I knew this book would come in handy. I'm not in any way an expert in embroidery. I took sewing classes as a tiny kid until I finished junior high and now I've finally decided to brush up on my skills and get back to sewing, just like my teacher always said I'd do.
The experience I have in any kind of needlework deals mainly with a ton of cross-stitching, knitting and crocheting. I've also dabbled in bead weaving with looms and without them. My grandmother tried to teach me embroidery when I was 9, and while her flowers looked exquisite, mine were too jagged and spotty to look like anything other than the jagged lines of a toddler with a coloring book.
This book however, gave me a guide to the basics of embroidery stitches and how to apply them in various combinations to make something unique. I used several of them to embroider a peter pan collar for a dress I'm making on my sewing machine (see? I was making a point with that meandering intro to this review).
Now I'm a little obsessed with the idea of taking various items from my wardrobe and putting a little kick of color with some embroidery on them, just for the fun of it. I'm drawing designs and figuring out which stitches would best bring my ideas to life in dmc floss. Don't get me wrong, I stuck my finger who knows how many times but I find myself admiring the stitches I made on my collar over and over again. I'm thinking of taking bigger chances with my ideas for future stitching. I'm staring at dmc floss colors on websites and thinking which combinations speak to me in pictures I can recreate in tiny embroidery.
Send help.
Rating 7.5 Stars
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