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Colour Confidence in Embroidery (Milner Craft Series)
Trish Burr
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Description for Colour Confidence in Embroidery (Milner Craft Series)
Hardcover. Based on her own experience with long and short stitch shading, gained through trial and error over the years, the author provides a greater awareness of how colour affects our embroidery, and what brings it to life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: WFBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 288 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1156.
Each aspect is clearly illustrated by example and includes tools for selecting colours, choosing shades that enhance our embroidery, why some shades blend better than others, and the importance of contrast with light and shadow. There are projects to represent each colour group including stunning roses, camellias, fruit and the much sought-after bee-eater birds, but the highlights of the book for any stitcher have to be the chapters on colour combinations and complementary colours. These include more than 200 stitched examples with DMC thread keys, plus schemes to help choose colours for your own projects. Colour ... Read more
Each aspect is clearly illustrated by example and includes tools for selecting colours, choosing shades that enhance our embroidery, why some shades blend better than others, and the importance of contrast with light and shadow. There are projects to represent each colour group including stunning roses, camellias, fruit and the much sought-after bee-eater birds, but the highlights of the book for any stitcher have to be the chapters on colour combinations and complementary colours. These include more than 200 stitched examples with DMC thread keys, plus schemes to help choose colours for your own projects. Colour ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sally Milner Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
1133g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Binda, Australia
ISBN
9781863514262
SKU
V9781863514262
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 8 to 11 working days
Ref
99-11
About Trish Burr
Trish Burr is a self-taught embroiderer who hungrily consumes all aspects of this fine craft. Through research and practice she has developed this individual technique of surface embroidery. Further details about Trish Burr and her books can be found on her website: http://www.trishburr.co.za/
Reviews for Colour Confidence in Embroidery (Milner Craft Series)
Apr/May 12 Stitching is a very practical craft and it can be done in a simplistic way. Sometimes a piece of work relies on the choice of stitches used to work it and sometimes the texture of the threads plays an important role. But the use of colour affects the piece more than ... Read more