Sublime Stitching: Hundreds of Hip Embroidery Patterns and How-To

Sublime Stitching: Hundreds of Hip Embroidery Patterns and How-To

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Editorial Reviews

Elizabeth Taylor, Carrie Fisher, Tracey Ullman, and Laura Dern all own her work. Now, in her much-anticipated first book, embroidery pioneer Jenny Hart brings her sublime designs to everyone. Expanding on the offerings of her Stitch-It Kit, Sublime Stitching offers all the instructions, tips, and hip patterns needed to create hundreds of stylish projects. Perfect for stitchers of all experience levels, this charmingly photographed book includes simple directions and inspiring project ideas for stitching up jeans, handbags, neckties, baby bibs, and more. Best of all are the entirely original, ready-to-use iron-on patterns bound in the back. Jenny has included all sorts of delightful designs—from cheeky margaritas and maracas to classic teapots and cupcakes. These patterns are easy to remove after using, and a cinch to store in the handy pockets on the inside covers. Believe it or not, each pattern can be used up to nine times. Now that's sublime.

Customer Reviews

Great Book

Reviewed by Erica S., 2010-02-11

I really love this book. Between this book, the author's (Jenny Hart) other books & her website ([...]) I have so many ideas. The book has a lot of good patterns from alphabets, scrolls, borders and themes (baby, cocktails, food, cars, kitchen, flames, flowers, dogs, cats, music, birds). The instructions in the book are easy to understand. The author gives lots of tips, which will answer most of the questions that you come across while working on projects. I am very happy with my purchase. I plan on collecting her other books as well.

Good for the beginner.

Reviewed by Victoria S. Ban, 2010-01-07

Bought this for my daughter who has taken an interest in stitching. The patterns are also very nice and not too difficult for a beginner.

great book!

Reviewed by Kristin Centabo, 2009-12-02

This is great for beginners like me and gives lots of helpful tips for your success!!

Great Book! Must Buy!

Reviewed by Holly Elbert, 2009-11-02

I was wondering after reading reviews of others on here whether I had made the right choice in purchasing this book since I found a lot of mixed reviews. I had never embroidered before and was looking for easy to follow directions and patterns to get started that were not the usual craft store finds. I got every penny worth buying this book! My first thought opening the box was that the book is very well constructed with a sprial bound spine. Also the pockets inside the book are great for storing the patterns after you cut them since each pattern can give you up to 9 uses. The directions are fun to read with her humor twisted in and very easy to follow, which you don't always find in a book. I found the patterns ironed on with great ease. I had my first project finished in one evening and had a great time. Some of the patterns in the book are from the web site and others are different and simpler to follow which is great for a beginner like me. I will have many hours of fun learning how to fine tune my new found hobby compliments of Jenny Hart! Hope you all find this helpful and inspiring to start your new hobby with Subliome Stitching!

Great for Beginners

Reviewed by MidwestMom, 2009-05-18

This book taught me how to embroider, and got me addicted to not only embroidery but to Jenny Hart's designs on her website. The first 48 pages of this book is a How-To section with some really beautiful photos of sitched up projects that are really inspirational. The rest of this book are the iron on patterns. The patterns themselves are really nice, now that I have become acquainted with Jenny Hart's designs on her website, I can see why her fans were disappointed with this book because whereas you can find edgy patterns on her website, this book does not feature any of the edginess. To me however, that did not detract from my enjoying the patterns in this book. You will find transfers for: flowers, roses, leaves, vines, butterflies, swans, other birds, borders, dogs, cats, babies, storks, baby items (bottles, booties, strollers, rattles, etc), moons, planets, UFO's, rockets, planes, cars, trucks, flames, dancers, maracas, drums, drinks, fruits, desserts, flatware, breakfast, tea pots, teacups, teabags, paper shades, eyes, lips, words (baby, sweet, wish, love, hello, darling), stars, curliques, musical notes, guitars, saxophones, banners, 2 alphabets (upper and lower case).

The transfers are black ink and are reusable. The book is spiral bound with pockets in the front and back. All in all I really love this book! I learned how to embroider from this book, and have really enjoyed the wide variety of traditional, yet still fun, patterns. It has turned me on to Jenny Hart's patterns, and I have ordered many of her edgier patterns from her site.

Cons of this book: I wish there were more photographed examples of projects. I also wish there were more intructions for more stitches--there are about 15 stitches , but I wish she would have included instructions for the herringbone sitch, fern stitch, etc..... Lastly, as others have said the claim that this book contains "hundreds" of patterns may be a bit misleading for some--while there are hundreds of images, this count includes many repeats in varying sizes or facing a different direction. There are about 100 unique images plus the alphabets.

I will say that I also have the stitch-it-kit, and if you are trying to decide between this book and the kit, definitely get this book.