Jours à fils resserrés - Volume 1

A pierced embroidery technique without cut or pulled threads, also known as openwork stitches, this technique creates patterns simply by tightening the threads in the fabric.
Nothing is cut and nothing is removed. How to embroider with openwork stitches?
In this book, Marie-Hélène Jeanneau answers this question and offers you the opportunity to discover this technique, perfect for decorating tablecloths, curtains, dresses, etc. with elegance and refinement. A reference bible with nearly 200 stitches and motifs, written explanations, diagrams and photos of the results for each stitch or motif. For many years, Marie-Hélène Jeanneau has been gathering information on the subject, rediscovering ancestral techniques, renewing old forms and creating new ones... until she arrived at this book, a synthesis of decades of research and embroidery.
If you want to know everything there is to know about the tightly woven open stitch technique, or if you want to try your hand at a wide range of designs, this is the bible you need.
Author : Marie-Hélène Jeanneau
143 pages in French.
UPC/EAN: 9782378170110