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Craftsy

Stitch It With Wool: Crewel Embroidery

via Craftsy

Overview

Description Discover the time-honored art of crewel embroidery with a front-row seat to every stitch! Expert embroiderer Kristin Nicholas guides you through 25 stitches, beginning with basics that work wonderfully for outlines, text and borders. Play with color and texture as you add dazzling dimension to your designs with the laid stitch and spiderweb stitch and create gorgeous fills using turkey work, needle weaving, squared filling and the cloud stitch. Bring two free pillow patterns to life in spectacular style with Kristin’s expert tips for steaming and finishing your embroidery and preventing fabric fray. Finally, discover inspiring design ideas that will leave you eager to embroider everything from gifts to decor with the lavish look of crewel embroidery.

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Materials & Transferring
  • Basic Stitches
  • Embellished Basic Stitches
  • Fancy Stitches
  • Fill Stitches
  • Sculpted Stitches
  • Finishing & Inspiration

Taught by

Kristin Nicholas

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