artist. Different from all other volumes on the subject.
She provides a lot of information but for those who already embroider it's nothing new. There are some patterns to use but not as much as she's given in the past, so it wasn't what I expected.
I liked this book a lot. For some reason it's almost as calming to me to read about embroidery as to embroider. I probably won't do any of the projects exactly as she describes, but I definitely got some ideas.
I purchased this mostly for the included iron on templates since the directions are not the best I have seen.
Half the book is how-to, the other half are projects and patterns.
really cool ideas that i can actually do.
Great book of un embroidery stitching, lots of cute and cool iron on transfer patterns
Aug 22, 2011
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