Little Stitches 100+ Sweet Embroidery Designs 12 Projects [Paperback]

Hoeys name is familiar to many modern quiltersshes one of the founders of the popular Fat Quarterly e-zine, and her fabric lines for Moda blend fairy-tale whimsy with cheery color palettes. In her first book, she applies her charming aesthetic to a variety of small-scale embroidery projects. After an introduction to basic embroidery stitches and their uses, Hoey presents a variety of projects that combine small embroidered designs with simple sewing. The motifs are interchangeable, and all are included on reusable iron-on transfers. VERDICT Embroidery is gaining in popularity, especially among younger crafters. Hoeys cute, vintage-inspired approach will appeal to novice stitchers.Grown-up playtime with Aneela Hoey. Little Stitches contains more than 100 sweet embroidery designs as well ad 12 special projects using the embroidery designs. Aneela, who also designs fabric for Moda, learned to embroider in school at the young age of eight. These designs have ageless appeal, so how about starting a mother/daughter embroidery club teaching the next generation the joys of needlework. Different designs could be done each month with show and tell and project construction completed at the next months gathering. The book is extra useful with the iron-on transfers for each design included in the back of the book.This little bestseller from C&T Publishing is pricey, but for a good reason. Besides featuring Aneelas wonderful slices-of-life artwork, her style is a little different. Theres a lot of fill-in stitching and texturizing that goes way beyond straight outlines. AND theres an iron-on transfer sheet pullout so you can immediately start recreating Aneelas stitched smiles. Dont worry. If the sheet gets used up, the original patterns are also printed in the book.Little Stitches contains one hundred of designer Aneela Hoey's hand-drawn illustrations printed on transfer paper to use and reuse. Learn decorative embroidery stitches plus techniques for adding texturlƒ'