Crewel Birds - Hazel Blomkamp

Crewel Birds by Hazel Blomkamp is the fourth title in the author’s series exploring crewel embroidery with a distinctive twist. This paperback edition brings together six bird-themed projects alongside a comprehensive stitch and technique reference.

Key details

• Author: Hazel Blomkamp
• Subtitle: Jacobean embroidery takes flight
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 176
• Publisher: Search Press
• ISBN: 9781782218340

Synopsis

Focusing on farm and game birds, this volume presents designs that nod to current trends, including a Zentangle-style look created through crewel filling stitches and related techniques. Hazel Blomkamp showcases her signature approach to surface and crewel embroidery, introducing a wide range of stitches, including new variations and fresh combinations designed to add interest and texture.

Six projects are explained with step-by-step instructions and clear photographs, supported by design templates and a full stitch gallery. Alongside the embroidery, the book also covers hand quilting backgrounds and finishing edges with binding to assemble the pieces into a rag book as an alternative to framing, making it well suited to embroiderers seeking more complex techniques and a different kind of project finish.

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