Bøger af Janet M Perry

What questions do you have about needlepoint? Dry blocking, laying tools, mesh size -- it can be so confusing. Find the answers in this handy guide to needlepoint. Written by a life-long stitcher, beginning stitchers will find it a perfect and easily understood guide to the world of needlepoint. Even experienced stitchers will find great tips and tricks. "a sterling book . . . fills a much-needed niche' - Cynthia H, stitcher

nspired by a simple quilt block and using stash threads, these samplers are fast to stitch and endlessly creative! With every stitches diagrammed, lots of stitched models, and indexes of every stitch used, Needlepoint Heart Samplers is a perfect springboard for creativity. Any color or colors can be the springboard for these small (about 4") designs. You can use them to experiment with color combinations or to make projects based on items such as gems, clothing, or quilts -- or just use the threads left from another project. And while you are making these baubles, you'll be learning new stitches. Get a project perfect for every stitcher!

With over 100 stitches and a gallery of inspirational samplers -- you'll never be at a loos for a small needlepoint stitch again. The four quilt-inspired samplers showcase 25 stitches each in blocks large enough to teach the stitch, but small enough to show off how great they look in small spaces. Your needlepoint will sing with these great stitches!

Scrap Bag Needlepoint is a great new needlepoint technique, that's perfect for scrap savers & thread addicts alike. Delight in a dozen patterns, learn how to chose scraps for needlepoint and make pillows, trivets, mini-socks and more! Each uniquely yours!

Using delightful "crazy" patch templates, these 11 needlepoint projects are a fun way to increase your knowledge of needlepoint stitches. With over 30 stitches, instructions for finishing & creating group projects, you will gets loads of needlepoint fun in this project book. Helps for stitchers include: color pictures of all mini-socks listings of threads and stitches for each project clear stitch diagrams complete index of stitches Written by the Internet's leading needlepoint expert Janet M Perry, Learn-a-Stitch Mini-socks will give new stitchers a taste of different techniques as well as tons of new stitches. For experienced stitchers, the book will give you great ways to create unique quick needlepoint projects. Mini-socks is the first in a series of needlepoint project books that feature stitches and techniques in projects that use the same base design. Future titles in the series include Christmas Lights, Owls, Kimono, and Kokeshi Dolls.

Learn the secrets of the fastest, easiest, and most creative form of needlepoint inside these covers.Here you'll find: How to stitch BargelloHow to solve those nagging problems you may have had in the past . . . and how to prevent them from the start.How to use any kind of thread for Bargello and how to recognize the ones which work in hard wearing places.How to create your own unique color schemes based on clothing, home decor, or threads.How to make over 30 different projects ranging from a cell phone or iPod case to stitcher s accessories.How to find your own patterns and templates to create unique projects.Janet has been stitching Bargello for almost 40 years, and she brings a lifetime of knowledge and ideas to this book. It s by far the most comprehensive Bargello book in print today.More than just a book of projects, Bargello Revisited will give you the tools you need to create some of the most exciting needlepoint around. Not only is every piece unique, Bargello is relaxing, inexpensive, and portable. You can stitch Bargello anywhere with nothing more than a blank piece of canvas, a needle, and the thread of your choice.Every project is pictured in color, along with charts for every pattern and templates to create even more projects. Reference information includes contact information for all the threads used, finishing products manufacturers, a bibliography of great books about Bargello, and a listing of projects available from many companies and teachers for those who become Bargello enthusiasts.Inspiring, complete, and fun, Bargello Revisited will introduce you to a whole new world of needlepoint.Soon you'll be saying: I Bargello, do you