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Introduction: Creative Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt

December 1st, 2011 3 comments

DVD Title: Creative Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt

Alison Holt is a free-hand creative machine embroider. Rather than work with machine embroidery settings, Alison has devoted 30 years towards becoming a world recognized leader in the art of freehand embroidery of flowers, foliage, landscapes and more.
The author of 3 books on machine embroidery, Alison now offers an intensive 3-hour workshop on the art of Machine Embroidery in this film, “Creative Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt”. Here we see Alison setting the stage for what will be covered!

Duration : 0:1:12

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Creating a Machine Embroidered Landscape: Penylan Lane

November 15th, 2011 3 comments

DVD Title: Creative Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt

Alison Holt is a world-class machine embroiderer who devoted nearly 30 years to creating, teaching and writing books about the art of free-hand Machine Embroidery. In this DVD, we explore creating flowers, foliage and landscapes with Alison as she provides step by step instruction in how to create the magnificent flowers and photo-like landscapes that have made her famous. In “Part Four – Penylan Lane” Alison combines all the skills learned in Parts 1 thru 3 and adds some new techniques — specifically working with a series of photographs to create an original machine embroidered work of art, “Penylan Lane”. “Penylan Lane” is a road in Oswestry, Shropshire, near the Welsh Border in the English countryside. It has magnificent wild flowers such as daisies, poppies, and cow parsley, hedgerows, fields, and tall wild grasses. Alison uses more than 20 colors of thread to achieve the magnificent and one of a kind landscape, “Penylan Lane”, the Cover and Centerpiece of this educational DVD. The theme music, “Penylan Lane” which plays in the background was written by the Director, Andrew Galli (ascap), specifically for the film.

Duration : 0:1:13

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Astilbes: Creating Machine Embroidery DVD

October 17th, 2011 2 comments

DVD Title: Creative Machine Embroidery with Alison Holt

Alison Holt is a world-class machine embroiderer who devoted nearly 30 years to creating, teaching and writing books about the art of free-hand Machine Embroidery. In this DVD, we explore creating flowers, foliage and landscapes with Alison as she provides step by step instruction in how to create the magnificent flowers and photo-like landscapes that have made her famous. In “Part Two – Astilbes” she draws the shape of an astilbe flower and then proceeds to demonstrate how the sewing machine is used to create the flower and stems.

Duration : 0:1:5

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Information Regarding Secrets Of Embroidery

August 21st, 2011 No comments

Shadow embroidery is a technique that creates mysterious shadow effect on the stitched cloth. It is also known as a Whitework technique. Shadow embroidery is done on dress accessories, children’s clothes, lingerie and household linens.

The procedure of making shadow embroidery may sound confusing for the first time, but actually it is extremely easy-to-make. The stitch is worked on sheer, transparent or firmly woven threads. For the ground fabric you may choose whatever you like: viole, batiste, fine linen or muslin, synthetic or sheer silk and so on. Ready made clothes can also be embroidered with the shadow effect stitches. There are few things you have to learn about shadow embroidery. Work double back stitch on the right side of the fabric.

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