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Doodle Stitching One-Hour Embroidery – Book Review

May 26, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Stitches for stitching that are quick and enjoyable! Stitch an entire piece in one hour with best-selling author Aimee Ray of Doodle Stitching fame.

Combine elements from 18 distinct projects, each having its own embroidered design and comprehensive stitch instructions. … Read More ...

Modern Crewel Embroidery: 15 Fresh Samplers Stitched with Wool

May 12, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Make a contemporary crewelwork sampler.

Discover crewel stitching with brilliant wool and joyful motifs that will enliven any room. Jo Avery invites stitchers of all skill levels to tackle this traditional legacy craft and create eye-catching masterpieces! Using wool thread … Read More ...

Jane Austen Embroidery-Book Review

April 28, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Jane Austen was as adept with a needle and a pen, and this one-of-a-kind book exhibits rare and gorgeous embroidery patterns from her age, repurposed into 15 current sewing projects.

The projects are based on Lady’s Magazine (1770-1832), a prominent … Read More ...

New Tatting: Modern Lace Motifs and Projects – Book Review

April 7, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

A lovely and comprehensive introduction to tatting!

With the increased popularity of lace, New Tatting is an excellent resource for getting started. Tatting is a technique for making lace that involves looping threads together with small shuttles and your fingers … Read More ...

8 of the world’s most beautiful whitework projects

March 24, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Whitework embroidery, which may be seen in many civilizations across the world, usually contains extremely elaborate motifs utilizing white thread on white backdrop cloth.

The cloth surface is embellished by high-relief stitching, cutting, tugging, or withdrawing threads, and some … Read More ...

Maison Sajou Sewing Book: 20 Projects from the famous French Haberdasher

March 10, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

The Maison Sajou Sewing Book includes twenty embroidered projects ranging from bed linens and tablecloths to book covers and monograms, all meant to bring sophisticated French taste into your home.

Even the most inexperienced sewer will enjoy the delicate needlework … Read More ...

Gingermelon’s Embroidered Animals: Heirloom animal dolls to sew, embellish and treasure

February 3, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

A wonderful assortment of toy sewing designs for making treasured plush creatures! These adorable animal dolls are simple to make and then embellished with simple hand embroidery stitches for a wonderful finish.

The gingermelon dolls and their adorable clothes all … Read More ...

Dried Flower Embroidery: An Introduction to the Art of Flowers on Tulle

January 27, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Dried Flower Embroidery honors the art of embroidering flowers on tulle. Learn how to make stunning arrangements with your favorite everlasting flowers, grasses, and greenery.

Starting with the fundamentals, Olga walks you through the process of mastering this trade, from … Read More ...

Psalms Religious Embroidery – Book Review

January 20, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Keep God’s message in your heart and embroider a psalm of encouragement!

Embroider a psalm from your heart and fingertips as a beautiful artwork or as a future family legacy to pass down to your children.  Psalms Embroidery

Get inspired … Read More ...

Embroidered Woodland Creatures: 50+ Iron-On Transfers Inspired by Nature

January 6, 2023 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

Following the popularity of her Doodle Stitching Transfer Pack, Aimee Ray introduces a new collection of charming woodland-themed transfers.

This lovely transfer bundle from famous author Aimee Ray will keep embroiderers busy for hours. These fascinating nature-based patterns span … Read More ...

Better Off Thread (Embroidery Mystery Book 10)

December 9, 2022 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

In the ninth installment of the series from the national bestselling author of The Stitching Hour, Santa finds himself in a stitch of difficulty…

Marcy is hard at work at her needlework store, the Seven-Year Stitch, assisting clients in … Read More ...

Sweet Stitches Embroidery Pattern Book

August 29, 2022 by Claudia Porter Leave a Comment

From the Fat Quarter Shop comes this lovely pattern book called Sweet Stitches.  It is written by Aneela Hoey and contains…wait for it…over 250 iron-on embroidery designs.  Wow!

Containing 120 pages there are patterns as well as instructions on transferring … Read More ...

Seasonal Embroidery Patterns

May 18, 2022 by Claudia Porter Leave a Comment

With 8 different projects to choose from, the book Seasonal Embroidery, has a little something for everyone.  Available to purchase over on Leisure Arts, it is perfect for beginner and intermediate crafters.

I already see a photo of a … Read More ...

4 Books on Floral Embroidery Design

April 23, 2022 by Claudia Porter Leave a Comment

Floral embroidery motifs are some of the most common and popular ones that one can make.  There are so many of them out there that sometimes it is nice to find a book with where many are all in one … Read More ...

Free Book – Picture Dictionary of Hand Embroidery Stitches

December 2, 2021 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

This book is available free on Kindle.

This handbook is for you to quickly identify hand embroidery stitches by their names and appearance. The stitches are categorized into various Stitch Families to make your search and reference easier. That’s more … Read More ...

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