The Geometry of Hand-Sewing (Excerpt)

Name: The Geometry of Hand-Sewing (Excerpt)
SKU: P1700D9189
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Brand new and groundbreaking. An instant classic.

Natalie Chanin and her colleagues at The School of Making have been practicing and teaching hand-sewing and embroidery stitches for many years. Along the way, they had an epiphany: all stitches, whether simple or complex, are based on a grid.

When you break a stitch down into a grid, everything is simple. Anyone can learn.

With thanks to Abrams, we are delighted to present an MDK-exclusive excerpt from The Geometry of Hand-Sewing: instructions for Cretan stitch, couching stitch, and parallel satin stitch.

Download the PDF here, and learn three embroidery stitches to use any way you like (including on your knitting).

You’ll see what’s so special about this book.

Please note: this excerpt is provided in digital PDF format only.

Specs & Details

Craft

Sewing

The Geometry of Hand-Sewing shows you how to work more than 100 hand-sewing and embroidery stitches from left to right and also from right to left, and it shows how the stitch looks on the wrong side as well as the right side.

Like the four Alabama Chanin books that precede this one, The Geometry of Hand-Sewing is stunning in the elegance of its design and photography.

The Geometry of Hand-Sewing contains detailed, clear instructions on over 100 stitches.

About the designer

Natalie Chanin is the founder and creative director of Alabama Chanin, a clothing company based in her home town of Florence, Alabama. She has open-sourced the company’s handmade couture in four books, Alabama Stitch Book, Alabama Studio Style, Alabama Studio Sewing + Design, and Alabama Studio Sewing Patterns. Together with the School of Making’s collection of DIY kits, these books enable home stitchers to create a stunning, sturdy and sustainable Alabama Chanin wardrobe. At the company’s Factory building in Florence and elsewhere in the world, Natalie leads workshops where she teaches techniques, tells stories and makes people fall in love with hand sewing. Natalie’s latest book is The Geometry of Hand-Sewing, a breakthrough approach to embroidery stitches that is sure to become a classic.