An Encyclopedia Of Crazy Quilt Stitches And Motifs Paperback – 5 Nov. 1997

An excellent reference book. So many designs and all clearly described.

very clean and extremely informative book on crazy patchment - perfect - very clear instructions - invalueable to me - thank you.

Amazing book

Slightly dated but invaluable reference book.

Beautifully laid out with clear illustrtions,well spaced and easy to follow diagrams. A very stimulating book I can`t wait to put some of the ideas into practise.

For the fans.A lot of stiches and motifs.Good explain, step by step.After, you cannot say, embroidery it's difficult.

This is a beautiful book with clear simple instruction and some beautiful pictures to inspire you.

De nombreux modèles de points pour enjoliver les crazy quilt

Très beau livre et très bien expliqué. Il faut prendre le temps de le lire pour pouvoir réaliser de très belles choses.

Thanks to the positive reviews seen here, I ordered this book and have been very pleased with it. I do have a couple of other books showing crazy quilt stitches, but this one is by far the easiest to understand. The most helpful feature of this book is that it has very simple diagrams that are somewhat like dance step diagrams: showing the stitch numbered with 1-2-3 etc. and saying "come up at 1, go down at 2, come up at 3." As a result I was able to master several stitches that I had not been able to learn from other books. This may seem silly, but I have always had trouble with French knots--probably the most basic stitch there is. I learned from this book that my problem was that I was not holding the tension properly. That right there was worth the price of the book to me. My French knots look great now!Additionally, there is a small section on ribbon embroidery which covers several of the basic ribbon embroidery stitches in the same manner, which enabled me to embroider a basket of flowers very similar to the one in the lower left corner of the cover. Having previously managed a total of two uneven ribbon roses using another book on ribbon embroidery, I was extremely pleased with my results!Perhaps the second most helpful feature of this book is the demonstration of combining stitches. Illustrations and the photos offer a great many examples of how to combine two or three of the basic stitches to make completely different effects. I've used these examples to learn with, and they have helped to inspire me to expand on them with my own ideas.A truly advanced embroiderer would probably not benefit very much from this book, which I would say is intended for the beginning crazy quilter and beginning-to-intermediate embroiderer. In that regard perhaps the title is a little misleading. If you are really looking for a book that covers virtually every stitch known to man, you want Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches. But you will not find the diagrams in that book as easy to understand as the ones in this book. So if you want to learn basic embroidery stitches and how to combine them easily to great effect, this book is an excellent choice.

This book is the best embroidery tutorial I've had. It has a lot of gorgeous photos to see what the stitches look like. The tutorials are drawn out with great explanations and show each step. I couldn't embroider without this book!

First off thank-you for the note the seller included. I enjoy the personal touch. I struck pure gold with this book. The ideas and combination of stitches are wonderful