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Beginner Guide to StumpworkKay Dennis Paperback ISBN 0 85532 870 3 260 x 204 mm 80 pages 130 colour photographs To order a signed copy (please tell me what name you want to use) and follow the instructions on the Ordering Information page Code BO1 Price £8.95 + £2.00p&p; |
Beginners Guide to Stumpwork is exactly what it says in the title. I take you through the various tools, equipment and materials you will need before showing you how to make 10 delightful little motifs and finally 2 bigger projects.
There are over 130 high quality colour photographs.
More than 20 'How to' sequences. Step by step pictures and text on how to make the various elements in the motifs.
Over 80 drawings all in colour.
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An embroidered sampler and I show, in great detail, how you can make 5 of the motifs. |
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A sampler made almost entirely in needlelace. I explain, in detail how needlelace is made before showing you how to make the 5 motifs shown in this sampler |
Then there are two projects for the reader to make
The book concludes with patterns for all other motifs shown in the book and on the cover for which there are no detailed instructions.
Official Press Release
Kay Dennis is passionate about Stumpwork. This intricate, raised and padded embroidery has its origins in the seventeenth century, and is enjoying a revival amongst embroiderers and lacemakers. It is wonderfully versatile and will appeal both to the novice and imaginative needleworker. Using a mix of flat, padded, wired and free-standing elements, it employs a wide range of embroidery techniques. This comprehensive and colourful book covers both basic and needle lace techniques – sections on each containing a series of elaborate step-by-step demonstrations showing how to work individual techniques, followed by a project combining all the methods. Kay takes inspiration from a variety of sources and her designs include animals, flowers, fruits and insects – popular motifs in the seventeenth century. She also creates contemporary designs and there are advanced projects on landscape and figurative work. A gallery of Kay’s work is included to stimulate and inspire the reader.
Kay Dennis is a professional embroiderer. She has been teaching both needle lace and stumpwork for a number of years and has written a City & Guilds syllabus in Stumpwork, which she now teaches. In 2001 Kay is teaching City & Guilds Stumpwork at The Embroiderers’ Guild at Hampton Court, this is the first City & Guilds course they have run and the enrolments are high. Kay teaches at private groups, Embroiderers’ Guild Branches and at Adult Education colleges around the country.
Kay is enthusiastic about Stumpwork. This elaborate raised embroidery, originating in the fifteenth century, is enjoying a revival and grows ever more popular with embroiderers and lacemakers. Kay takes inspiration from a variety of sources and her designs include animals, flowers, fruits and insects – which were historically popular subjects. In addition to embroidery Kay’s hobbies include bird-watching and gardening. Kay lives in Middlesex with her husband Michael.
Sample page
Below is a sample page from the book clearly showing one of the 'how to' sequences, one of the stitch diagrams and a photo of the finished project.
Due to the limitations of web pages the quality is not as good compared with the actual page from the book.
