Women of all shapes and sizes can wear embroidered garments—the trick is to create a slimming effect with the placement and size of the designs. Eileen Roche shows you how to embroider over 20 garments to achieve just that.

What's Includes:

• 144 page full color book
• 32 embroidery designs with color sequences on CD
• 20 projects with step-by step instructions
• Six chapters on embroidering tops, bottoms, necklines, collars, cuffs, packets and trim
• Techniques and tips for selecting and using blanks, notions, designs, templates, stabilizers and more.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

• What to look for in a blank garment
• Designing the embroidery layout
• Choosing the right design for your garment
• Editing designs to achieve professional look
• How to use a template
• Choosing the right stabilizers for a project
• Basic hooping techniques
• Secrets to creating lean lines
• Embroidering necklines to highlight your best features
• Techniques for embroidering collars and cuffs
• Tips for embroidering on tweed fabric
• Steps to softening square pockets
• Designer’s tips to embroider exotic edges
• Add impact with free-form appliqués featuring ultra suede fabric
• Incorporating hand-dyed wool felt into your embroidery
• Advice on selecting the right accessories to go with your embroidered ensemble