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BOOK OF THE MONTH
The Gentle Art of Quiltmaking - Hardback
This book, by Jane Brocket, is for anyone who has ever wanted to make stunning, vibrant, imaginative quilts with the minimum of fuss. Armed with all the basic skills needed to quilt with confidence, you will soon be designing and creating your own quilt stories. Published price is £20.00, Book of the Month price is £16.00 a saving of 20%
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Royal School of Needlework Embroidery Techniques - Paperback
This book is now available again! The distinguished reputation and specialist knowledge of the Royal School of Needlework are combined in this colourful and inspirational introduction to the most popular hand embroidery techniques. Each stitch technique features four exquisitely worked embroidery projects with step-by-step instructions and photographs explaining their development and stitching.
Authors, Sally Saunders, Anne Butcher and Debra Barrett.
Price: £17.99
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Art of Embroidery - Hardback
A beautifully illustrated book, sub-titled History of Style and Technique, by Lanto Synge. The author discusses the story of embroidery and needlework within the fascinating context of the history of fabrics and costume. The book is a broad account of the artistic achievements of every facet of decorative needlework.
Publisher - Antique Collectors' Club
Price: £45.00
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Material Obsession - Paperback
Written by Quilters Sarah Fielke and Cathy Doughty, this book shows how anyone can confidently choose colours and patterns to create bold, easy to make quilts. The book also includes a techniques section with step-by-step photographs that explains the basics of patchwork and quilting.
Publisher - Murdoch Books
Price: £18.99
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I Love Patchwork - Paperback
A newly published title, this fun book contains 21 creative and innovative projects using simple sewing and applique techniques.
Author - Rashida Coleman-Hale
Price: £17.99
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The Uncommon Quilter - Paperback
Small Art Quilts created with paper, plastic, fibre and surface design by Jeanne Williamson. With charming anecdotes and clear step-by-step instructions, The Uncommon Quilter is an inspiring, insightful guide to creating unique small quilts for self-expression, creativity and personal and artistic growth.
Published by Potter Craft
Price: £17.99
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Eco Colour - botanical dyes for beautiful textiles - Hardback
This beautifully illustrated book explores the fascinating and infinately variable world of plant colour. Encompassing only ecologically sustainable plant-dye methods, using renewable resources and attempts to take the path of doing the least possible harm to the dyer, the end user and the environment. This book is aimed at both the novice home dyer and textile professionals seeking to exrend their skills
Price: £25.00
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Colours From Nature - A Dyer's Handbook
Re-Published in 2009, Colours from Nature describes in full detail how to prepare and use natural dyes, following safe and environmentally-friendly methods.
Author Jenny Dean. Published by Search Press
Price: £9.99
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The Embroidery Stitch Bible - Spiral bound Hardback
An essential reference for embroiderers wishing to improve their technique and add new dimensions to their work. Over 200 stitches are featured and each is explained in full with photographs and easy to follow diagrams
Author - Betty Barnden
Publisher - Search Press
Price: £15.99
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The Left-handed Embroiderer's Companion - Paperback
At last the perfect book for the lefthanded embroiderer! A step-by-step stitch dictionary written by Yvette Stanton, a left hander, for lefthanded stitchers. This book will show you how to work over 170 different embroidery stitches, easily and comfortably.
Price: £19.99
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The Sewing Stitch Bible - Spiralbound Hardback
An invaluable resource for needleworkers of all abilities, this guide offers practical help with all of the essential hand and machine sewing techniques, from stitches and fastenings to fabrics and seams.
The Sewing Stitch Bible contains a comprehensive Stitch Directory, a Textile Directory and is clearly illustrated with photographs and diagrams.
Author - Lorna Knight
Publisher - Search Press
Price: £15.99
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The Ribbon Embroidery Bible - Spiralbound
An essential reference for anyone stitching with ribbon. Provides practical advice on the materials required and important techniques. Features step-by-step instructions for over 60 ribbon embroidery stitches and includes patterns for over 50 motifs. Author Joan Gordon. Published by Search Press
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The Braider's Bible - Spiralbound Hardback
Featuring over 200 braids to loop, knot, weave and twist.
Author Jacquie Carey. Published by Saerch press
Price: £15.99
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Beginner's Guide to Crewel Embroidery - Paperback
Jane Rainbow shows how to create a selection of beautiful designs, using ten basic stitches. Clear step-by-step photographs illustrate how to develop embroidery skills, and how to create wonderful floral pictures which are worked in wool and soft colours.
Publisher - Search Press
Price: £8.95
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Beginners Guide to Goldwork - Paperback
A lavishly illustrated, step by step guide written by Ruth Chamberlain. Showing how to produce exquisite designs using both embroidery and goldwork techniques.
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Beginners Guide to Silk Shading - Paperback
Beginners Guide to Silk Shading by Clare Hanham, who trained at the RSN. This book is suitable for both the beginner and the more experienced experienced embroiderer and will give you the skills to complete four beautiful projects in the book.
Published by Search press
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Beginners Guide to Blackwork - Paperback
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Beginner's Guide to Mountmellick Embroidery - Paperback
This beautiful richly textured, white-on-white embroidery was developed in the early nineteenth century in Mountmellick, Ireland - where designs were inspired by nature and the lovely flowers growing around the area.
by Pat Trott
Publisher - Search Press
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Beginner's Guide to Drawn Thread Embroidery - Paperback
In this beautiful and inspiring book, Patricia Bage demonstrates the basic techniques and embroidery stitches you need to create exquisite drawn thread work.
by Patricia Bage
Publisher - Search Press
Price: £8.99
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Beginners Guide to Stumpwork - Paperback
The technique of Stumpwork dates from the 17th Century. In this book, the author Kay Dennis shares her enthusiasm for this charming, decorative style of embroidery. This is a fascinating, fully illustrated guide to producing raised samplers and pictures, using over 100 step-by-step photographs.
Published by Search Press
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Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidery
This fresh and original guide to creating unusual and beautiful embroideries offers a wealth of information, with easy-to-follow stitch samplers, projects and inspirational photographs of finished pieces.
by Pamela Watts
Publisher - Search Press
Price: £8.95
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Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidered Flowers - Paperback
In this beautifully illustrated book, Alison Holt uses hand-painted silk backgrounds and only two different stitches to create a stunning range of machine embroidered flowers and gardens. The deatiled step-by-step illustrations make this book suitable for all abilities.
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A~Z of Goldwork with Silk Embroidery - Spiralbound paperback
This book is a comprehensive guide to the techniques of Goldwork, with the addition of silk embroidery, with over 540 step-by-step photographs and easy to follow instructions for more than 100 goldwork stitches and and techniques. It also contains detailed information about gold threads and the equipment needed to achieve the most from this work.
Edited by Anna Scott
Publisher Country Bumpkin - Australia
Price: £17.99
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A~ Z of Thread Painting - Spiralbound Paperback
This book is the ultimate resourse for beginners and experienced embroiderers. Over 180 step-by-step photographs and 26 fabulous designs by some of the world's best embroiderers. An easy to use book that will lead you through all the stitches and techniques needed to create your own masterpieces.
Edited by Sue Gardener
Distributed by Search Press
Price: £14.99
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A~ Z of Whitework - Spiralbound Paperback
This is the ultimate resource book for both beginners and experienced needleworkers, with over 1000 step-by-step colour photographs, meticulous instructions and tips from the experts.
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A - Z of Bead Embroidery - Spiralbound Paperback
A-Z of Bead Embroidery is an essential guide, suitable for beginners and experienced needleworkers.
A clearly illustrated book with over 400 step by step photos of stitches and techniques and 30 design projects
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The Goodhart Samplers - Hardback
A sumptuous volume documenting, in full colour, one of the worlds' most beautiful sampler collections. The collection was gifted to the nation by Dr Douglas Goodhart and is in the custody of the National Trust. It has been researched by three renowned needlework historians who are the co-authors of this book. Eva-Lotta Hansson, who is curator of the Royal School of Needlework textile collection, Dorothy Bromiley Phelan and Jacqueline Holdsworth, she is also the founder of Needleprint the publisher of this book. The book contains a chart by Erica Uten inside the jacket.
Price: £40.00
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18th Century Embroidery Techniques - Hardback
This is an exquisite book brimming with information on the stitches, ornate embellishments and striking designs that were characteristic of 18th century embroidery. It features beautiful illustrations and colour photographs of a wonderful array of museum held costume pieces along with quotes and extracts taken from journals and articles of the time, provides a fascinating insight into the importance that wse placed on suitable attire.
Author - Gail Marsh
Publisher - Guild of Master Craftsman Publications
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19th Century Embroidery Techniques - Hardback
19th Century Embroidery Techniques - Hardback
This informative and attractive book explores the shift from embroidery undertaken as a professional occupation in the 18th century, to a hobby in the 19th. Each chapter is packed with a close look at the techniques that were used with detailed illustrations and photographs of original 19th century embroidered pieces.
Author - Gail Marsh
Publisher - Guild of Master Craftsman Publications
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Pattern Design - A Period Design Sourcebook. Hardback
This sumptuous book features hundreds of magnificent period designs from the unique National Trust collection, from medieval to the 1950's. This is an ideal sourcebook for all creative professionals and enthusiasts of beautiful design, with patterns from textiles, wallpaper, furniture, tiles and ceramics.
Edited by Sian Evans
Publisher National Trust Books
Price: £20.00
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Celebration Transfers for Embroidery
Newly published in 2010. This book contains over one hundred motifs, covering a huge range of celebratory events and festivals. With notes on fabrics, stitches, transfering the motifs and design suggestions. Each transfer can be used up to eight times, depending on the fabric.
By Odile Bailloel
Published by Search Press
Price: £12.99
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Creating Sketchbooks - for Embroiderers and Textile Artists. Hardback
Packed with inspiring glimpses into the sketchbooks of some of worlds' leading textile artists. This book will help you make the most of your sketchbook practise, enabling you to develop ideas, record personal observations, experiment with materials and create sketchbooks that are works of art in themselves.
Author - Kay Greenlees
Publisher - Batsford
Price: £18.99
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New Canvaswork - Hardback
A colourful and inspiring guide to new developments in canvas work by the acclaimed embroiderer Jill Carter, containing a wealth of practical information on materials and techniques. The book is illustrated in colour throughout with contemporary examples
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From Image to Stitch - Hardback
Design Development Without Drawing
An essential book for all textile artists who want to add more design and originality to their work.
by Maggie Grey
Publisher - Batsford
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New Ideas in Goldwork - Paperback
A beautiful exploration of the potential of this needlework technique by RSN Graduate Apprentice Tracy Franklin. Tracy is now based in Durham City in the UK and runs classes and courses including the RSN Certificated Course from her workshop in Fowler’s Yard. Tracy is also a Tutor on the RSN Day Class programme at Hampton Court Palace. Visit www.royal-needlework.org.uk for further details.
Publisher - Batsford
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Goldwork Embroidery - Paperback
Designs and Projects
This is a most comprehensive book on this ancient form of embroidery. The history of goldwork in Britain and Europe is illuminated with images in glorious full-colour of gold embroidered costumes and textiles held in museums and private collections. This book includes fifteen original projects that either reference historical examples or exhibit contemporary techniques for this form of embroidery. A beautiful book that covers every aspect of goldwork embroidery. Mary Brown studied on the RSN Certificated Course at Hampton Court Palace in 2000-2001. by Mary Brown
Publisher - Sally Milner Publishing
Price: £24.99
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All That Glitters - Paperback
Projects Featuring the Techniques of Goldwork and Stumpwork
Featuring goldwork and stumpwork. The author shows how to create stunning stitched pieces combining both techniques with beautiful results. Featured are sections on all the materials required, the stitches and techniques. Projects are included ranging from dimensional framed pieces to functional items, all with clear, easy-to-read instructions, illustrations and colour photographs.
Publisher - Search Press
Price: £14.99
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Traditional Blackwork Samplers - Paperback
The follow on book from The Beginners Guide to Blackwork also by Lesley Wilkinson. In this book the author uses band samplers as her inspiration for the designs in this collection
Published by Search Press
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The New Anchor Book of Blackwork Embroidery Stitches - Paperback
Techniques and Designs
Blackwork is a counted thread embroidery technique in which repetitive patterns are used to fill outlined areas. This book covers the materials and equipment needed, the essential stitches, and outlines in step-by-step detail the working of 49 infill patterns. It is sure to become an indispensable reference for stitchers.
by Jill Cater Nixon
Publisher - David & Charles
Price: £6.99
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Contemporary Whitework - Hardback
This stunning embroidery title is one of the best showcases of new and exciting whitework designs that still use the traditional techniques. Written by Royal School of Needlework Graduates, Tracy A Franklin and Nicola Jarvis.
Publisher - Batsford
Price: £18.99
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Elegant Hardanger Embroidery - Paperback
A step-by-step manual for beginners to advanced
Elegant Hardanger Embroidery: a step-by-step manual for beginners to advanced by Yvette Stanton, provides a thorough course in a beautiful, historical embroidery technique. You will refer to this comprehensive Hardanger embroidery book again and again.
by Yvette Stanton
Publisher - Vetty Creations
Price: £13.99
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Embroidered with White, The 18th century fashion for Dresden lace and other whiteworked accessories
This fully illustrated book placed Dresden lace in context, examining how it was used, how it related to other whitework embroideries of the period and how designs and stitches changed from about 1710 to 1800.It will be of interest to anyone concerned with the care and cataloguing of a costume or embroidery collection, designers seeking inspiration and anyone with a love of fine craftsmanship.
Author - Heather Toomer, with drawings and patterns by Elsbeth Reed
Publisher - Heather Toomer Antique Lace
Price: £19.75
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Baby wore white, Robes for special occasions 1800 - 1910. Paperback
This fully illustrated book reviews the history of christening and other decorative baby robes through the 19th century. This title will be of interest to collectors, anyone wishing to date a family heirloom, embroiderers, costume designers and social historians. 168 pages with over 250 colour and black and white illustrations, plus an original 19thC pattern.
Author - Heather Toomer with drawings and patterns by Elsbeth Reed
Publisher - Heather Toomer Antique Lace
Price: £17.50
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Embroidered Knot Gardens - Hardback
Beautiful embroidered gardens that grow from the canvas into fantastic three-dimensional pieces by RSN Graduate Apprentice, Owen Davies and Head of Education, Gill Holdsworth
Publisher - Batsford
Price: £18.99
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Stumpwork Embroidery - Hardback
A Collection of Fruits, Flowers and Insects for Contemporary Raised Embroidery
by Jane Nicholas
Publisher - Sally Milner Publishing
Price: £23.99
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The Art and Embroidery of Jane Hall - Hardback
Reflections of Nature
This book explores Jane's extraordinary world, the materials she uses, her techniques, and her understanding and interpretation of nature. Packed with ideas, inspiration and information, it will appeal to all embroiderers and textile artists everywhere.
by Jane E. Hall
Publisher - Search Press
Price: £19.99
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Ribbon Embroidery - Paperback
Recently published, a stylish guide to Ribbon Embroidery stitches. Clearly illustrated with instructions and templates for 30 unique designs with ribbon - from the simple to the complex all in six steps or less.
Author Natalie Bellanger-Clement
Price: £9.95
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Made in France - Paperback
A newly published title, Made in France contains over 50 projects and ideas worked in cross stitch, stem stitch or french knots using red, white and blue stitching. This is a fresh contemporary take on traditional techniques, stylishly produced.
Authors - Delage-Calvet, Sohier-Fournel, Brunet, Ritz.
Publisher - Murdoch Books
Price: £14.99
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Hip To Stitch - Paperback
20 Contemporary Projects Embellished with Thread. An inspiring book containing easy to follow projects with clear step by step instructions, with helpful tips, hints and tricks of the trade.
Author Melinda A. Barta
Price: £14.99
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Pattern Motifs - A sourcebook Paperback
An invaluable reference book containing over 1000 stunning and original pattern motifs. Provides inspiration for all designers, embroiderers, quilters and craftspeople. The images are copyright-free and can be photocopied, enlarged or traced for use in any context.
Author - Graham Leslie McCallum
Publisher - Batsford
Price: £16.99
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4000 Flower & Plant Motifs - A sourcebook Paperback
This inspirational sourcebook contains 4000 stunning and original, copyright-free, floral and plant motifs. Suitable for use by all designers, embroiderers, quilters and craftspeople.
Author - Graham Leslie McCallum
Publisher - Batsford
Price: £16.99
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4000 Alphabet and Letter Motifs - paperback
This inspirational sourcebook contains 4000 copyright-free, alphabet and letter motifs and includes a CD containing several hundred extra motifs. Suitable for use by all designers, embroiderers, quilters and craftspeople.
Author - Graham Leslie McCallum
Price: £16.99
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