Free-Form Embroidery with Judith Baker Montano : Transforming Traditional Stitches Into Fiber Art

Bestselling author Judith Baker Montano is back with a new comprehensive stitch guide that will take you beyond traditional embroidery. She’ll show you how to create stunning landscapes and seascapes by applying fine art principles to your fabrics, threads, and fibers. Learn how to use these materials with other embellishments to convey lifelike trees, flowers, ocean corals, and more with 60 stitches and 67 stitch combinations. Learn artistic embroidery techniques for building layers, creating dimension and perspective, and blending shapes—translate your favorite snapshot of any landscape or seascape into fiber art! Front Cover......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 5 Introduction......Page 7 Supplies and Tools......Page 9 Techniques......Page 19 Stitch Guide......Page 24 Arrowhead Stitch: Stacked......Page 25 Backstitch: Threaded......Page 26 Bullion Stitch......Page 27 Buttonhole Stitch: Circle......Page 29 Buttonhole Stitch: Triangles, Half-Circles......Page 30 Chain Stitch and Chain Stitch Zigzag......Page 31 Chain Stitch: Open......Page 32 Colonial Knot......Page 33 Couching Stitch......Page 34 Cretan Stitch......Page 35 Double Knot Stitch......Page 36 Featherstitch: Single/Double/Triple......Page 37 Fern Leaf Stitch......Page 38 Fishbone Stitch......Page 39 Fly Stitch......Page 40 French Knot......Page 41 French Knot: Couched......Page 42 Head of the Bull Stitch......Page 43 Judith's Knotted Flower Stitch......Page 44 Leaf Ribbon Stitch......Page 45 Long and Short Stitch......Page 46 Maidenhair Stitch......Page 47 Needle Weaving Bar Stitch......Page 48 Net Stitch......Page 49 Pistil Stitch......Page 50 Raised Straight Stitch......Page 51 Ribbon Split Stitch......Page 52 Running Stitch......Page 53 Satin Stitch......Page 54 Seed Stitch......Page 55 Spider Web Backstitch......Page 56 Split Stitch......Page 57 Straight Stitch......Page 58 String of Pearls Stitch......Page 59 Van Dyke Stitch......Page 60 Wheat Ear Stitch and Wheat Ear Stitch: Detached......Page 61 Whipstitch: Thread and Ribbon......Page 62 Combining Stitches......Page 63 Art Supplies......Page 64 Tree Trunks......Page 65 Tree Types......Page 68 Tree Shapes......Page 77 Shrubs......Page 80 Vines......Page 83 Grasses and Weeds......Page 86 Underwater Shapes and Corals......Page 90 Botanical Flower Shapes......Page 95 Think Like a Painter......Page 99 Laguna Pueblo......Page 115 Source Guide......Page 125 About the Author......Page 128 eLegal Page......Page 130 Back Cover......Page 132 Front Cover 1 Table of Contents 5 Introduction 7 Supplies and Tools 9 Techniques 19 Stitch Guide 24 Arrowhead Stitch 25 Arrowhead Stitch: Stacked 25 Backstitch: Star 26 Backstitch: Threaded 26 Braid Stitch 27 Bullion Stitch 27 Untitled 29 Buttonhole Stitch: Circle 29 Buttonhole Stitch: Knotted 30 Buttonhole Stitch: Triangles, Half-Circles 30 Chain Stitch and Chain Stitch Zigzag 31 Chain Stitch: Crochet 32 Chain Stitch: Open 32 Chain Stitch: Twisted 33 Colonial Knot 33 Coral Stitch 34 Couching Stitch 34 Cretan Stitch 35 Double Knot Stitch 36 Eyelet Stitch 37 Featherstitch: Single/Double/Triple 37 Featherstitch: Leaf 38 Fern Leaf Stitch 38 Fishbone Stitch 39 Flat Stitch 40 Fly Stitch 40 Fly Stitch: Leaf 41 Fly Stitch: Seedpod 41 French Knot 41 French Knot: Couched 42 Head of the Bull Stitch 43 Herringbone Stitch 44 Judith's Knotted Flower Stitch 44 Lazy Daisy Stitch 45 Leaf Ribbon Stitch 45 Long and Short Stitch 46 Loop Stitch 47 Maidenhair Stitch 47 Montano Knot 48 Needle Weaving Bar Stitch 48 Net Stitch 49 Overcast Stitch 50 Pistil Stitch 50 Plume Stitch 51 Raised Straight Stitch 51 Ribbon Split Stitch 52 Romanian Couching 53 Running Stitch 53 Satin Stitch 54 Scroll Stitch 55 Seed Stitch 55 Snail Trail Stitch 56 Spider Web Backstitch 56 Split Stitch 57 Stem Stitch 58 Straight Stitch 58 String of Pearls Stitch 59 Van Dyke Stitch 60 Wheat Ear Stitch and Wheat Ear Stitch: Detached 61 Whipstitch: Thread and Ribbon 62 Combining Stitches 63 Art Supplies 64 Trees 65 Tree Trunks 65 Tree Types 68 Tree Shapes 77 Shrubs 80 Vines 83 Grasses and Weeds 86 Underwater Shapes and Corals 90 Botanical Flower Shapes 95 Think Like a Painter 99 Laguna Pueblo 115 Source Guide 125 About the Author 128 eLegal Page 130 Back Cover 132 The fiber artist and author of Crazy Quilting Odyssey shares her secrets for creating embroidered landscapes and seascapes in this illustrated guide. Beloved fiber artist and teacher Judith Baker Montano demonstrates how to beyond traditional embroidery in this new and comprehensive to free-form embroidery. In this book full of stunningly photographed examples and watercolor illustrations, she shows you how to apply the principles of fine art to various projects using fabrics, threads, and fibers. Judith explains how to use these materials with other embellishments to convey lifelike trees, flowers, ocean corals, and more with 60 stitches and 67 stitch combinations. She also demonstrates artistic embroidery techniques for building layers, creating dimension and perspective, and blending shapes. With techniques of free-form embroidery, you'll be able to translate your favorite landscape or seascape photo into fiber art. " Bestselling author Judith Baker Montano is back with a new comprehensive stitch guide that will take you beyond traditional embroidery. She’ll show you how to create stunning landscapes and seascapes by applying fine art principles to your fabrics, threads, and fibers. Learn how to use these materials with other embellishments to convey lifelike trees, flowers, ocean corals, and more with 60 stitches and 67 stitch combinations. Learn artistic embroidery techniques for building layers, creating dimension and perspective, and blending shapes—translate your favourite snapshot of any landscape or seascape into fiber art!"--Publisher description
Bestselling author Judith Baker Montano is back with a new comprehensive stitch guide that will take you beyond traditional embroidery. She’ll show you how to create stunning landscapes and seascapes by applying fine art principles to your fabrics, threads, and fibers. Learn how to use these materials with other embellishments to convey lifelike trees, flowers, ocean corals, and more with 60 stitches and 67 stitch combinations. Learn artistic embroidery techniques for building layers, creating dimension and perspective, and blending shapes—translate your favorite snapshot of any landscape or seascape into fiber art!
Shows you how to create stunning landscapes and seascapes by applying fine art principles to your fabrics, threads, and fibres. This book helps you learn how to use these materials with other embellishments to convey anything from seaweed to shells, pine trees to pond lilies.