Drawn to Stitch

It doesn't get much better than Friday afternoon does it?!?! The weekend is so close you can touch it!

Have you got your weekend plans sorted? Maybe a spot of gardening, a touch of cooking, maybe read a book or two?

If you haven't decided on anything yet, why not get yourself a copy of Gwen Hedley's Drawn to Stitch.

The latest top-notch needlecraft offering from Batsford Books is a practical guide to the use of line in embroidery and textile art, and is presented as a series of exercises designed to help the reader explore line's potential and to develop their creativity.

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Line is an essential component of textile art, and when used effectively it can convey texture, tone, form, movement and mood.

Drawn to Stitch covers  line and mark-making tools, materials and processes - including printing and mixed-media techniques - and then moves into stitch, with stunning examples and explanations on how to interpret different line qualities from crisp and sharp to soft and diffused, from raised and overlaid to recessed and inlaid.

If you're a fan of Batsford Books high-end design principles and 'needlecrafts as art' philosophy, or you're familiar with Gwen's work and would like to learn how to incorporate certain elements in your own textile art, then this really is the book for you.

Drawn to Stitch by Gwen Hedley has an RRP of $39.99. 

Hardback, 128 pages. ISBN: 9781906388805