Designer Machine Embroidery & Textile Decoration Creating Accessories for your Body and Sole Details From the back cover Anyone with a simple sewing machine and lots of enthusiasm can create the stunning clothing and accessories shown in this book. Readers will develop their fabric decoration skills as they learn to create embellished fabrics that can be used to make beautiful clothing and accessories. Covering a wide range of machine embroidery and textile decoration techniques, this book will show machine embroiderers and those with an interest in fashion and accessories how to apply exciting and innovative techniques to their work. From coloring, painting, dyeing, and printing fabrics to a wide range of decorative stitching techniques, talented fabric artist and instructor Elli Woodsford's work shows how the simplest methods can be combined to create astonishing fabric surfaces. Each topic includes step-by-step illustrated instructions and project ideas for jackets, bags, shoes, hats, corsets, jewelry, and more. Design and color principles are applied to all projects, giving readers an opportunity to produce work that is both contemporary and timeless The emphasis is on experimentation and creativity Patterns and templates for all projects included About the Author Elli Woodsford has a studio in Hampshire, England, where she teaches machine embroidery and textile decoration. A member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen and holder of a City & Guilds Medal for Excellence for Automatic Decorative Stitching, she explores the creation of unique surface design applications on fabrics for use in clothing and accessories. Soft cover, 128 pages. Price: $44.95 ($40.86) Contents: Introduction (Each chapter has 'Techniques' pages and 'Projects' pages. CHAPTER I Starting from Scratch: Choosing and Coloring Fabrics CHAPTER 2 Keeping It Simple: Creating Surfaces with Two Stitches CHAPTER 3 Stitches Galore: Working with Free-Motion, Utility, and Decorative Embroidery CHAPTER 4 Disappearing Act: Creating with Dissolvable Fabrics and Unusual Materials CHAPTER 5 New from Old: Recycling with Style CHAPTER 6 Fabric Manipulation: Using the Structure Gallery Patterns Resources About the Author Acknowledgments back