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Machine Embroidery and More: 10 Step-By-Step Projects Using Border Fabrics and Beads

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Title: Machine Embroidery and More: 10 Step-By-Step Projects Using Border Fabrics and Beads
by Kristen Dibbs
ISBN: 1-57120-162-9
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $23.95
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Average Customer Rating: 2 (2 reviews)

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Rating: 2
Summary: Magazine Article Sized Idea
Comment: This book continues the trend of little content being present in small (96 pages) books filled with full color photographs of the same idea over and over again.

Rather then being called "Machine Embroidery & More", the title should have been "Embellishing Border stripes with Machine Embroider and Hand Beading." Most of the projects consist of a Jinny Beyer Border Print that has been mitered around a plain center. Built-in decorative stitches are sewn over and beside the printed pattern on the border and then many tiny beads are hand sewn. The result is a lavish border in which the amount of labor invested can not be appreciated unless you are standing very close to it. Oddly enough these elaborate borders become the whole interest of the work, for they are placed around a plain and in some projects, very large, single center squares. The result looks like a very lovely, but empty picture frame.

The technique will only appeal to those who enjoy both machine and hand work. The projects for the most part, look incomplete, since the large center part of the quilt is empty. However, I could see the border treatment being use on a special quilt. I would have enjoyed seeing this technique in a single chapter or magazine article, but as an entire book, it is lacking.

Not Recommended.

Rating: 2
Summary: Machine embroidery and more....
Comment: This book has some interesting projects but I found them to be incredibly time consuming and lacking in function. A pillow or a quilt that is weighed down with stiff embroidery and beading is not exactly inviting to snuggle with. Don't get me wrong, these projects are original and interesting but I personally feel that if I am going to invest large amounts of time and energy into something, I want to be able to enjoy it afterwards.

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