{"id":19334,"date":"2013-07-26T17:55:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T00:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=19334"},"modified":"2016-11-09T17:52:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T00:52:17","slug":"book-review-soutache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/book-review-soutache\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Soutache"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/15843393-bead-embroidery-with-soutache\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bead Embroidery with Soutache: 25 Gorgeous Jewelry Projects with Decorative Braid\" src=\"http:\/\/d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net\/books\/1358385856m\/15843393.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/15843393-bead-embroidery-with-soutache\">Bead Embroidery with Soutache: 25 Gorgeous Jewelry Projects with Decorative Braid<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6475488.Anneta_Valious\">Anneta Valious<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I received another group of jewelry books from Lark Crafts. this one has a fabulous gallery in the back that includes a turquoise (color) and pink necklace (pg.136) that I find very appealing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Soutache is a flat, fiber braid with a groove down the center, comprised of two rows of piping or cording wrapped in viscose, cotton, or synthetic fibers.First developed in France in the 15th century, soutache embroidery has a made a decorative appearance throughout history in and on jewelry, clothing, military uniforms, and more.&#8221; One of the really appealing things for me aobut this book is the section called &#8216;Soutache Through Time.&#8217; Soutache is a word that was unfamiliar to me, but after reading this section, I knew exactly what the author meant. the section has great examples of historical and modern garments using soutache.<\/p>\n<p>As with other Lark Jewelry and Beading books this one has a section explain materials and tools as well as different projects. What is a little different is the section on techniques that includes stitching, finishing the ends and backing the work in addition to a variety of other topics. Looking at this section makes me think that some of what is shown could be adapted for art quilts.<\/p>\n<p>I notice that the designs are more feminine looking. There are lots of rounded designs and few, if any angles.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, the pictures are fantastic, the supply lists complete and the directions extensive. Even if you don&#8217;t regularly make jewelry, take a look at this book for the inspiration it offers.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Lark Crafts for sending along this book<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/591995-jayel\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bead Embroidery with Soutache: 25 Gorgeous Jewelry Projects with Decorative Braid by Anneta Valious I received another group of jewelry books from Lark Crafts. this one has a fabulous gallery in the back that includes a turquoise (color) and pink necklace (pg.136) that I find very appealing. &#8220;Soutache is a flat, fiber braid with a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/book-review-soutache\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Book Review: Soutache&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[6,86],"class_list":["post-19334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-402","tag-book-review","tag-off-topic-crafts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}