AMY L. FRAZER Art Makers: Empowered Embroidery

Transform sketches into emboirdery patterns and stitch strong, iconic women from the past and present

Feminism meets creativity in this inspiring new craft title from Walter Foster Publishing.

In Art Makers: Empowered Embroidery, you'll learn to sketch portraits of strong, iconic women and then turn those sketches into powerful works of art. From illustration instructions to basic and advanced stitching techniques, you'll learn how to create embroidered portraits of eight trailblazing women from the 20th and 21st centuries, including Frida Kahlo, Harriet Tubman, Maya Angelou, Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle Obama, and the inimitable Ruth Baden Ginsburg.

If you're a beginning embroiderer or looking to brush up on your skills, start at the beginning with the basic stitches and instructions. Essential tools, warm-up exercises, and tips for embroidering facial features, clothes, and hair will give you all the information you need to get started. From there, you'll dive into sketching and stitching your favourite cultural and historical icons. All of the projects are beautifully paired with large photos so that you can easily follow along.

With tips, techniques, and instruction in Art Makers: Empowered Embroidery, you'll be creating your own original pieces of embroidery art in no time!

Paperback, 128 pages

Quarto Publishing, 2021