Instructions and ideas for creating ten lace designs feature in this guide. These range from a lace-edged handkerchief to a Victorian bedspread and tablecloth. Information about the needles and materials needed is included, together with advice about stitch techniques, filet crochet and patterns.
Go into the studio of popular textile designer Poppy Treffry, as she demonstrates how to create quirky, fun and memorable projects and motifs. Layering, fraying and applique all add to the free and easy effect, while techniques such as freestyle shading and texturing create pictures with charm and attitude. The variety of projects include home accents such as curtains and cushions, plus personal accessories like handbags and purses. Step-by-step instructions, illustrations and photographs combine with a fresh design to offer you a new twist in needlecrafting.
This book devotes itself to the herringbone stitch and gives you a history of the stitch from it's Ndebele roots. As with all stitches, the variations are covered and are explained using hand drawn pictures. Colour photos show a variety of finished projects and a gallery of completed beadwork gives you some ideas of what can be created. There are four projects, with clear step by step instructions, which cover all the techniques taught in the book. The Herringbone stitch is the hardest of the beadweaving stitches to learn but this is because it isn't as straight forward as the others!
