RSN Essential Stitch Guides: Stumpwork - large format edition

by Kate Sinton

Overview

New large format version of the bestselling Royal School of Needlework stitch guide.

The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new and innovative ways. Written by RSN apprentice and tutor Kate Sinton, this book contains an extensive guide to stitches and techniques, as well as guidance on the materials and equipment you need; how to design your own stumpwork embroidery; framing up; and positioning and transferring your design. Each stitch is clearly illustrated with step-by-step photography, along with expert instruction on how to form the stitch and use it in your needlework. With an introduction to the RSN and a brief history of stumpwork, together with numerous traditional and contemporary examples, this book provides an essential guide to this classic form of embroidery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782219231
Publisher:	Search Press
Publication date:	01/26/2021
Series:	RSN ESG LF
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	711,848
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

After graduating from the Royal School of Needlework in 2002, Kate Sinton worked as a freelance embroiderer and artist. As well as continuing to teach a variety of classes at the RSN she set up drop-in summer embroidery classes at the Bermondsey Museum of Fashion and Textiles and worked with visiting textile lecturers at the British Museum. In 2006, Kate was appointed to manage a project that would produce over 200 new vestments for St Paul's Cathedral. These were first exhibited in 2008 at St Martin's College of Art and Design. During that time Kate continued to teach and produce artwork, and was part of a three-person show in Shepherd's Market in Central London. Since 2008, Kate has lived in Wiltshire with her husband Jamie and son Thomas.

Table of Contents

The Royal School of Needlework 6

Introduction 8

The history of stumpwork 10

Materials 14

Framing up 22

Stumpwork design 26

Appliqué 30

Stitches 32

Flat surface stitches 34

Raised surface stitches 46

Needlelace stitches 58

Metal thread work 64

Techniques 70

Padding 72

Slips 78

Wrapping 92

Found objects 95

Figures 98

Index 112