Table of Contents Title Page Dedication Foreword Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1 - The Evolution of Embroidery Taking Stitching Seriously The Slow Stitch TATTOOED BABY DOLLS: An Interview with Sherri Lynn Wood A Brief and Incomplete History of Embroidery THE POETIC STITCH: An Interview with Tumim & Prendergast Embroidery Today MANBROIDERY: An Interview with Johnny Murder It Takes All Kinds: Types of Embroidery EMBROIDERY AS ART: An Interview with Jenny Hart CHAPTER 2 - Charting Unknown Territory PARTICIPATORY EMBROIDERY: An Interview with Liz Kueneke DIARIZED EATING HABITS: Abby Krause EMBROIDERED PLACE-MAKING: An Interview with Annie Coggan Crawford Krista Muir: - THE TRAVELING MAP MAKER THE TRAVIELING MAP MAKER WERE I SO BESOTTED: An Interview with Iviva Olenick SINS AND NEEDLES: An Interview with Ray Materson CHAPTER 3 - Tools and Materials Stitch Like You Mean It Kitted Out Needle Me A Fine Thread GODDESS EMBROIDERIES: Sasha Webb Rain and Snow Cowl Hoop Dreams Cut to the Chase Choosing Your Fabric Stabilizers The Humble Thimble How to Transfer Your Designs CHAPTER 4 - Stitch-witchery One-Stitch Wonders Basic Embroidery Stitches Wolftastic Scarf Eye to the Sky Pocket Protector PAINTING WITH THREAD: Kirsten Chursinoff A Creature of Curiosity CHAPTER 5 - Freeform Work COLORFUL ABSTRACTIONS: Wide-Ruled Scrawl ELEVATING ORDINARY OBJECTS: An Interview with Andrew J. Phares Photo Feelism CLEVER CANADIANA: An Interview with Sarah Haxby BLISS IN A TEACUP: An Interview with Rebekah Nathan Against the Grain CHAPTER 6 - Graphically Inclined ANIMATED EMBROIDERY: An Interview with Aubrey Longley- Cook CROSS-STITCHING PIXELS: An Interview with Eliot M. Henning Along for the Ride The “Always Prepared” Pouch INTENTIONAL ABSTRACTS: An Interview with Takashi Iwasaki UNNERVING NEEDLEWORK: An Interview with Brette Gabel ODDNESS AND ILLUSTRATION: An Interview with Esther Oh Paulo and Stella DOUBLE-TAKE: An interview with Cate Anevski One Mutant to Another CHAPTER 7 - Unexpected Stitching All Good in the ’Hood Eat the Kitch Evolution or Revolution Knuckle Tattoo Church Gloves Microbe Hankies Hip Hop: Ode to the Ones and Twos Home Invasion Love Gun Oxytocin Notion Make Your Own Luck Wallet Ransom-Note Pillow Bosom Buddies Chug like a Champ Modern Cuckoo Clock Obsessive Beautification CHAPTER 8 - Finishing Techniques All Aflutter Necklace CHAPTER 9 - Stitching Resources TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY EMBROIDERY: An Interview with Jamie Chalmers Natural Graffiti CHAPTER 10 - Without Reservation MEET ME IN THE DAYROOM: An Interview with Alexandra Walters UNUSUAL EMBELLISHMENT: An Interview with Claire Platt EMBROIDERED CONTRADICTIONS: An Interview with Laura Splan PUBLIC EMBROIDERY: An Interview with Ulrika Erdes REBEL TOILE: An Interview with Richard Saja SUBVERTING THE TRADITIONAL: An Interview with Rosa Martyn Bite the Hand That Feeds You MAKING ART ALL DAY LONG: An Interview with Penny Nickels Index Copyright Page
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