The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery, Embellishment and Applique
"The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery offers a blend of hardcover with lay-flat binding and spine lettering for easy location and over two hundred pages of ribbonwork, embroidery and stumpwork stitches and techniques, and is perfect for any needlework collection. Color photos of each stitch accompany good-sized step-by-step illustrations and provide color and easy instruction to a book that includes appliqu and features all patterns on a DVD. Any interested in artistic needlework applications will find this a winner." --Diane Donovan Editor "The Midwest Book Review, California Bookwatch"Embroidery is adding something special to your project without changing it. The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery, Embellishment and Appliqué is a guide to the uses of embroidery in one s work, as Janice Vaine educates readers on how to get started and comes at them with no shortage of exquisite techniques in many shapes, sizes, and complexity, with plenty of examples. Complete with a DVD with even more patterns, The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery is a must for any crafts driven person who wants to add something special to their work. --Library Bookwatch