Foolproof Freeform Embroidery: Exploring Your Creativity with Fabric, Threads & Stitches

by Jennifer Clouston

Your guide to crafting embroidery masterpieces! Embark on an embroidery adventure with Jennifer as your mentor, igniting your own creative process. Discover Jennifer's organic approach, inspiring you to forge your path in embroidery. This book unravels everything from daily neural challenges to unconventional backgrounds, "auditioning" threads to create a unique color palette, and blending traditional stitches with a modern flair. Watch as common stitches morph into extraordinary treasures. Go on a journey through the stages of crafting unique embroidery, breaking free from conventions, and embracing joyous experimentation. With Jennifer's guidance, unleash your imagination and delight in creating unique embroidery art! Includes step-by-step instructions to 45 of Jennifer's favorite simple and most versatile stitches and how to transform them by adding other simple embroidery stitches and embellishments to create pressure points, movement, and softness. Explore multiple surfaces to incorporate embroidery—textile art, slow stitching, fabric journals, crazy quilting—that will appeal to all levels of stitchers. A beautiful, inspiring embroidery book that's an excellent tool for teachers and students alike.

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction

244 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2024

Reviews

[Vivian Wiltshire · Rating 5 out of 5]

After getting Foolproof Flower Embroidery I just had to pre order Jennifer's new book Foolproof Freedom Embroidery and it's as great as the previous book. So excited to explore this new volume and get more great ideas and designs from Jennifer. And it's as beautiful as the previous book. Again I love it and gave this book 5 out of 5 stars!

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you think about it, one doesn't really need instructions to be freeform. Isn't that the whole point of being freeform? But alas, I checked out the book just to see what the author had to say. I like her philosphy of anything goes, but felt that I really didn't need the instructions or the stitches. So, yes, a good reference book, but not for me.

[Daniela Miranda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting in terms of its content and ideas - sort of embroidery meets art meets quilting. I love that it moves away from kits and premade designs into something more organic and experimental.

My only qualm was the arrangement of the chapters - why would all of the designs come before the actual stitch descriptions and how to do the stitches? Odd to me.

[Fiore · Rating 3 out of 5]

Given the title I was expecting more than a focus on only plants.