Originally Posted by
Macybaby
There are some neat online videos of people doing it with vintage machines. I have several vintage instruction books for doing it, and hope some day to have time (like when I'm retired) to work through them. It's not going to be a fast process, that is for sure! It's a lot like FMQ if you've done that, just way closer together.
The one I have is Singer Instructions for Art Embroidery and Lace Work. First copywrite date is 1922, and on mine the last date is 1941. I know earlier versions of this are quite collectable. I watched for some time on eBay and got mine and a reasonable cost.
I have this same book with the first copyright date also being 1922 and the last one being 1937 so a wee bit earlier than the one Cathy has. It's divided into 5 courses of study so presumably you could work you way through the book and learn a lot of different methods. It even has some color photos which was a surprise for me. And there was also a lesson on embroidering on very thin wood (oak) veneer. It was a horse's head and neck. I could not believe that one! One of these days I might actually try some of these lessons.
Judythesewer: Your embroidery piece is wonderful!