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Gilda Baron's popular guide to creating art with textiles and embroidery, now in a new and modernised Search Press Classic edition.
List of contents
Introduction6
Materials & equipment8
design14
TECHNIQUES20
Surface embroidery28
Summer Meadow30
MACHINE EmBROIDERY36
Buttercup field40
Flowers by the fence50
Embroidered cards62
Taking things further66
paper mounts74
Panoramic scenes76
Conclusion78
Index80
About the author
Gilda Baron trained at the London College of Fashion and spent some time working in the fashion industry as a pattern cutter and designer. She went on to lecture in fashion and crafts and is now a well-respected textile artist, regularly contributing to magazines, exhibiting her work and selling to galleries. She gives lectures and workshops for embroiderers' groups and guilds, demonstrating her love of fabric and embroidery and sharing her enthusiasm with people everywhere.
Summary
Gilda Baron's popular guide to creating art with textiles and embroidery, now in a new and modernised Search Press Classic edition.
