The complete visual guide to hand embroidery & embellishing
This richly illustrated reference guide from embroidery expert Christen Brown covers everything you need to make beautiful magic with needle and thread. Learn to sew traditional and silk ribbon embroidery, make raised stitches, and embellish with beads, charms, buttons, and mirrors. Christen shows you how to combine and place stitches to enhance a finished piece and how to work with embroidery threads, ribbons, fabrics, laces, beads, buttons, and other embellishments.
• Step-by-step photo instructions show exactly how to sew 85 different stitches
• Includes 8 complete embroidery projects to stitch and embellish
• The essential embroidery reference for everyone from beginners to experts
Christen Brown first became interested in arts in crafts as a child and teenager, immersing herself in classes that explored all manner of creative endeavors, including drawing, painting, ceramics, jewelry making, and sewing. She continued her education through El Camino College, Torrance, California, taking photography, design, lettering, and mixed-media classes. She has an AA in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, California. Christen published titles for C&T Publishing include Ribbonwork Gardens, Embroidered and Embellished, Ribbonwork Flowers, The Embroidery Book, Beaded Embroidery Stitching, Hand Embroidery Dictionary, and Creative Embroidery, Mixing the Old with the New. Her other products include Embroidery Stitching Handy Pocket Guide, Embroidery Stencils Essential Collection, Embroidery Stencils the Darling Motif Collection, Embellished Art Embroidery Project Planner, and Periodic Table of Embroidery Stitches Poster. She works and teaches out of her home studio in Escondido, California. You can contact her through her website: www.christenbrown.com