Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners | 
 enlarge | Author: Aimee Ray
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  45 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 8.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 1600590616
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.44041
EAN: 9781600590610
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
Asian-inspired lampshades embellished with flying fish. Canvas sneakers decorated with pink and white swirls. A pretty pillow adorned with a sleeping bunny, sweetly curled up. All it takes to create these appealing projects—or add charming embroidered touches in no time at all—are a few simple stitches, some easy techniques, and the nearly 30 projects in this book. Begin by learning several styles for outlining, filling, decorating, and applique. Find out about floss, fancy threads, fabrics, and needles. Get the scoop on hoops, and the lowdown on transferring your very own designs onto every type of fabric. The fresh ideas, witty patterns, and clever color illustrations take stitchers from novice to accomplished in a blink of the eye!
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 Great Instructions, Great Ideas! November 24, 2008
db (Utah USA)
This is a fun book! I don't know how many of the actual projects I will do...some would be really fun to do with kids, but the designs she uses are Great! I love them! She also has Great instructions! And I really appreciate how easy it is to learn all the different stitches! The pictures are great and it is very clearly written! If you need something inspirational or instructional, this is a Great book!
 Great for a Beginner ready to move on November 17, 2008
E. M. Compton (Northern California)
I bought this book because a Ms. Ray is a fellow craftster.org user and I have long admired her work. I bought it to support her and because I loved the cover project. Unfortunately that project is not featured within but some patterns that are photographed in the book are not actually projects in the book. The patterns can be found for purchase on her etsy.
That said, the projects and step by step instructions are clear. However, when I first learned embroidery, I was uncomfortable transferring patterns without using iron-ons, which is why I recommend Sublime Stitching: Hundreds of Hip Embroidery Patterns and How-To for first ever embroiderers. Doodle Stitching would be a book to tackle after you've become somewhat confident in your ability to transfer designs on your own. (I am the type of person who likes to do it the technical "right way" when trying a new craft, after that I am comfortable to experiment.)
The instructions are clear and the thread colors for the photographed projects are listed. Her stitching instructions were also very clear. I got a little confused while tackling the sewing instructions for the lap quilt but I think that had more to do with the spaciness of the last weeks of my pregnancy rather than the instructions themselves.
This book makes a great addition to any young crafty embroiderer's library and I totally recommend it!
Love this book! November 15, 2008
N. C.
I am new to embroidery and found this to be the perfect book for a beginner. It has clear instructions on how to complete several different types of stitches, how to mix different stitches together, and when each type of stitch would be appropriate. There were also many ideas in this book ranging from simple and tiny pictures, to full page pictures, and ideas of how and where you could use each type. I think someone with more experience might not appreciate this book, but I would definitely recommend it to beginners!
Super Fun November 11, 2008
Judy Young (CA, USA)
I love this book! It is delightful and full of the feeling of old time embroidery in a very today way. The projects are easy and the directions are simple and well done. I would recommend this book to anyone, whether a beginner or pro, it's just plain fun. The completed projects have been well received. I am a 'doodler' so this book has shown me how to put those doodles to good use as well as sneaking off with others doodles and turning them into fun gifts for that person. I recommend this book, yes.
 VERY Disappointing! November 5, 2008
M. Burnett (Mableton, GA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was SO disappointing!
I'm a big fan of Aimee Ray on etsy... but it feels like she saved all of the good embroidery for herself. Her work online is a million times better than the work in this book. Don't let the cover fool you.
This book has very generic, boring projects. It has no creative flair and wasn't worth the money. The model consistently through the book is kind of annoying, too. I thought it was Aimee at first (since the model is pictured on the side of the book under the author's name), but, alas, Miss Ray is pictured in the back.
If you know how to embroider, I wouldn't recommend this book. If you like boring, old-fashioned and uncreative patterns, then buy! buy! buy!!!
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