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197EMBROI DERYSTI TCHES 203Pageswi t h197Embr oi der ySt i t c hes . Theor i gi nal c opyoft hi sr ar ebookwaspr i nt edi n1912 I nt hi sc ol l ec t i onofEmbr oi der ySt i t c hes ,Ihav eendeav our edt opl ac ebef or et hos e ar t i s t swhoar ei nt er es t edi nneedl ec r af tanex pos i t i onoft hemos tus ef ul andar t i s t i c s t i t c hest hathav ef or medapar tofmyownwor kdur i ngs ev er al y ear s ' s t udyand pr ac t i c eofAr tEmbr oi der y . Someoft hes ewi l l bef ami l i art oNeedl ear t i s t s:ot her swi l l s er v et oex empl i f yhow, i npr oc es sofwor k i ng,f r es hs t i t c hesmaybeev ol v edf r om ol dones;orhow,when or i gi nal i t ygai nsgr oundent i r el ynews t i t c hesbec omeappar entandwor k abl e. Apoi nts omewhatov er l ook edi nAr tEmbr oi der yi st hef ac tt hateac hs epar at es t i t c h i sades i gni ni t s el f . I ft hi spr i nc i pl ebef ul l yr ec ogni s ed,t henec es s i t yf orc ar ef ul ands y s t emat i cs t udyof t hef or msandf unc t i onsofEmbr oi der ySt i t c heswi l l i mmedi at el ybec omeobv i oust o t hes t udentandwor k er . Embr oi der ySt i t c hesi spl annedwi t hav i ewt of ac i l i t at i ngr ef er enc e,andt oaf f or di ng i mmedi at ec onc ept i onoft hei nt i mat ec onnec t i onbet weeni l l us t r at i onandex pl anat i on. Toat t ai nt hi send,t hei l l us t r at i onsar epl ac edi nuni f or ms pac est hr oughoutt hev ol ume, t wooneac hpage;andi neac hc as et hedes c r i pt i onappear soppos i t ei t sc or r es pondi ng des i gn.
STI TCHPATTERNSandDESI GNSForEMBROI DERY PREFACE I nt hepr ef ac et ot hef i r s tedi t i onof"Si mpl eSt i t c hPat t er nsf orEmbr oi der y , " Iex pl ai nedt hatmyobj ec twasnott oc ompet ewi t ht hebook sonembr oi der yandf i ne needl ewor kal r eadywr i t t enbyex per t s ,butt odev i s eas i mpl eanddi r ec tmet hodof dec or at i v es t i t c her yf orwor k er swi t hl i t t l el ei s ur ef orf i newor k ,andt ohel pt eac her s , dr es s mak er s ,andot her st obei ndependentoft hepr i nt edt r ans f er sanddes i gns . Thes uc c es sof"Si mpl eSt i t c hPat t er ns"hasenc our agedmet oc ar r yf ur t hert he met hodofbui l di ngupor der l yandbal anc eddes i gnsons t i t c hesandgr oupsofs t i t c hes , andaddi ngt ot henumberandv ar i et yofs ugges t i v epat t er ns ,t her eby ,Ihope,gi v i ng pr ac t i c al hel pwhi l ef os t er i ngt hel ov eofpat t er nmak i ngwhi c hi si nher enti nal mos tal l ofus . Someoft hepat t er nss hownher er equi r emor es k i l l t handot hos ei nt heabov ebook , andt hought hi sbookmaybec ons i der edadev el opmentofi t ,nei t heri si nanyway dependentont heot her . Themet hodandus eoft het wos i mpl egaugesex pl ai nedher ehav ei npr ac t i c ebeen muc happr ec i at edasameansofi nt r oduc t i ont oor i gi nal el ement ar ydes i gnf orc r af t wor k gener al l y . A.B. J . CONTENTS PREFACE.......v i i LI STOFI LLUSTRATI ONS: ( a)Pl at es;( b)Tex tI l l us t r at i onsandDi agr ams.i x I .I NTRODUCTI ONi I I .THEMETHODANDTHEGAUGES. . .2 I I I .STI TCHES,COLOUR,ANDMATERI ALS:.9 I V.PLATESWI THDESCRI PTI VEDETAI LS..16
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