Sashiko: Easy & Elegant Designs for Decorative Machine Embroidery

.""thoughtful and well-ordered introduction to the centuries-old art.Parker has enhanced the stitching techniques through her very own innovations.With those new methods and a sewing machine, the once labor-consuming task.becomes a joy--and a true act of creation.A mouth-watering 'gotta try' wealth of designs and information."--Booklist Sashiko--the traditional Japanese blue-and-white style of decorative quilting--has long entranced sewers throughout the world. With these innovative, timesaving strategies, it's easier than ever to do! Substituting the machine for handwork, you can stitch the patterns in long, unbroken lines. The results are classic and graceful, as always. Choose from 20 home-decor and clothing projects, including a bedspread, coasters, crib quilt, totes, and jackets. With a pattern dictionary of more than 100 designs for a lifetime of inspiration, this is a gorgeous and practical gift for sewers, quilters, and textile artists.

"Thoughtful and well-ordered introduction...twenty-five projects range from a sampler table runner to decorative screen panels...more than 100 stitch patterns. A mouth-watering 'gotta try' wealth of designs and information."--"Booklist." "Provides fairly easy projects. A good selection...on a topic of increasing interest."--"Library Journal."

A mouth-watering 'gotta try' wealth of designs and information."--"Booklist. "Provides fairly easy projects. A good selection ...on a topic of increasing interest."--"Library Journal.

“ Thoughtful and well-ordered introduction...twenty-five projects range from a sampler table runner to decorative screen panels...more than 100 stitch patterns....A mouth-watering ‘ gotta try’ wealth of designs and information.” — Booklist. “ Provides fairly easy projects. A good selection... on a topic of increasing interest.” — Library Journal.