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Stitch Draw - by Rosie James (Paperback)

Stitch Draw - by  Rosie James (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>To make a fresh artistic statement, turn on your sewing machine and use it to draw! Rosie James--a leading exponent of figurative stitching--guides newcomers through the ins and outs of this hot look. She lays out a repertoire of techniques, including transferring drawing to cloth, working with transparencies, stitching on photographs, using multicolored threads, layering images, and creating pleasing compositions.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Use your thread and needle like a pencil! This guide to figurative stitching with the sewing machine will help you expand your repertoire and master this increasingly popular technique. </b> <p/> When you want to make a fresh artistic statement, put down the pencil and turn on the sewing machine instead! Figurative stitch work is a hot look, and Rosie James--a leading exponent of the style--takes newcomers by the hand and guides them through its ins and outs. Using her own gorgeous drawings, plus those of other top artists, she lays out a repertoire of techniques, including: transferring drawing to cloth, working with transparencies, stitching on photographs, using multicolored threads, layering images, and creating a pleasing composition.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>For anyone who admires the abilities of Rosie James and other artists in drawing figures with stitch, this book is a fascination.</p>--<b>Wokshop on the Web</b>, <i><b>Wokshop on the Web</b></i><br><br><p>One of our favourite books this year </p>--<b>Embroidery Magazine</b>, <i><b>Embroidery Magazine</b></i><br><br><p>This book is well laid-out and anyone could pick it up and have a go. The book has a velvet-soft tactile cover that makes it a little bit special. </p>--<b>Craft Focus</b>, <i><b>Craft Focus</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Rosie James is a textile artist who exhibits widely and runs workshops throughout England on her technique of stitch drawing.

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