Asian-inspired lampshades embellished with flying fish. Canvas sneakers
decorated with pink and white swirls. A pretty pillow adorned with a
sleeping bunny, sweetly curled up. All it takes to create these
appealing projects--or add charming embroidered touches in no time at
all--are a few simple stitches, some easy techniques, and the nearly 30
projects in this book. Begin by learning several styles for outlining,
filling, decorating, and appliqué. Find out about floss, fancy threads,
fabrics, and needles. Get the scoop on hoops, and the lowdown on
transferring your very own designs onto every type of fabric. The fresh
ideas, witty patterns, and clever color illustrations take stitchers
from novice to accomplished in a blink of the eye!
"Doodle Stitching is a truly cute book...full of practical and
whimsical projects that are neither boring or stodgy.... The projects
section of Doodle Stitching shows how to make so many ordinary items
special, such as pillow cases, skirts, shoes, shirts, scarves, boxer
shorts and napkins. For those that like to take their creativity and
sewing skills that little bit further, there are small projects to make
and embroider, ... This is a good book for beginner embroiderers that
would like a fun place to start, for more experienced embroiderers that
might have become a bit jaded with more traditional patterns and could
do with some light inspiration, and for anyone that likes to look at
well-designed craft books full of cute projects."--Whipup.net
