Ecclesiastical Embroidery - Techniques and Projects

DESIGN - tips on how to create a symmetrical design, as well as colour and stich plans
PREPARATION - advice on fabrics and frames, and transferring your design
STITCHES - instruction for goldwork, applique [accent], silk shading and surface stitches
PROJECTS - detailed step-by-step sequences to ten pieces ranging from a simple cross to an advanced design of wheatears and lily flowers
CONSTRUCTION - advice on hand-stitch methods to finish your embroidery and make it into a vestment

About the author

HEATHER LEWIS studied the art of hand embroidery at the Royal School of Needlework. She went on to work in the RSN studios on a diverse range of prestigious commissions for many abbeys, cathedrals and churches, including altar frontals for Wells and Canterbury cathedrals, a set of vestments for Buckfast Abbey and the Commonwealth screen that was used during the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002. Heather was also part of the team in the RSN studio that worked on items used during the Coronation of HM King Charles III and HM Queen Camilla. She now works as freelance embroiderer from her studio in York, and teaches hand embroidery at the Royal School of Needlework and across the UK.

Product details

• Authors: Heather Lewis, Lewis Heather
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9780719844263
• ISBN: 978-0-7198-4426-3
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 260 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 891 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Needlework / Embroidery, Embroidery crafts