The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch

Communicate your ideas using line, shape, color, and texture with this reference and how-to exploration in one. Whether your particular interest is pictorial, portraiture, abstract compositions, or actual text, you can ＂say＂ almost anything with thread.

• More than 350 color photographs translate the techniques of drawing, painting, and good composition into the world of stitch, and ＂Try This!＂ projects inspire your own individual approaches.
• Including the role of machine stitching, this design resource, learning tool, and inspirational reference helps practitioners at all levels, whether beginning student, dedicated amateur, or professional.

Take a lyrical--but logical--journey of skill building, and begin to stitch intentionally and express your creative vision.

Susan Brandeis is Distinguished Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University’s College of Design and a studio artist. She founded the Southeast Fibers Educators Association and has been exhibiting, teaching, and writing about textile art and design for over 35 years.