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| The Art of Embroidery: Inspirational Stitches, Textures, and Surfaces | 
 enlarge | Author: Francoise Tellier-loumagne
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 194624
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0500286396
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.44
EAN: 9780500286395
ASIN: 0500286396
Publication Date: February 26, 2007
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Product Description
A unique, visually inspiring, all-color survey of designs and patterns for embroiderers.
Drawing on her extensive experience as a teacher and practitioner, Francoise Tellier-Loumagne has assembled a creative and inventive overview of stitches and fabrics, presenting hundreds of ways of embroidering with thread and other materials.
The author encourages readers?from the beginner to the more experienced practitioner?to be innovative and to experiment with the various techniques, drawing inspiration from the natural world and one's personal surroundings. Almost any material can be embellished with embroidery, and, with the aid of more than 500 photographs plus detailed diagrams and explanations, the book opens up endless possibilities for sophisticated designs. 500+ color illustrations.
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 The Art of Embroidery July 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Art of Embroidery: Inspirational Stitches, Textures, and Surfaces
I took this book out of a library for a couple of weeks and needed to extend the time because I loved it so much. The thought process and fiber manipulation taken from nature and developed into many different types of product, are fab. I am continually looking at this book again and again and always find it inspiring and motivating. If you love to design and create using your own ideas this is a must have. Not a "how to" book with little in the way of instructions. You need to have a sound understanding of embroidery, both hand and machine to help you nut out what they have done to achieve the results shown. An amazing book of photos, ideas and exploration to take you where you may not have thought to go.
The Art of Embroidery: Inspirational Stitches, Textures andSurfaces June 26, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I adore this book! It is really and truly inspirational. As someone else said, it is NOT a how to book - and it is not meant to be. It is what it says - inspiration. If you are a creative stitcher you will love this book and it will be like mine, a constant companion, even in your dreams.
The stunning photographs of the natural world and their translation into stitch is excellent, informative and again, inspiring. The ideas are innovative, modern and lead you into your own creative pathways. The photography is excellent and if stitch instruction are sparse you can see what to do from the pictures. Colour use is great and again, you can learn a lot just from the pictures.
Highly RecommendedThe Art of Embroidery: Inspirational Stitches, Textures, and Surfaces
 Inspiring even for a beginner March 31, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a new hand to embroidery I bought several books with stitches and then got stuck with what next? Not being prone to use kits and wanting to explore nature with texture and stitches, The Art of Embroidery seemed the perfect choice. The photos of nature and of her designs reproducing nature with stitches on fabric are incredible! My sewing background helped when it came to filling in the details of the instructions from time to time. I have already made several things inspired by this book AND I have preordered her next book on felt!
artistic vision February 5, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is not a "how to" book. No patterns here. It's a wonderful exploration of breaking boundries, and moving away from rules. A great book for those seeking inspiration to look beyond the norm. Love it, but not for everyone. Lucious photography in the 'artsy' mode. A great companion the the 'The Art of Knitting' book by the same author.
 the ultimate embroidery expose if you have everything else on embroidery December 24, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If an artsy representation of nature in embroidered forms is your thing, and you have every other possible embroidery publication, buy this one--but only if you want a complete literature on the subject. It is not a 'how-to' and not particularly inspirational unless you are a student of textile arts.
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