Let your imagination be your guide with the embroidery method known as crewel! Crewel, with its surface stitches, showcases some of the boldest and most fanciful designs in needlework. Master
Renowned designer Trish Burr opens the door to a whole new world of creative possibilities by adding color to traditional whitework embroidery. Exploring unusual color combinations, celebrated needle
Weave colored thread into 12 beautiful and simple designs—all featuring adorable bunny themes! “Thread painting” is the term for using colored thread embroidery to create artistic, dimensional images.
Design and create realistic hand-embroidered landscapes, from coastlines to deserts, escarpments to plains. Judy Wilford has 30 years of experimentation, refinement, and tutoring under her belt, and h
In 1598, Lady Anne Clifford wrote a letter to her father that featured a beautifully painted border. Inspired by that Shakespearian-era design, Jane Nicholas has created her own embroidery, stitched o
Small, embroidered "paintings" can have all the detail, form, and beauty of a larger piece—except they're much quicker to stitch! These fresh and appealing designs all capture the pretty, romantic ima
Once used primarily for fishing, netting now works beautifully as a base for filet lace. While many lacemakers use commercially available varieties, Margaret Morgan wanted unique sizes and colors. So
With their bright colors and fun designs, these crocheted tapestries are perfect for decorating a child's room. Renate Kirkpatrick introduces crocheters to a new technique and a kaleidoscope of patter
With Bibilla Knotted Lace Flowers, today's crafters can enjoy a beautiful form of lace making that originated in antiquity. Elena Dickson has modified and modernized the traditional technique, resulti
Following the popular Stumpwork Dragonflies and Stumpwork Beetles, Stumpwork Butterflies & Moths is the third in a series of stitched insect collections. Jane Nicholas has created a “specimen box”
This collection of versatile lace patterns will increase your crocheting knowledge, confidence, and pleasure with easy-to-follow instructions for mastering new techniques and stitches. Work your way t
How does color affect embroidery? How can it bring needlework to life? Crafters will uncover the possibilities in this unique, in-depth exploration of color in embroidery. From color selection and ble
Renowned embroiderer Trish Burr passes her creative secrets on to stitchers--especially beginners--who want to take their needle painting skills to the next level. In 15 projects organized in three le
Explore the many varied ways of incorporating color and novelty into crochet! Noted needleworker Renate Kirkpatrick provides patterns for 64 multicolored squares, all meant to become part of an attrac
The 16 raised embroidery projects featured here are inspired by the breathtaking art of the Islamic world. Created by renowned designer Jane Nicholas, whose previous books on stumpwork and goldwork h
The tiny Irish village of Borris is famous for the marvelous lace, and a rare private collection containing some of the finest examples is the inspiration for this beautiful book. It's a catalo
Eileen Campbell has skillfully captured the flowers of Japan in a single exhibition quilt. Here, she shares her easy-to-follow techniques for creating each of these amazing blooms, giving crafters ev
Designer Effie Mitrofanis has a playful and creative spiritand in Threadwork, she shows readers what can happen when you let your imagination go wild and think outside the usual sewn square. He
Examples of medieval stumpwork—the art of embroidering using raised, 3-D embellishments—can be found in museums and galleries throughout Europe. Considered among the most intricate and lo
This attractive little book is packed with big creativity for beading and tassel enthusiasts! It presents 20 creative tassel designs that all incorporate crusted beading, a decorative technique
Complete with step-by-step directions, wonderful photographs, and enticing projects, the latest offering from award-winning author Eileen Campbell will inspire and instruct those with both a rudiment
Colorful floral shapes inspired by endangered plant species will attract countless new fans to quilling, the decorative art also known as paper filigree. This collection of unique projects includes e
Most crochet books have you follow a pattern, make so-many stitches of such-and-such a kind, and arrive at a predictable result. In freeform (also known as scrumbling), it’s anything goes: mix
Embroiderers everywhere won’t find the time—they’ll make the time to create these delicate, artistic crewel and surface embroideries. The 16 achievable projects are challenging but
The intricate designs of a lost art come to life in this illuminating instructional guide. Beautiful and delicate Schwalm embroidery is a form of whitework that uses surface stitches, pulled fabric,
Ancient European tradition lives on in goldwork, an art form encompassing embroidery with all types of metal threads, not only gold. Once reserved for royalty and other aristocrats, goldwork is now a
Designed for the beginning to intermediate embroiderer, this workshop-in-a-book presents the basic concepts of this gentle art, and puts them to immediate use in creating a lidded box, striking eveni
This is not your grandmother’s knitting and crochet! For those ready to break away from the pattern books and create wearable pieces of fiber art, freeform is an exciting discovery. It’s
Hardanger embroidery, which originated centuries ago in Scandinavia, has a rich and fascinating tradition. Its eight-pointed star is a universal symbol found in embroidery as far away as India. Gathe
Popular author Helen Walter presents her third collection of quilling projects, and these exquisite patterns go far beyond the traditional floral motifs. Paper crafters and stitchers will be delighte
With their exotic silks, beautiful colored wools, and exquisite embellishments, these embroidered designs will enchant any needleworker. Many of the patterns are enhanced with the shimmer of metallic
“Take your yarn for a walk,” says author Jenny Dowde, who teaches the freeform “scrumbling” technique. With scrumbling, needleworkers can work unbound by patterns and yet stil
For the ancient Egyptians the beetle symbolized life, rebirth, and immortality, and for centuries, artisans have used the scarab motif to adorn everything from textiles and jewelry to the tombs of ki
They’re called illusions because these easy, elegant designs look intricate—as if they took a lot of time and talent to create. The illustrated instructions cover various needlework style
“Trish Burr has painstakingly recreated blooms from the paintings of 19th-century botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redout? in exquisite embroidery. Using only the simplest stitches, she provides
