Helen Stevens' World of Embroidery

Helen Stevens' World of Embroidery
Author: Helen M. Stevens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Embroidery
ISBN: 9780715309773

Celebrates the diverse beauty of nature from around the globe.

Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Gardens

Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Gardens
Author: Helen M. Stevens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2008
Genre: Embroidery
ISBN: 9780715329849

This is the fifth title in "The Masterclass Embroidery Series" showing how to create stunning embroideries designed by internatio- nally acclaimed textile artist Helen M. Stevens.Helen explores a range of beautiful garden settings, from the intimate and personal cottage garden, to the stately splendour of the formal country park, using pure silk embroidery threads to achieve astonishingly realistic effects.Each of the five chapters builds toward an in-depth masterclass project including landscape templates and close-up detailed colour templates of garden wildlife, as well as colour keys and step-by-step stitching instructions.Easy-to-follow colour photographs illustrate the working stages of each masterclass embroidery, ensuring that perfect results can be achieved when recreating the picturesque designs.

The Myth & Magic of Embroidery (Helen Stevens' Masterclass

The Myth & Magic of Embroidery (Helen Stevens' Masterclass
Author: Helen Stevens
Publisher: David & Charles
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000-05-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780715307748

A collection of embroideries focusing on nature, the countryside and sacred places. Each chapter contains an adaptation of a legend or fable.

Embroiderer's Country Album

Embroiderer's Country Album
Author: Helen M. Stevens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Country life in art
ISBN: 9780715308257

Helen Stevens recreates with consummate artistry the atmosphere, buildings, and wildlife of the traditional country scene, giving full instructions for all techniques and stitches.

The Timeless Art of Embroidery

The Timeless Art of Embroidery
Author: Helen M. Stevens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1997
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

In this third collection of her glorious embroidery, Helen M. Stevens offers a fascinating window on the past. Fables, fashions, and pastimes, rural life, animals, birds and insects--the subjects of her work are brought vividly to life in the superb color plates, and all the techniques and stitches she employs are explained in detail.

Redoute's Finest Flowers in Embroidery

Redoute's Finest Flowers in Embroidery
Author: Trish Burr
Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2002
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1863512934

“Trish Burr has painstakingly recreated blooms from the paintings of 19th-century botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redouté in exquisite embroidery. Using only the simplest stitches, she provides instructions, illustrations and photographs to take you step-by-step through stitching 17 beautiful blossoms—roses, lilies, birds of paradise, dahlias, magnolias and more. A gorgeous gift for anyone with a passion for flowers or needlework.”—Vogue Patterns.

Needle Painting Embroidery

Needle Painting Embroidery
Author: Trish Burr
Publisher: Sally Milner Pub
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2011
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781863514200

As a self-taught embroiderer, Burr understands the need for clarity. The embroideries are divided into three levels, each designed to take you onto the next stage of needle painting. The projects feature traditional flowers, and two small, colorful and delightful South African birds.

Contemporary Embroidery

Contemporary Embroidery
Author: Anne Morrell
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1994
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780289801055

Introduces the different embroidered works and styles of thirty-eight artists

The Embroiderer's Countryside

The Embroiderer's Countryside
Author: Helen M. Stevens
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-03-15
Genre: Country life in art
ISBN: 9780715308264

Embroidery artist Helen M. Stevens lives and works in the heart of the Suffolk countryside, which inspires her embroideries of wild animals, birds and flowers. This book reproduces in colour a collection of 75 examples of her work, and also contains a discussion of the techniques used.