Demonstrates how to add stylish, sophisticated, personalized touches to craft projects made of fabric, plastic, clay, and paper, including quilts, garments, and many other items, through the use of a variety of embellishments, in a guide that comes complete with detailed instructions and more than 150 full-color photographs. Original.

"Creative ideas to dress up greeting cards, gift packages & more"--Cover.

Creating Couture Embellishment offers a step-by-step guide to manipulating fabric and making and applying a rich variety of embellishments. Chapters cover fabric-manipulation techniques of pleating, quilting, tucking, ruffling, shirring and smocking, as well as the fabrication and application of feathers, beading, embroidery, flowers, decorative ribbons and bows, bias bindings and piping, fringe, braids and passementerie. The heirloom quality created by the insertion or application of lace is also explored. A comprehensive sourcebook of ideas for the student, professional and home sewer alike.

An illustrated guide to embellishing dolls with beads Beading, one of the oldest forms of craft, is also a hot new trend and being used in new applications. Beadwork, which has typically been used in fashion, home decoration, and jewelry, is reaching for new horizons and showing up on quilts, journals, knits, crochet, and fiber arts of all kinds. In this book, author Patti Medaris Culea and beading experts Anne Hesse and Laura McCabe illustrate new ways of using various bead techniques to embellish the cloth doll. Sections include the basics of beadwork, beaded flowers for her hair, bead embroidered faces, starbursts (using crystals to enhance the figure), and wings and things (creating wings, crowns, and shoes with beads). Each chapter presents a different type of beading application in detail, with full instructions. Techniques are highlighted with step-by-step photos. A gallery of interpretations of the same pattern by leading artists is included for further inspiration.

With Embellishments for Adventurous Sewing, you'll delve into various methods of applique, learn the nuances of free-motion embroidery and thread sketching, and learn to maximize the decorative stitches and embroidery capabilities of your sewing machine.

The popular author of Creative Embellishments is back with even more exciting ideas to explore! Packed with inspiration, this book offers 16 creative techniques to try with paper and fabric. Discover out-of-the-ordinary uses for everyday items such as facial wipes, hair gel, and shower mats! Play with new techniques and materials; then follow Sherrill's guidelines on design and composition to create a stunning work of art. Master techniques that range from stamping and paper embossing to working with stencils, digital images, glue batik, and much more Browse the stunning galleries--there's one for each technique Learn to ask "What if?" and produce your own symphony of line, color, texture, and value

When sewers and crafters are looking for creative embellishment ideas, Embellishments A to Z will be the first book they turn to. Whether they sew garments, quilts, or pillows, they'll find exactly the right technique here. More than 17 major embellishment techniques are covered in this quick reference, including applique, couching, devore, laminating, piping, stenciling, stitch and slash, and much more. Many techniques include new variations for even more looks. In convenient alphabetical order, each technique is easy to find. Illustrated with full-color photos and drawings, the step-by-step instructions for each technique make the information accessible to readers of all skill levels. Even the advanced sewer will find plenty of inspirational ideas.