Pulled Thread Embroidery

$12.95

Publication Date: 22nd October 2009

Pulled thread embroidery transforms a piece of ordinary fabric into delicate "lace" by compressing threads of loosely woven background material with tightly pulled stitches. Focusing on this age-old craft, Moyra McNeill's clearly written, profusely illustrated how-to book shows embroiderers what attractive effects can be achieved by using relatively simple techniques. For needlecrafters desiring greater challenges, more complex ideas are presented as well.
Following a brief introductory history of the craft, easy-to-follow instructions are provided for creating dozens of decorative... Read More

Format: Paperback
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Pulled thread embroidery transforms a piece of ordinary fabric into delicate "lace" by compressing threads of loosely woven background material with tightly pulled stitches. Focusing on this age-old craft, Moyra McNeill's clearly written, profusely illustrated how-to book shows embroiderers what attractive effects can be achieved by using relatively simple techniques. For needlecrafters desiring greater challenges, more complex ideas are presented as well.
Following a brief introductory history of the craft, easy-to-follow instructions are provided for creating dozens of decorative... Read More

Description

Pulled thread embroidery transforms a piece of ordinary fabric into delicate "lace" by compressing threads of loosely woven background material with tightly pulled stitches. Focusing on this age-old craft, Moyra McNeill's clearly written, profusely illustrated how-to book shows embroiderers what attractive effects can be achieved by using relatively simple techniques. For needlecrafters desiring greater challenges, more complex ideas are presented as well.
Following a brief introductory history of the craft, easy-to-follow instructions are provided for creating dozens of decorative stitches, among then the diagonal cross, open trellis and checker fillings; the ripple, Finnish, cushion, diamond, triangle, and braid stitches; as well as composite stitches displaying a reeded stitch and mosaic filling.
Concluding sections describe procedures for a variety of edgings (simple-faced, hern-stitched picot, and fringed) and for creating inspired designs of your own, while a final chapter exhibits decorative examples of pulled work embroidery from the past.


Reprint of the Taplinger, New York, 1972 edition.
Details
  • Price: $12.95
  • Pages: 222
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Crafts: Embroidery & Needlepoint
  • Publication Date: 22nd October 2009
  • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
  • Illustration Note: 301
  • ISBN: 9780486278575
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Needlework / General
Author Bio
Moyra McNeill is well known among practitioners of needlecraft and has written several popular books on embroidery.

Pulled thread embroidery transforms a piece of ordinary fabric into delicate "lace" by compressing threads of loosely woven background material with tightly pulled stitches. Focusing on this age-old craft, Moyra McNeill's clearly written, profusely illustrated how-to book shows embroiderers what attractive effects can be achieved by using relatively simple techniques. For needlecrafters desiring greater challenges, more complex ideas are presented as well.
Following a brief introductory history of the craft, easy-to-follow instructions are provided for creating dozens of decorative stitches, among then the diagonal cross, open trellis and checker fillings; the ripple, Finnish, cushion, diamond, triangle, and braid stitches; as well as composite stitches displaying a reeded stitch and mosaic filling.
Concluding sections describe procedures for a variety of edgings (simple-faced, hern-stitched picot, and fringed) and for creating inspired designs of your own, while a final chapter exhibits decorative examples of pulled work embroidery from the past.


Reprint of the Taplinger, New York, 1972 edition.
  • Price: $12.95
  • Pages: 222
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Crafts: Embroidery & Needlepoint
  • Publication Date: 22nd October 2009
  • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
  • Illustrations Note: 301
  • ISBN: 9780486278575
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Needlework / General
Moyra McNeill is well known among practitioners of needlecraft and has written several popular books on embroidery.