Joyful Stitching: Transform Fabric with Improvisational Embroidery - Paperback

by Laura Wasilowski (Author)

Stitch playful projects

Dive into Laura's delightful world of embroidery and learn how to create small, free-form embroidery pieces that are alive with color and texture. With instructions for 21 basic embroidery stitches and 6 projects, all in Laura's signature colorful, whimsical style, you'll transform a flat, plain surface into a joyful, design-packed art piece. Stitch on wool, felt, or silk, and enjoy the simple pleasure of slow stitching. Includes a gallery of display ideas, as well as additional ideas for using free-form stitching.

- Begin with simple shapes and fill them with improvisational stitchery
- Change up the provided designs, swapping out colors and trying new stitch combinations, to create your own unique work
- From popular, best-selling author and teacher Laura Wasilowski

Author Biography

Laura Wasilowski's current flame is the art quilt. This latest love is a marriage of fabric, color, hand embroidery, and whimsy that she truly enjoys. Laura Lives in Elgin, Illinois, where she hand dyes fabric and threads for her business, Artfabrik.