Pulled Thread Embroidery 64 Patterns Used In Rococo And Today

Timeless Pulled Thread Embroidery Do you love geometric patterns? Do you like embroideries? Did you have a sense of traditions? - Pulled thread embroidery is perfect for you! Here you get many traditional filling patterns which I found in embroidered laces of Rococo period in Europe, from about 300 years ago. I present them with introductions and detail pictures. And I show how you can use them today for your embroideries. You can work in traditional style or free. Realize your ideas. You need only a loosely woven fabric, any thread and an embroidery needle - try pulled thread embroidery.

A huge range of openwork techniques to learn and beautiful projects to make. Also known as 'counted thread openwork', 'pulled threadwork' or 'drawn fabric', this is an openwork effect achieved by simply pulling on the threads of the fabric, without cutting or drawing them. It is worked on loosely woven fabrics using a fine tapestry needle, and counting the threads. The effects vary depending on which stitches are used, how tightly or loosely the fabric is woven and the characteristics of the thread used. The basic stitches can be combined into a multitude of decorative embroidery patterns creating elegant embellishment for numerous items such as table linen, curtains, light-shades, and small personal accessories. Some of these stitches can be used to outline patterns and create openwork motifs, alone or in combination, while others are for filling in larger or smaller areas. Pulled threadwork can be used on its own or combined with other techniques: free embroidery, patchwork, French quilting... let your imagination run riot. Although pulled thread embroidery has ancient origins, it is very suited to modern-day decorative use, and opens up infinite creative possibilities, both in terms of the patterns and the stitches themselves.

Clearly written, profusely illustrated guide for creating attractive lace-like effects by compressing threads of loosely woven background material with tightly pulled stitches. Instructions for edgings; examples of pulled work from past.

Patricia Bage uses clear, step-by-step instructions, photographs and diagrams to explain how to create drawn thread embroideries that combine traditional techniques with contemporary threads, colours and embellishments.

45 traditional designs in the Danish pulled thread technique, with illustrated instructions.

Describes basic materials and techniques, features a stitch glossary, and provides instructions together with simple, advanced, and inspirational projects for tent, florentine, cross, and pulled thread stitches