Crewel Creatures: Fresh Ideas for Jacobean Embroidery
Author(s): Hazel Blomkamp
Beautiful bird and animal designs, inspired by the African world, in crewel and Jacobean embroidery.
Following the success of Crewel Intentions and Crewel Twists, which introduced embroiderers to using needle-lace and loom-weaving techniques, comes Crewel Creatures, the third title in this series by renowned embroiderer Hazel Blomkamp. Animals and birds are popular subjects in crewel embroidery, and here Hazel introduces needleworkers to the beautiful, exotic creatures found in the African wild. Following the Jacobean embroidery style for which Hazel is well known, and incorporating the subtle influence of the fractal designs found in zentangle art, Hazel brings beads and other three-dimensional elements into her designs, capturing the stunning and colourful art that is traditionally associated with Africa. Those new to Hazel's work will find a useful guide to the essential crewel stitches, needle-lace and needle-weaving techniques in an easy-to-follow how-to section and stitch gallery, and all embroiderers will be impressed by the wealth of design ideas and inspiration this book has to offer. With every project, step-by-step instructions and gorgeous photographs are included, along with a template of the design. All the projects are stitched and embellished on natural coloured linen, making them not only perfect for framing for display but also wonderfully economical for embroiderers to work on.
Product Information
Hazel Blomkamp has dabbled with all the needlecrafts since childhood. When her children were babies she developed a passion for embroidery to break the tedium of life with toddlers, using it as her evening reward for having got through the day with her sanity intact. Her children are now young adults and she still embroiders in front of the television every night. She has been designing for the past 18 years. Preferring to design projects which appear to be traditional, she pushes the boundaries by introducing other forms of needlecraft into traditional techniques, exploring further in everything that she does. Along with designing, she runs a busy website from home. She teaches at her home studio, in Pietermaritzburg, KZN, and travels throughout South Africa and Australia teaching embroidery and fine beadwork. She is a regular contributor to South African and Australian embroidery magazines and is a columnist for South African Stitches Magazine.
Introduction 8 General tips before starting 10 Materials 14 Tools 17 Stitches and techniques 18 Embroidery stitches 18Bead embroidery techniques 32Three-dimensional beaded elements 32Flowers 35Buds, calyxes and other elements 54Beaded embroidery worked directly onto the fabric 58Needle-lace stitches 62Needle-weaving techniques 68 Norman the tortoise 75 Audrey the ostrich 89 Maureen the owl 101 Janet the snake 123 Shirley the elephant 139 Roger the rhino 151 Templates 170
General Fields
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- : Search Press, Limited
- : Search Press, Limited
- : 0.62369
- : 01 April 2018
- : 260mm X 193mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2018
- : books
Special Fields
- : Hazel Blomkamp
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 746.446041
- : 160
- : 480 Illustrations, color
