This inspiring, practical guide to goldwork and silk shading is packed with both traditional and innovative techniques, 6 samplers and 28 stunning projects. Learn how to create exquisite works using either goldwork or silk shading, and then learn how to combine the two disciplines for visually stunning results.
Learn to select the threads, materials and equipment required; plan out the order of your work; transfer your design to fabric; frame up your fabric; and discover inspiring stitch techniques to achieve the results you want.
Using nature as inspiration, develop a glittering range of exquisitely worked flowers, plants, trees, bats and dragonflies, with each piece accompanied by detailed instructions and essential top tips. The book features original designs throughout, and you will be encouraged to extend your skills to create your own beautiful embroideries, helped by exercises, projects, diagrams and stunning photographs.
This book is an invaluable practical starting point for anyone wishing to learn about the art of goldwork and silk shading, and an excellent reference for all those already familiar with these popular techniques.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Equipment
Needles
Fabrics
Frames
Dressing a square frame
Hoops and ring frames
Working with hoops and ring frames
Transferring a design
Padding
Mounting your work
Goldwork embroidery
Rules for goldwork
Order of work
PROJECT: Wild Rose
Metal threads
Basic goldwork techniques
Purls
Purl chippings
Shading with chippings
Graded cutwork
Stem stitch formation
Purl loops
Fuzzy effect
Couched threads
Twists
MIlliary
Plunging threads
Pearl purl
Elizabethan twist
Kid
Broad, 11’s and whipped plate
Three-dimensional goldwork
Project: Christmas Rose
Project: Goldwork Violet
Silk shading
Rules for silk shading
Order of work
Project: Silk-shaded Wild Rose
Silk shading threads
Silk shading techniques
Split stitch
Silk shading
Adding a three-dimensional element
Project: Three-dimensional Christmas Rose
Project: Silk-shaded violet
Goldwork and silk shading combined
Rules for combining goldwork and silk shading
Order of work
Project: Comined wild rose
Complimentary embroidery stitches
Adding a three-dimensional element
Project: Three-dimensional Christmas rose
Project: Combined violet
Flowers
Project: Flowers sampler
Taking a simple flower further in metal threads
Taking a simple flower further in stranded cotton
Project: Gold and silk work Iris
Trees
Project: Trees sampler
Small trees
Goldwork bark
Project: goldwork winter tree
Silk-shaded bark
Project: Silk-shaded winter tree
Project: Bonsai tree
Leaves, seeds and berries
Project: Leaves sampler
Project: One leaf, many ways
Project: Berry and seed sampler
Project: Acorns
Fronds and fungi
Project: Fronds sampler
Project: Fronds
Project: Fungi sampler
Project: Fun fungi
Butterflies, bats and beasts
Project: Three Butterflies
Project: 3D Goldwork and silkwork butterfly
Project: Three Bats
Project: Bat
Project: Three Dragonflies
Project: Large Dragonfly
Project: Bats
Projects
Project: Clematis Early Semi-Double Dr Ruppel
Project: Sumer Wildlife Garden
Project: Autumn
Project: Robin
Glossary
Index
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