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Quilting for Embroiderers

This 143 page embroidery book for quilters is filled with lots and lots of color pictures for 6 breathtaking projects, suitable for all skill levels, from a classic cushion and very simple dot embroidery to elaborate stumpwork birds and whimsical novelty quilts.

Concise step-by-step photographs and instructions will allow you to reproduce each project, or use the individual design elements to create your own special masterpiece. This beautiful book is filled with fantastic hints to help you along the way, provides full size embroidery designs for each project and is a must for every needleworker's library.

Price $45.00
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Painting with a Needle - Young Yang Chung

An incredible book filled with beautiful silk embroidery. The author is an artist of the needle featured in Inspirations magazine. Each page of this hardback book has color photos or b/w illustrations explaining the techniques of Asian silk embroidery with copious illustrations … it is the pinnacle of thread painting books! The cover illustration is an actual thread painting by the author with instructions included inside.
Projects include:
  • Flying crane
  • Morning glories
  • Mini-Garden - Chrysanthemum and Green Radish Leaf
  • Good Wishes for the Bride
  • The Four Seasons - Pink Birds in the Sky and Turtes in the Ocean
  • White Peacock with Peonies
  • Birds with Grasshopper on an Orchid
  • Celebration
  • Pampas Grass and Cosmos
  • Magnolia I
  • Magnolia II
  • Rose of Sharon
  • Bicycle Pouch
  • Hydrangeas
  • Bronze Vessels
  • Three Fish
  • Happy Talk

Price $35.00
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Embroidered Bags and Purses - Inspirations

A collection of 16 glorious embroidered bags and purses including full size patterns and as with all Inspiration publications step-by-step instructions. "Bags are not only an essential accessory; they can also be an expression of the wearer's personality or mood. Embroidery, in it's many manifestations, is the perfect medium to illustrate this. Within the pages of this full color book, you will find full-size patterns, detailed instructions, step-by-step photographs and a stitch glossary to ensure you create the perfect bag or purse for you. Ranging in style from tiny bead encrusted evening bags in precious silks to practical everyday totes, the sixteen bags and purses will whet the embroidery appetite of everyone who loves unique accessories."

Price $25.00
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Embroidery for All Seasons - Diana Lampe

If you missed out on her first two wonderful books then grab this one while you can. This beautiful book combines the very popular Embroidered Garden Flowers and More Embroidered Garden Flowers and includes the new 'Kardinal Rose Garden'.

Exquisite embroidered garden flower designs showing the four seasons, all brought vividly to life with stitches and colors that truly reflect the flowers being worked. Includes complete flower samplers and a lovely selection of projects showing the embroidered flowers used in a variety of combinations and styles.

Price $24.95
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Shadow Work Embroidery - J. Marsha Michler

Finally a book with iron on transfers, 108 to be exact, for the fine art of shadow work embroidery. Shadow work embroidery has been one of the arts promoted by the heirloom sewing world emulating fine Swiss embroideries. This Dover publication has easy-to-follow instructions, accompanied by clear diagrams, making this volume ideal for any needlecrafter, beginner or expert, who wishes to learn this elegant technique.

Shadow work has been used for decorating curtain panels, tableclothes, towels and lampshades and is perfect for adding an heirloom quality to garments made in Swiss Batiste or Lawn by embellishing inserts, yokes, collars, pockets and scarves with ornamental stitching. Designs include:

  • Script Alphabet
  • Bows
  • Flowers
  • Butterflies
  • Birds
  • Motifs

Price $5.95
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Monograms - The Art of Embroidered Letters by Country Bumpkin
An exquisite book filled with historical information on the use of Monograms along with the many varied stitches and techniques that can be utilized and discover how to choose and adapt letters to create your own unique cipher.

Eight beautiful projects are included, ranging from tiny cross stitch lavender sachets to an exquisite handbag and sumptuous wool and cashmere blanket.

Price $39.95
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A to Z Whitework - Country Bumpkin Publications

Whitework is a category of embroidery encompassing many styles of techniques reflecting the different cultures inspired from working with white cloth and white thread.

This book, another fantastic volume in the A to Z series, covers the styles and techniques of every form of whitework embroidery from:

  • Ayshire Embroidery - Scottish Embroidery
  • Broderie Angliase - English Embroidery
  • Candlewicking - American style of tufted embroidery
  • Carrickmacross Embroidery - Embroidery on netted ground
  • Cutwork - Button-hole stitch worked on fabric & cut to form a style of lace
  • Hedebo Embroidery - Danish Embroidery
  • Madeira Embroidery - Portuguese Embroidery
  • Mountmellick Embroidery - Irish Embroidery
  • Shadow Work - Best instructions for this technique
  • Tambour Embroidery - Chain stitch worked with hook on net or fabric, beading on fabric

Treat yourself to this volume which explains all of the hand embroidery techniques which are rapidly dying out due to the proliferation of machined substitutes.

Price $29.00
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The Encyclopedia of Embroidery Techniques by Pauline Brown

"With is gold mine of 240 beautiful machine and hand embroidery stitches, you'll create a wealth of your own beautiful projects. Whether you're inserted in applique' and quilting, or counted cross-stitch and needlepoint, every important stitch is illustrated in photographs and diagrams. If you'd like to try something more unusual, check out such techniques as reticello and smocking. You're sure to have great results with advice on transferring designs and preparing material, and the guide to different types of threads, fabrics, and equipment. Bonus: An innovative embroiderer's gallery of contemporary designs with popular themes like landscapes, people, and animals."

First published in England in 1994 this book has it all with an excellent introduction to all the techniques presented. The quilting section, for example, contains innovative techniques as padded quilting, trapunto, Italian Quilting, shadow quilting and machine quilting. The section on smocking contains the basic stitches as well as lattice and flower lattice smocking.

Price $14.95
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The Embroidered Miniature Quilt

Create a colourful miniature Baltimore quilt using surface embroidery and stumpwork techniques, all explained with detailed instructions and step-by-step photographs.  Traditional nineteenth century motifs, worked with needlelace slips, ribbon embroidery and wrapped beads, are represented on nine exquisite blocks.  together, they form a stunning quilt you will be proud to display.  Flowers included are:
  • Cornucopia
  • Lavender & Roses
  • Lyre
  • Blueberry Wreath
  • Basket of Flowers
  • Grape Wreath
  • Lilies & Roses
  • Wisteria & Daffodils
  • Fruit Bowl

Price $25.00
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Diana Lampe's Embroidery from the Garden - $24.95 - Hardback

A beautiful book from Australia's premier embroideress filled with 50 new South Africa flowers designed in two beautiful embroidered gardens: The Protea Garden and the Strelitzia Garden.  Both in a garland and sampler style featuring flowers on beautiful gifts and household items.  

Diana has again taken great care to perfect the flowers and they are all beautifully, realistically and artistically rendered.  The colors have been carefully matched and the stitches chosen to recreate the true form of each flower.  Included is a comprehensive flower and stitch glossary with clear drawings indicating exactly the stitches required for each flower as well as each embroidered flower shown in color and detail. 

Price $24.95
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Diana Lampe's Embroidered Pansies - $27.00 - Hardback

Diana Lampe is renowned for her skill in matching the colors of nature with the embroiderer's palette of cotton, silk or woolen threads.  In this, her fifth book, Diana has excelled and gives all the details to allow the reader to reproduce more than 100 pansies and heartsease (Johnny Jump-ups), all true to nature in both form and color.  

Here are the bright and cheerful flowers, in their myriad of forms, as well as the softer, gentler colors of the Masterpiece and Heirloom pansies.  Here are their buds, their stems and their leaves, all clearly described and detailed.   Also included is a range of embroidered projects that can be created to display the pansies from brooches to cushions to carpets of flowers.  The book contains a delightful contributed chapter by Marion Trezie on crocheting the pansies in wool to make tea-cosies, brooches and posies.

Price $27.00
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A to Z of Bead Embroidery - $29.00

Another wonderful edition to the A to Z series by Country Bumpkin.  Called an essential guide for beginners and experienced needleworkers, this edition covers the world of bead embroidery with 30 beautiful designs from around the world to make as well as over 440 step-by-step photographs of all the techniques associated with bead embroidery.  Also included is a wonderful section of beaded fringe which can be applied to anything your heart desires including smocked ornaments.  Techniques covered include Attaching a single see or cylinder bead, a pair of beads, attaching multiple beads, circle of beads, beadpoint, sequins and tambour work (if you're interested in these let me know as I used to sell them and still can).  If you have ever drooled over the projects in Inspirations magazine and wanted more than this is the book for you.

Price $29.00
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Traditional Blackwork Samplers - Lesley Wilkins  $17.95

Here is a collection of Lesley Wilkins' beautiful embroideries which are inspired by the band samplers on which embroiderers eagerly collected their favourite designs before pattern books existed.  Step-by-step photographs and clear charts show how simple stitches on evenweave fabric can be used to create wonderful historical samplers featuring figures, flowers, plants, birds and animals.  Beautifully illustrated with color plates throughout the book.  Excellent instructions for the beginner to blackwork as well.  An excellent way to develop your blackwork embroidery skills.

Price $17.95
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Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork - Di van Niekerk - $25.95

A lovely book, a delight to wander through and pick your flowers to embroider onto your fabric garden, whatever it might be.  The combination of stumpwork and ribbon embroidery will delight anyone with the whimsy of stumpwork vegetables, dragonfly and pansies (to name a few) scattered tastefully through the ribbon embroidered sampler.  The comprehensive stitch glossary contains colorful illustrations of more than 40 stitches in a size that is easy to see and understand the construction of each.  You also get more than 30 original floral designs lushly detailed in artistic photographs.  There are several new techniques to excite even the experienced embroiderer.  Each of the twelve panels shown on the cover are individually explained with step by step photographs and instructions, including a comprehensive guide to all needles, thread and ribbon required.

Price $25.95
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A Perfect World in Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork - Di van Niekerk - $25.95

A beautiful companion book to the one above by S. Africa's premier embroideress. This edition continues where the first volume left off. Packed with new ideas and techniques, it will appeal no only to embroiderers, but also to other crafters who love to make beautiful things. This book is set up as a sampler with 17 panels with 60 different elements in the design with a clear stitch gallery to guide you. Flowers and creatures from all over the world, many of them never done before, are included in the sampler, so there is something for everyone. Each element is shown step-by step with clear photographs. This book is an ideal learning tool for beginer embroiderers wishing to learn the craft, yet it offers more advanced embroiderers several new and exciting techniques. You can embroider the complete sampler or a single planet for smaller projects or choose just one element from a panel (a beautiful butterfly or an bunch of English Bluebells) and add these to your own design.

Price $25.95
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Transfer Designs for Embroidery - Anne-Marie Bodson and Josette Vinas y Roca $21.95

Iron On transfers with suggested completed designs. Discover how easy it is to transfer these designs and create beautiful embroideries. Choose from over one hundred transfer designs including borders, flowers, butterflies, letters, Christmas and Oriental illustrations, geometric patterns and more. This book offers inspiration and ideas for all occasions. Originally published in France so the flavor of the designs come from that rich embroidery tradition.

Price $21.95
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Brazilian Three-Dimensional Embroidery by Rosie Montague - $6.95

Brazilian Embroidery is one of the prettiest bullion floral art forms around that have inspired many a smocked bodice in it's variations.  Here is the book to start learning this fabulously gorgeous embroidery (mostly worked in shiny rayon threads) as it has 60 transfer patterns which teach the craft, showing step-by-step how the three-dimensional effect is achieved, which special threads give the distinctive lustre or crinkled boucle look, and how to fill the fabric background with that delicate tracery of field flowers, leaves and branches that characterize Brazilian embroidery.  These transfers only work on flat fabric but once you get the hang of placement of the stitches it would be easy to transfer the patterns onto your smocked grid canvas.  Each stitch of Brazilian embroidery is carefully explained with explicit drawings that make learning the stitch quick and easy!

Price $6.95
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Russian Punchneedle Embroidery - Gail Bird $4.95

Here's a fun book that has been around since 1981 (new edition of old volume) which sparked the punch needle craze of the 80's.  Punchneedle embroidery is the art of working one basic stitch (the chain stitch) with special needles to create a raised ornamental design on woven fabric.  Using the original set of tiny punchneedles (we're getting them soon) you can work a variety of beautiful effects, details and textures that can be easily achieved by using this stitch with different size needles, threads and fabrics.

This book is a complete guide to the old Russian folk style of punchneedle embroidery, and contains descriptions of the equipment needed, detailed instructions for stitching, easy-to-follow diagrams, and iron-on transfer patterns including flowers, birds, butterflies, animals, etc.  

Popular as a hobby, a craft and art form, punchneedle embroidery has an amazing variety of uses: decorate fashion accessories such as purses, necklaces, combs, belts, pins, earrings, scarves, shawls, aprons as well as doll-house rugs and tapestries.

Price $4.95
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Stumpwork Embroidery - Designs and Projects - Jane Nicholas $25.95

Stumpwork embroidery, which originated in the 2and half of the 17th century, is enjoying a vigorous revival.  Jane Nicholas, the author of Stumpwork Embroidery Designs and Projects, is at the forefront of the modern designers interpreting this beautiful raised embroidery, with it's satin backgrounds, padding, and motifs which are either embroidered direct o the fabric or applied as detached shapes, ad final embellishments, particularly beads.  In this, her second book, she details 19 projects containing 28 new motifs which depict field flowers, pansies in many hues, roundels with scrolling floral designs, wildlife including deer, owl and parrot, and needlework accessories which give a practical application for this embroidery.   Included are detailed instructions and hundreds of step-by-step illustrations.

Price $25.95
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A to Z of Thread Painting - $29.50

Everything, and I mean everything, you've ever wanted to know about Thread Painting is in this book.  Step by step photographs on every phase of thread painting is covered in color stitch photos.  A superb book, a must have for your embroidery library as the topic of thread painting has not been exhausted in books and has basically only recently appeared in periodicals.  Thread Painting is shaded satin stitch at it's finest.  Come join the fun and play.

Price $29.50
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Embroidered Christening Gowns - Country Bumpkin Publications

Wow!  This book has them all.  Every gown you have ever drooled over in Inspirations Magazine is included in this special edition by Country Bumpkin Publications.  This will be in print only for a short while so get it while you can.  Within the pages of this beautifully photographed book are eight unique and exquisite garments, perfect for christening, naming or blessing celebrations.  Excellent clear instruction and more than 300 step-by-step photographs bring these wonderful designs within the grasp of all sewing enthusiasts, whatever their level of expertise.   144 pages. Full size patterns.

Price $34.95
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The Embroidered Village Bag - Inspirations Book Special - by Carolyn Pearce

Here is a delightfully whimsical tote bag that can be decorated any way you want.  If you wish to duplicate the bag in it's entirety the complete full-sized patterns are included along with over 100 step-by-step photographs that show you how to embroider each section in the style that has made Inspirations magazine famous.   Practice your embroidery passions while stitching wisteria and rose covered cottages.  The is bag is useful as well as delightful to look at as it is large enough to carry your needlework projects where ever you go.

Price $24.95
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A-Z of Stumpwork - 9th book in the A-Z Series

If you have ever wondered about stumpwork embroidery this is the most complete book I have seen on the subject.  Every facet of stumpwork is covered in beautifully clear close-up step by step color photos making it easy for you to learn and practice your skill.  A must have book for every embroidery buff.

Price $27.00
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A to Z Crewel Embroidery

Another winner from the publishers of Inspiration magazine, this book is a compilation of all the stitches used in past issues of the magazines detailed out for you in step by step color photographs.  If you have ever wanted to master the art of crewel embroidery then this is the manual for you.

Price $27.00
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World's Most Beautiful Embroidered Blankets

Yes the title says it all, these blankets are beeea-utiful.  Taken from the pages of Inspirations Magazine, this hard-bound book will be a treasure to keep for years to come.  Gorgeous thread paintings with wool yarn, floss and ribbon: padded crewel work and bullions you will find that each blanket is, well, exquisite.   You can choose from beautiful flowers to whimsical baby blankets designed by Jenny McWhinny and others.  

Price $40.00
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Inspirations Bridal - from Country Bumpkin, a special issue

From the pages of Inspiration Magazine you will find some beautifully romantic embroidery projects to make that special occasion really special.  The designs included are not found anywhere else, so gorgeous - not just for bridal projects.  Projects include:

  • Make the gorgeous embroidered silk bodice as seen on the cover.
  • Classic Stumpwork Evening Bag
  • Timeless Wedding Ring Cushion
  • Hearts, Cupids, and much more.
  • 80 pages in all of pure inspiration.

Price $22.00
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Thread Painting Embroidery Books

Helen M. Stevens' Embroiderer's Year

Subtitled "Exquisite embroideries celebrating the ever-changing seasons" and as you can see from the cover the designs that are inside are simply delightful.  Her little embroidered creatures have been in Inspirations magazine inspiring all of us with her whimsy.  She has taken thread painting to a whole new level of beautiful and life-like interpretations of nature.  Simply gorgeous stuff to embroider or just to look at page after page of colored sketches

In this book Helen M. Stevens has created twelve splendid collections of embroideries, one for each month.  The diversity of the natural world is caught through her use of color, inspired use of threads and accurate observations.  The detail of the stitching is captured in superb color plates and her description of each piece provides the encouragement to stitch exquisite embroideries of your own.

Price $30.00
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Redoute's Finest Flowers in Embroidery by Trish Burr

Early 19th century botanical artist, Frenchman Pierre Joseph Redoute', left the world a legacy of hundreds of wonderful flower paintings.  In turn these paintings have inspired this collection of delicate embroideries by Trish Burr.

Trish has reproduced 17 paintings in amazing detail, using only the simplest of stitches to create a remarkably complex effect.  Step-by-step instructions are included for each embroidery - fabric, thread, stitches - which allow both the novice and the experienced embroiderer to create their own stunning botanical collection.

Price $18.95
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Flower Patterns to Applique', Paint, and Embroidery - Joan Sjuts Waldman $19.95

An American Quilter's Society publican.  "This versatile collection of flowers and leaf designs includes lilies, irises, roses, and more.  Personalize your quilts with 50 delightful quilt labels, suitable for copying or printing directly to fabric. Joan also presents 12 patterns to use with her watercolor-pencil painting technique.  Simply trace the patterns on fabric and color them in with watercolor pencils - easy as a coloring book.  "Paint" the colors with water to blend them, and press to set the colors.  Try this intriguing new technique or use these lovely designs for applique', redwork or other embroidery."

Includes line drawings as well as color plates to show the painting suggestions.  Excellent.

Price $19.95
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Embroidery Magazines We Carry

Inspirations #57

"The flower issue..." Flowers have always been a rich source of inspiration for embroiderers and this issue pays tribute to the beautiful blooms that grace our gardens. The stunning projects that feature in this floral edition include a spectacular Elizabethan masterpiece by Susan O’Connor, a glorious quilt embroidered with roses, hollyhocks, daisies and lavender by Kris Richards, a needlebook and needlecase embellished with ribbons and roses by Julie Graue, plus so much more. Projects include:
  • Plums Honeysuckle - Beautiful Elizabethan style embroidered picture, lots of tiny french knots
  • Dearheart - Fun little bear to embroider that doubles as a pin cushion plus accessories to hold your needles, pins and scissors
  • RosaVictoriana - gorgeous embroidered quilt with timeless scenes from a cottage garden
  • Firefly - Jacobean style crewel embroidered purse
  • Meadow Sweet - Delicate stumpwork embroidered picture
  • The Flower Fairy - Embroidered drawstring bag with thread-painted fairy and silk ribbon daffodils
  • Snow on the mountain - Elegant book cover
  • Little bits of bliss - Bullion roses embellished needlebook & needlecase
  • Grace and Favor - Bullion embroidered guest towels

Price $13.50
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More Inspirations Magazines

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Australian Embroidery & Cross Stitch Magazine (click here to sign up for automatic shipments)

Australian Embroidery, Beading & Cross Stitch Vol. 14 No. 9

Gift special with 10 amazing projects including:
  • Chamois Can-Do - Experimental picture piece using unusual materials
  • Under African Skies - Wool Embroidered pictures appliqued to a blanket
  • Heartfelt Wishes - Gorgeous Brazilian Embroidered Heart cushion
  • Dragon Baby - Album cover for baby with baby dragon made from stumpwork, needleweaving, ribbonwork and surface embroidery
  • From the Heart - Judith Coombe little treasures
  • Star Bright - Beaded and embroidered dangle
  • The Holly and the Ivy - Beaded Christmas Ornament
  • Geraniums in Summer - 14 ct cross stitch picture
  • Rose of Beauty - A stumpwork rose box cover
  • The Cat's Whiskers - Appliqued Cat's face needlebook cover

Price $8.95
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Iron-On Transfer Pencil   $1.50

Just the tool you need to transfer embroidery line drawings onto your fabric.  Just trace along the lines of a drawing (wrong side), then place onto your fabric and iron on the image.  Washes out with water, may need a little scrubbing.

Iron-On Transfer Pencil $1.50
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