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    Craft Workbook: Cross Stitch
    Craft Workbook: Cross Stitch
    Craft Workbook: Cross Stitch
    Ebook133 pages39 minutes

    Craft Workbook: Cross Stitch

    By Charlotte Gerlings

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    These books are designed with the absolute beginner in mind, as well as those who would welcome a refresher in these most popular needlecrafts. Each book includes two or three specific projects for readers to get stuck into, with straightforward instructions and large, clear illustrations. With a section on choosing the right equipment, glossary of terms and abbreviations and even a section on aftercare of your handmade products - as well as including both UK and US terminology - this is the perfect starter series that caters for all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcturus Publishing
    Release dateDec 2, 2013
    ISBN9781782128458
    Craft Workbook: Cross Stitch
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    Charlotte Gerlings

    Charlotte Gerlings was born in Reading, England into a home where her mother and grandmother were regularly occupied with dressmaking and stage costumes. She graduated in Publishing from Oxford Polytechnic (now Oxford Brookes) and began work in London as a design assistant with a leading art publisher, before moving into trade publishing. She gained an MA in Fine Art from Wimbledon School of Art and has written books on art history and crafts.

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      Book preview

      Craft Workbook - Charlotte Gerlings

      To Thelma M. Nye, craft editor at B.T. Batsford Ltd for over thirty years and friend and advisor to many grateful authors and designers

      Front cover: buttons produced and photographed by Sam Gillespie

      Back cover fabrics and threads (see numbering below): 1 Aida (block weave) fabric 2 Evenweave fabric 3 Perle [pearl] cotton twist 4 6-stranded polyester 5 6-stranded rayon 6 6-stranded cotton 7 Blending filament 8 Metallic hand- or machine embroidery thread 9 Metallic twist for embroidery, tassels and cords (divisible) 10 6-stranded metallic polyester 11 Matt soft cotton (stranded) 12 Perle [pearl] cotton twist, plain and variegated

      Materials provided and photographed by kind permission of DMC Creative World Ltd (visit www.dmccreative.co.uk to find out more), and Madeira UK (www.madeira.co.uk)

      This edition published in 2012 by Arcturus Publishing Limited

      26/27 Bickels Yard, 151–153 Bermondsey Street,

      London SE1 3HA

      Copyright © 2011 Arcturus Publishing Limited

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended). Any person or persons who do any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      ISBN: 978-1-78212-845-8

      AD001660EN

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      PART I:EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS

      Needles and fabrics

      Equipment

      Working with hoops and frames

      Needles

      Threads

      Fabrics and thread counts

      Calculating quantities

      Cross stitch charts and how to read them

      Charting your own design

      Blank cross stitch grids

      Readymades

      PART II:CROSS STITCH METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

      Record card

      Preparing fabric

      Preparing threads

      Starting and fastening off

      Basic stitches

      The history of samplers

      Backstitch alphabet

      Popular sampler motifs

      Assisi work

      Heraldic beasts and mythical creatures

      Assisi-style alphabet

      Cross stitch variations

      Sans serif alphabet plus numerals

      Serif alphabet plus numerals

      Knot stitches

      PART III:STITCHABLES

      Templates

      Greetings cards

      Decorative bands

      Working with plastic canvas

      Miniature designs

      Borders and corners

      PART IV:BASIC EMBROIDERY STITCHES

      Basic embroidery stitches

      Script alphabet

      Washing, mounting and aftercare

      Terms and abbreviations

      INTRODUCTION

      Cross stitch is one of the oldest forms of hand embroidery, popular all over the world, and it is little wonder that it remains so. Not only is it easy to learn – cross stitch is usually the first embroidery stitch taught to children – but it’s quickly arranged into patterns, pictures and letters by following grid charts where each square represents a single stitch. The pleasure in achievement can become quite addictive as the design grows and different colours are added.

      This book has been prepared with beginners in mind. The essentials of counted cross stitch are set out here with plenty of illustrations to guide you, and a basic range of free-style embroidery stitches has been added in a supplement to the counted thread method. The book also aims to act as a refresher for those who first learned to cross stitch years ago and would like to pick it up again. There are sections on equipment and various threads and fabrics, as well as advice on how to read charts and create your own, including numerous motifs and alphabets for you to use. The terminology used throughout is UK-standard, together with the relevant

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