Empowered embroidery

Amy L. Frazer

Book - 2021

Learn to sketch and stitch strong, recognizable women from all walks of life. Featuring sketching and illustration instructions, basic stitches, embroidery techniques, and projects with portraits of famous women, this book is a must-have tool for hands-on artists and crafters. The Art Makers series is designed for beginning artists and arts-and-crafts enthusiasts who are interested in experiencing a fun hands-on medium.

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Subjects
Genres
Patterns (Instructional works)
Pattern books
Instructional and educational works
Published
Mission Viejo, CA : Walter Foster 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Amy L. Frazer (author)
Item Description
At head of title: Art makers.
"Transform sketches into embroidery patterns and stitch strong, iconic women from the past and present"--Cover.
Physical Description
128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
ISBN
9781633228849
  • Introduction
  • Essential tools & materials
  • Drawing ideas
  • Getting started
  • Stitching guide & techniques
  • Stitch map
  • Transferring designs to fabric
  • Step-by-step drawing & embroidery projects: Frida Kahlo ; Eleanor Roosevelt ; Maya Angelou ; Harriet Tubman ; Ruth Bader Ginsburg ; Michelle Obama
  • Resources.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Illustrator Frazer brings a feminist flair to embroidery in her winning debut that "honors the lifetime and work" of such feminist trailblazers as Eleanor Roosevelt, Frida Kahlo, and Harriet Tubman. Frazer starts with the basics, instructing on fabric, threads, embroidery needles, and tool kit must-haves. The author then guides the reader through the process of drawing a portrait suitable for embroidery, beginning with a creative sketch, and transferring it to a clean line drawing. In capturing each woman, Frazer encourages readers to dig into biographies and quotations to "feed your brainstorm and sketching." Each project offers a pattern if readers don't want to draw their own: a colorful Kahlo embroidery is broken down into steps for her hair, eyes, mouth, and floral crown; and a portrait of Maya Angelou offers tips for finishing a project and how to keep the backside of a project neat. Frazer focuses on individual artistry: "capturing someone's exact likeness isn't necessarily the goal here. The objective is to capture what these women mean to you." Embroiderers looking to push their creativity will be rewarded by these projects. (Mar.)

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