Product Description

Coloring with Thread by Ann Fahl is in gorgeous color, 96 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, $24.95. Quilters, crafters, garment makers, and needle workers of all types will find the text packed with facts, tips, projects, and troubleshooting guide. Skip all of the factual information, and look at the luscious photographs of quilts and close-up photos of Ann's award winning free-motion embroidery. There is something for everyone in this book.

Do you have a problem with decorative thread? There is more factual information in this book, than anyone cares to know. If you are having difficulties with thread breakage, shredding or looping, you will find the solution to your problem in this book. Your days of being disgusted and fed-up with fancy thread problems have come to an end!

There are practice exercises to give a beginner experience in free-motion embroidery. This is followed by six colorful projects ranging from easy to moderate difficulty, each is small in size. All you need is a sewing machine that has a zigzag stitch and ability to lower the feed-dogs. The pages are full of photographs and illustrations to guide you step-by-step through the process.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179118 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From the Author
I have tried to pack as much factual information and as many photographs as possible, to give the reader a complete understanding of decorative thread usage and free-motion embroidery. There are so many tips and facts in the text that it is hard to grasp them all in one reading. When a problem with thread arises, my hope is that a solution can be found in the thread chapter, tip boxes or in the troubleshooting guide at the end of the book. Everyone that uses a sewing machine and thread, should have a copy of this book near their sewing table! Ann Fahl

About the Author
Ann Fahl has been exploring and teaching about thread and free-motion embroidery since the 1990s. She lives in Racine, WI.

Customer Reviews

A must have, must keep!
I enjoy traditional quilts and quilting methods, from hand quilting to stitching in the ditch. But I love free-motion quilting and have recently begun learning free-motion embroidery. Coloring with Thread by Ann Fahl is a fascinating and informative addition to this ever-evolving art form.

Embroidery is decorating or embellishing the surface of fabric with thread. And machine embroidery is the decorative stitching that is done with a sewing machine. Note: When you quilt, you sew through all three layers of a quilt. Machine embroidery is not seen on the underside of the bottom layer of fabric.

Coloring with Thread offers the reader a gallery of quilts to view, with their development by the author. It also includes instruction to help learn the process of machine embroidery, tips and techniques that will help make the sewing easier and more fun, tools and essentials, and actual projects that are easy enough to do that even a novice will be thrilled with the results.

I found the portion about stabilizers and hoops and the advantages and disadvantages of each to be helpful. The tips for bobbin thread selection and thread success should be marked for reference. And the practice exercises allow beginners to become familiar and comfortable with the process of machine embroidery.

Armchair Interviews says: If you're interested in learning about machine embroidery, Coloring with Thread is a must have for your library. And while this is a great book to learn from, the reader will also be thrilled looking at all of the spectacular quilts that are included.

Coloring With Thread
This book is a 'curl up and read' book as if Ann is in the room talking to you. The book is written in such a personal way that you feel she is standing there in the room helping you. She has written it in such a manner that you can easily follow her suggestions and begin using her techniques. I suggest this book for anyone who wants to learn to use the sewing machine to add details to their work.

Splendid Read and "How to"
As one reviewer says, this is a must have, must keep how to publication. As I read the introduction, it occurred to me that I could follow the directions and learn free-motion stitching, by which I have been terribly intimidated.

Ms. Fahl takes you from a first-class introduction to several practice exercises and projects -- all designed to allow the reader to become thoroughly comfortable with the process. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, and the instructions are clear and well-written.

I use self-learning books all the time, and this is one of the best I've ever read and used. Learning how to draw with thread has been the most fun my sewing machine and I have had together in a long while.

Do yourself a favor and buy this one. It's surely a keeper.