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Organza Hoop Art

Embroidery Techniques and Projects for Sheer Stitching

by Sarah Godfrey
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Looking for new ways to add a wow factor to your embroidery? Discover fresh, eye-catching embroidery designs with Organza Hoop Art! Using sheer fabric and a few adjustments to basic embroidery techniques, author Sarah Godfrey's approach is beginner-friendly so anyone can accomplish this exciting embroidery style without feeling intimidated. Featuring 12 botanical and whimsical patterns, step-by-step instructions, tips on designing your own embroidery, and so much more, see your stitches in a whole new light! Sarah Godfrey is an acclaimed fiber artist, designer, and owner of The Lake of Spring where she sells patterns, embroidery kits, and finished hoops.

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· Learn to embroider on sheer fabric and see your work in a whole new light

· Includes 12 eye-catching embroidery designs that are nothing like you've ever seen before

· Provides beginner-friendly techniques that make working on sheer fabric easy and approachable for any level of embroider

· Features step-by-step instructions and gorgeous photography to achieve one-of-a-kind embroidery hoops

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  • EMBROIDERY WITH A WOW FACTOR: Embroidering on sheer fabric is a brand new style to try to see your embroidery in a whole new light! These 12 eye-catching embroidery designs are nothing like you've ever seen before that cast unique, dynamic shadows depending on the angle of the light shining through.
  • BEGINNER-FRIENDLY TECHNIQUES: This book makes working on sheer fabric easy and approachable for any level of embroiderers, including beginners. Using a few adjustments to basic embroidery techniques, follow step-by-step instructions and gorgeous photography to achieve one-of-a-kind embroidery hoops.
  • LEARN FROM AN ACCLAIMED ARTIST: Author Sarah Godfrey was ranked as one of the top "16 Inspiring Embroidery Artists to Follow on Instagram" according to BrownPaperBag.com, and she was also featured in the "Top 100 Embroidery Artists" on BeautifulBizarre.net.

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    • Release date

      April 20, 2021

    • Formats

      • OverDrive Read

        • ISBN: 9781607658504

      • EPUB ebook

        • ISBN: 9781607658504
        • File size: 68296 KB

    • Languages

      • English

    • Reviews

      • Booklist

        March 1, 2021
        Any fabric, as Canadian crafter Godfrey so aptly demonstrates, whether tough-wearing denim or fragile, sheer organza, can be a great home for embroidery. Rather than embellishing items, Godfrey's concept in these dozen projects is to create stitched pictures on organza with a floating, ethereal quality framed by a hoop. First, she lists the required tools, materials, and techniques--in this case, ten stitches with start-to-finish explanation and photographs. One of the most helpful sections/sidebars offers her tips to succeed on sheer fabric, from practice first to work over a bright, solid surface. Projects themselves are rather pedestrian, relying on a lot of satin stitches to fill in blocks of color and on very simple design outlines--ladybugs, iris, and floral wreath, for example-- that don't allow for embroidery intricacies. Enlarging measures aren't provided with pattern templates. Appended with a thread-color conversion chart for Anchor and DMC..

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