The New Anchor Book of Crewelwork Embroidery Stitches

Phillipa Turnbull is a leading crewelwork designer who exhibits and leads workshops in the UK and US. She runs her own company The Crewel Work Company Ltd. and lives in Appleby-in-Westmoreland, Cumbria.

Crewelwork is one of the oldest embroidery techniques; associated with the 17th century and often known as Jacobean embroidery, it is as popular today as it has ever been. Historically worked in soft wools on twilled linens, today's embroiderer is discovering just how successfully the techniques can be applied to stranded cotton threads and a wider variety of fabrics. Crewelwork embroidery is distinguished by its textured, almost three-dimensional stitches. This book outlines in step-by-step detail the working of 48 of the most versatile stitches, listed alphabetically for easy reference. Sixteen new embroidery designs show the stitches worked in context and trace-off patterns are included. The featured embroideries include traditional Jacobean motifs, contemporary flowers, and whimsical celebration designs. There are also ideas for using the embroidered designs on several small projects.

Introduction; Materials and Equipment; Transferring Designs; Stitching Techniques; Embroidery Ideas - Project ideas with step-by-step instructions for making up; Stitch Directory; Basque Stitch; Battlemented Couching; Brick and Cross Filling, Brick Satin Filling; Burden Stitch; Buttonhole Block Shading; Buttonhole, German Knotted; Open and Knotted Buttonhole; Buttonhole Scale; Buttonhole Square; Buttonhole Triangle; Up and Down Buttonhole; Chain Stitch Filling; Chain Outline; Chain Twisted, Detached; Chessboard Filling; Half Chevron; Cloud Filling; Coral Stitch; Open Cretan, Closed; Detached Chain; Ermine Filling; Fern Stitch; Fly Stitch, Attached; Four-Legged Knot; French Knots; French Knots on Stalks; Closed Herringbone; Honeycomb Filling; Laid Work; Long and Short Stitch; Moss Stitch; Pearl Stitch; Pekin Knot; Plate Stitch; Roumanian Stitch; Satin Stitch; Satin Fan Block, Shading; Knotted Satin Stitch; Threaded Chain Stitch; Seeding; Sheaf (or Faggot); Stem Outline, Filling; Portuguese Knotted; Stem Stitch; Tete de Boeuf; Thorn Stitch; Trellis Square Filling; Wave Stitch. Suppliers; Index