Unleash your creativity and find your unique artistic voice with this inspiring guide to free motion embroidery.
Perfect for both beginners and seasoned textile artists, this book takes you through the entire creative journey—from finding inspiration to designing and stitching your own textile art.
Explore the beauty in everyday objects and learn how to transform them into stunning embroidered pieces using innovative free machine embroidery techniques. With a fresh, modern approach, this guide combines traditional methods with contemporary flair, helping you create beautiful layered and stitched artworks.
Featuring 8 detailed projects and a wealth of inspirational finished pieces, this book encourages you to draw inspiration from the world around you
animals
birds
gardens
beach huts,
and more.
Each project is designed to help you develop your skills and confidence, allowing you to create gorgeous stitched pictures that reflect your personal style. Start your journey into the world of textile art and discover the joy of free motion embroidery.
Katie Essam, a textile artist and author, lives in Bexhill, East Sussex, UK. Since graduating in 2011 from the University of Hertfordshire with a BA Hons in Contemporary Applied Art, she has been struck with a passion for textiles. Having taught herself freehand machine embroidery, appliqué and many other textile techniques, she now combines them to make original framed, mixed media textile art pieces, inspired by the beauty in everyday objects and vintage. To see more of Katie's work visit: www.katie-essam.co.uk
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Unleash your creativity and find your unique artistic voice with this inspiring guide to free motion embroidery.
Perfect for both beginners and seasoned textile artists, this book takes you through the entire creative journey—from finding inspiration to designing and stitching your own textile art.
Explore the beauty in everyday objects and learn how to transform them into stunning embroidered pieces using innovative free machine embroidery techniques. With a fresh, modern approach, this guide combines traditional methods with contemporary flair, helping you create beautiful layered and stitched artworks.
Featuring 8 detailed projects and a wealth of inspirational finished pieces, this book encourages you to draw inspiration from the world around you
animals
birds
gardens
beach huts,
and more.
Each project is designed to help you develop your skills and confidence, allowing you to create gorgeous stitched pictures that reflect your personal style. Start your journey into the world of textile art and discover the joy of free motion embroidery.
Katie Essam, a textile artist and author, lives in Bexhill, East Sussex, UK. Since graduating in 2011 from the University of Hertfordshire with a BA Hons in Contemporary Applied Art, she has been struck with a passion for textiles. Having taught herself freehand machine embroidery, appliqué and many other textile techniques, she now combines them to make original framed, mixed media textile art pieces, inspired by the beauty in everyday objects and vintage. To see more of Katie's work visit: www.katie-essam.co.uk
View titles by Katie Essam
