Christen Brown has been creating with fibre and fabric since childhood. She studied fashion design in college and has been creating wearable art since 1986. Her ribbon work has been featured worldwide in galleries, fashion shows, and magazines such as Martha Stewart Weddings. Christen lives in San Diego, CA. Visit www.christenbrown.com for more information.
This handy booklet showcases 30 stitches common to embroidery. The techniques are shown in picture and written step by step and with recommendations and advice for fabric, thread and embellishments that will give your embroidery a professional and beautiful finish. It is a pocket sized book, and includes some very beautiful pieces of embroidery work, giving inspiration and stunning ideas. Starting with a simple Blanket stitch, Chain stitch, Chevron stitch and many others are included in this fabulous guide, You probably wouldn't need many more to get started. No needlework box should be without this informative and educational guidebook and it would make a great gift for beginners and advanced sewists. Embroidery Stitching is perfect if you want to learn the various embroidery stitches or just need to remind yourself of which stitch is best for your project. -- Tracy Shephard * Postcard Reviews *