In Freestyle Embroidery on Wool you will learn how to kickstart your
creativity and become confident at making your own colourful and
expressive designs using appliqué and embroidery on felted wool fabric.
Using her own detailed and imaginative embroidery as examples Karin
Derland teaches you how to go about creating your own designs using
appliqué and embroidery on wool felt. Karin shares plenty of instruction
and helpful tips on making color choices, how to apply ribbons, mirrors
and other accessories, making and using cardboard templates for appliqué
shapes and how to combine different types of threads and stitches for
best effect. Sketches, diagrams and detailed photographs of different
types of embroidered pillows, cushions, cases and other items will give
you a head start on creating and applying your own designs. The book
also offers plenty of inspirational images through Karin's colorful
embroidery that draws on both the Swedish and Indian traditions. These
can be used as an inspirational library of ideas when creating your own
work. How simple or complex a piece becomes is up to you and your own
level of experience and personal choice. Although the emphasis is on
developing your own expressive embroidery, some step-by-step projects
are included to help build confidence before launching out on your own.
This is wool appliqué embroidery at its best - free, beautiful and
generous. A note on materials: The author recommends using kläde and
vadmal, which are both types of Swedish 100% wool fabric of varying
weight. They are made from woven fabric that has an even surface and
processed so there is no visible weave. A good equivalent in the
US/Canada is a felted wool fabric such as Melton wool. Hobby felt
containing polyester is not suitable.
