Colorful Stitchery: 65 Hot Embroidery Projects to Personalize Your Home

By Kristin Nicholas

Book Overview

Embroidery has never looked this good or been so colorful And it's never been so much fun to do. 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. Personalized wedding gifts include a luxurious, monogrammed cashmere throw and his-and-hers hot water bottle covers; or for the perfect baby gift, a cozy matching blanket and teddy bear set. Many projects feature fabrics from flea markets and thrift shops, with complete how-to on hand-felting and hand-dyeing sweaters and blankets for the very softest, most colorful look. With her ribbon-stitched craft boxes (perfect for scrapbookers), embroidered stationery, and even a pair of espadrilles, the author explores an exciting world of embroidering on unexpected surfaces and materials. Nicholas encourages readers to find inspiration in whatever pleases them--gardens, nature, ceramics, architecture, ethnic and vintage textiles, postcards and magazines--and to use that inspiration as the basis for this new spin on traditional stitchery. This is the craft book for every creative person who loves fibers and fabrics, and itches to counterbalance the teched-up part of their lives by using their hands for selfexpression and personal fulfillment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580176119
• ISBN13: 9781580176118
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Just basic stitchery

This book should have said it was a book full of nothing but empty pages of nothing. Simple stitches are shown throughout most of the book and other than the two pillows on the cover of the book, there is nothing in this book worth looking at. It was a huge disappointment. 65 new hot ideas is nowhere near the description of what is inside of this book. Most of the book contains basic embroidery to embellish basic pillows and other random boring items. Save your money.