Celebrate weddings, births, holidays, friendships, families, pets, and houses with 555 designs created by the world-famous Kooler Design Studio. Cross-stitch aficionados can choose from a variety of alphabets, inspirational sayings, children’s designs, and other images—cottages, flowers, animals, antiques, and more.
Japanese-inspired textiles and fabrics are now more popular than ever - but their large-scale motifs can be challenging to use in quilts. This book shows the best ways to do it.
The tranquil beauty of Japan is captured in 18 quilted accessories that combine the traditional fabrics and motifs of the East with the ease and versatility of techniques from the West. This extraordinary collection of home-decor accents and gifts will add a touch of Japanese elegance to any room. Includes: • Eighteen beautiful projects, such as small wall hangings, pillows, full-size quilts, and room screens that feature popular Japanese-style fabrics • Step-by-step chapters arranged by season, offering a unique set of designs and colors for every time of year • A sizeable pattern library with over 50 traditional Japanese motifs to trace, reduce, or enlarge
Colorful Stitchery 65 Hot Embroidery Projects to Personalize Your Home
With inspiration and encouragement from designer and colorist Kristin Nicholas, would-be and experienced stitchers alike will find dozens of projects that add exuberance to every room in the house. Nicholas’s collection opens with pillow covers in dancing colors on unexpected patterns and fabrics, such as stripes and plaids, velvets and corduroys. For kitchens, she offers a joyfully polka-dotted tea cozy or jewel-bright, purchased napkins and tablecloth creatively stitched with floral motifs.
Intended for beginners and experienced embroiderers alike, this book presents a wide variety of stitches, with ideas and techniques for using them. The selection of freestyle stitches is accompanied by 48 motifs, and the stitches are explained in step-by-step instructions and diagrams.
