Freestyle Machine Embroidery

By Carol Shinn

Explore the possibilities of freestyle machine embroidery and its applications for quilting and fiber art with this inspirational guidebook for all skill levels. This overview of all the basic methods... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596680423
• ISBN13: 9781596680425
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Interweave Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Freestyle Machine Embroidery: Techniques and Inspiration for Fiber Art

I have long admired Carol Shinn's work and was excited to find such a clear and informative book showing her work and methods. The book is all that was promised and more. The photographs are very good and clearly show how Ms Shinn accompishes her wonderful thread paintings. There are excellent examples of other artists' work in this medium and the instructions are concise and thorough. It was also helpful to find that Ms Shinn's methods do not require any high tech sewing machines or specialized equipment. She also gives very good instructions about correcting the problems that might arise while working on fabric. I appreciate good books that deliver what is promised and this one certainly does.

Inspirational

This is one of the best well executed books on machine embroidery. It leads you to explore your work in a very secure way.

the best there is

Very inspirational - Great examples of the author but also wonderful nice wide variety of work by other excellent fiber artists. Examples are clear, lots of detail photos that actual show the fine detail. Instructional sketches are also very clear. Lots of specific problem solving technique

Excellent

Great book. Wish I had it before doing my own free motion quilt. Lots of information and inspiration.

outstanding!

Carol Shinn is a master at freestyle machine embroidery and shares her techniques and methods for creating beautiful works of art with thread. Beginning with an overview to help the reader understand the process she moves into color mixing and how layering threads and understanding gradation can add depth, interest and complexity to your finished pieces. Then she takes you step by step through her process for creating a piece starting with choosing a subject right through to presenting and framing the finished piece. Clear close up photos of the steps make it easy to understand and follow the written directions and makes this book an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to explore or expand their knowledge of the techniques in this book. You'll find it hard not to be inspired by the wonderful clear color photos of Carol's work that appear throughout the book. This book is an outstanding guide to the art of freestyle machine embroidery. Highly recommended.