Crewel Animal Portraits

INTRODUCTION
TIPS BEFORE STARTING
MATERIALS AND TOOLS
GENERAL PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

STITCHES AND TECHNIQUES
Embroidery stitches, Needle lace stitches, Needle weaving patterns, Bead embroidery stitches, 3-Dimensional bead embroidery techniques

PROJECTS
Barry the Tiger, Neville the Lion, Bob the Monkey, Frank the Zebra, Gladness the Giraffe, Brenda the Leopard

TEMPLATES
STITCH GLOSSARY

About Hazel Blomkamp

Hazel Blomkamp has taught embroidery and beadwork in South Africa for over 20 years. She is the author of Crewel Twists, Crewel Intentions, Crewel Creatures, Hand-Stitched Crazy Patchwork, two stitch guide books  Needle Lace Techniques and Needle Weaving Techniques  and has collaborated on Freestyle Embroidered Mandalas with Di van Niekerk and Monique Day-Wilde. She is a regular contributor to local and overseas publications. Hazel runs a busy website from home, providing embroidery kits and supplies to the four corners of the earth. Travelling extensively both around South Africa and abroad to teach and promote her work, she is regularly invited to teach at international conventions. Her teaching has taken her to Australia, New Zealand, Western and Eastern Europe, North America and Asia.

Stitch Magazine

Hazel Blomkamp is back with a new book in the popular Crewel series. If you're hankering after big, complex, designs, these sumptuous animal portraits, often beautifully embellished with floral sections, should provide an enjoyable challenge. You'll use a wide variety of stitches, some of which are brand new, or a twist on traditional crewelwork, to bring to life a tiger, lion, zebra, giraffe, monkey and leopard.

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Amazon Customer Review

I have all of Hazel's books. This one is especially colorful and challenging. Her use of multiple types of stitches and flosses add texture and dimension to the work. An experienced stitcher will enjoy the designs as printed. Newer stitches will find alot here to inspire them and can work on smaller sections of the designs to gain experience. I encourage all needleworkers to add this to their libraries.

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Inspirations, All Stitched Up!

To add to her beautiful and vast collection, Hazel has now released another fabulous book that, this time, gives prominence to the tiger, lion, zebra, giraffe, monkey and leopard.

In and of themselves these animals are already spectacular subjects to stitch, but after they have received a Hazel Blomkamp Crewel Make Over were now talking next level stunning.

If youre looking for projects that are a pleasure and a joy to stitch, and a book title that will keep your non-stitching friends wondering what on earth you do in your spare time, Cruel, sorry, Crewel Animal Portraits is the book for you.