Design in Embroidery: The Creative Approach in Needlework by Violet M. Endacott

Whether you are an expert needleworker or a beginner who has not yet mastered all of the aspects of this age-old craft, this book will show you how to become an artist with your needle. Along with the basics such as what to embroider, how to enlarge a design, tools and materials and transferring a design to fabric, the following forms of needlework are definitively explained in this book: Assisi work, applique, Ayrshire work, blackwork, Broderie Anglaise, canvas work, cross stitch, darning, double running, drawn threadwork, embroidery with metallic threads, hardanger, Hedebo, laid and couched work, machine embroidery, Mountmellick work, needleweaving, net embroidery, patchwork, pulled or drawn fabric work, quilting, Renaissance, Richelieu and Reticella work, shadow work, silk embroidery and smocking. Information is also provided with regard to finishing your embroidery and restoring, repairing and cleaning embroidery.

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