Description

Merehurst reprint 1990
square format 4to, glazed pictorial boards M 535 gms
(Order reference 10806).

Whatever type of machine you own ~ even if it has no built~in stitch patterns ~ you can use it to create stunning embroideries to decorate your clothes, furnish your home or hang on your walls.

This inspiring and exciting book shows how easy it is for, even a complete beginner to design and sew machine embroideries. The range of stitches and effects that can be produced with modern fabrics and materials is constantly being expanded and many of the skills involved are surprisingly easy to acquire ~ you don't need to be an advanced dressmaker.

Giving detailed information, accompanied by step~by~step photographs, Gail Harker shows how to set up your machine for each stitch, which needle to use, which thread and how to adjust to the correct tension. The book is full of invaluable tips and tricks of the trade that will be of use to beginners and skilled machine embroiderers alike.