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Embroidered Landscapes

Hand Embroidery Layering & Surface Stitching

Judy Wilford

Description

This book is about the processes and techniques of designing, stitching and completing realistic interpretations of landscapes. The processes described will enable any embroiderer from any country in the world to adapt and produce hand-embroidered landscapes portraying their own regions.

The techniques are the combination and adaption of different art genre, textiles, traditional stitch’s and hand embroidery techniques. It is the result of over 25 years of experiment, refinement and tutoring by author, Judy Wilford.

The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 covers the materials and equipment needed to design and embroider a landscape. Part 2 contains projects based on different landforms: the coastlines, escarpments, plains and deserts each further develop and extend techniques using fabric and stitch to achieve specific effects.