Machine Embroidery: Techniques and projects

Machine Embroidery: Techniques and projects

by Claire Fell
Machine Embroidery: Techniques and projects

Machine Embroidery: Techniques and projects

by Claire Fell

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Overview

Embroidering with a sewing machine is exciting, immediate and affordable; this practical book shows you how to do it. Packed with encouraging advice, it introduces the sewing machine before explaining how to design, plan and make your own embroideries and turn them into finished items to treasure. Topics covered include: learning how to set up the machine and carry out basic cleaning and maintenance; discovering which thread types, fabrics and mixed media elements are most suitable for machine embroideries; exploring how to use the pressure foot to turn functional utility stitches into exciting surface decoration; working freely with dropped feeder teeth and an embroidery foot, and learning how to alter the tension to create different effects and finally, using soluble film to enhance your pictures, and stitch realistic thread paintings of landscape, animal and bird embroideries. With over 900 colour photographs and illustrations, it is the perfect companion for both those new to machine embroidery and those looking for new ideas and inspiration.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785007019
Publisher: Crowood Press, The
Publication date: 06/25/2020
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 8.52(w) x 9.97(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Claire Fell is a successful textile artist based in Warwickshire. After a fine art training at Chichester, she worked as an ecclesiastical embroiderer. She is now an established and respected machine embroiderer, sharing her skills through teaching and writing articles, and through this, her first book.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 Equipment, Tools and Materials 9

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Machine and Workspace 27

Chapter 3 Designing for Machine Embroidery 41

Chapter 4 Raising the Teeth - Using Set Stitches for Machine Embroidery 53

Chapter 5 Lowering the Teeth - Free Machine Embroidery with an Embroidery Foot 83

Chapter 6 Thread-painting 97

Chapter 7 Using Water-soluble Film 117

Chapter 8 Experimenting with Stitches and Tension 141

Chapter 9 All That Glitters 171

Chapter 10 Embroidering the Landscape 205

Chapter 11 Animals and Birds 231

Chapter 12 Finishing Your Work 247

Templates 268

Suppliers 285

Bibliography 286

Index 287

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