Classic Cushions by Kaye Pyke, Lynne Landy & Anne Stowers

Here is beautiful book filled with beautiful cushions designed by Australia's Kaye Pyke. You will find ideas for gift cushions, large gold pillows, bolsters with tassels, calico cushions for a country look, tiny cushions for a study or den and intricate embroidered and opulent cushions for a formal sitting room. There are many sets of embroidery instructions with clear diagrams and a fully illustrated stitch glossary. If you have ever found yourself running out of ideas this book has plenty to spark your imagination.

Paperback with color pictures and b/w illustrations and patterns.

Favourite Flowers in Ribbons & Threads - Heather Joynes

This book is the latest addition to Australian Embroiderer Heather Joynes' popular series of books on ribbon embroidery. The flowers taken from each season in the garden include daffodils, tulips, Queen Anne's lace, lupins, dahlias, anemones, poinsettias and more.

There is a project to work for each flower and a combined arrangement of the three flowers from each season. Clear instructions for both the embroidery and the making up of each of the 17 projects are included. Each flower is shown in a color photograph and b/w illustrations.

Floral Designs for Ribbon Embroidery - Joyce Randall

Ribbon embroidery, an old and delightful craft, is enjoying a revival. This book from Australia features 28 charming, simple and dainty designs suitable for framing or embroidering on clothes.

It opens with a short illustrated section on the techniques required for working successfully with ribbon, and follows with detailed instructions for the 28 flower designs, including basic outlines for tracing. Each finished piece is illustrated in color.

Ribbon Embroidery with 178 Iron-on Transfers - Michler

The Victorian-era trend of silk-ribbon embroidery is back and this comprehensive guide offers both easy-to-follow instructions for the delicate art and dozens of iron-on transfer pattern designs. Needleworkers will love the wealth of winsome patterns--floral sprays, topiaries, bouquets, flower baskets, and miniature nosegays; hats, fans, and heart motifs, as well as dainty "alphabet flowers", with each letter of the alphabet represented by a flower or plant (Anemone, Bluebell, Calla, Dahlia, etc.)

Flowers and leaves embroidered in silk ribbon possess a lovely dimensional quality, seeming to float above the background fabric. This beautiful technique features stitches that work up quickly and easily and an extremely versatile number of applications. Personal an domestic accessories such as belts, ties, scarves, hair ornaments, towels, table liens, and quilts are beautifully enhanced by ribbon embroidery. The simplicity of the instructions and illustrations for these designs assures that even novices will master a variety of lovely stitches.

The Silk Ribbon Embroidery Bible - $29.99

The most comprehensive book around, an essential reference for anyone working with ribbon embellishments.  This book provides practical advice on the materials required and important techniques as well as featuring comprehensive step-by-step instructions for over 60 ribbon embroidery stitches.  Includes patterns for over 50 delightful motifs intended to inspire you, from the simplest single flower to the more enchanting cottage garden.

The spiral binding makes it easy to lay the book out flat.  Each flower and technique is presented in a beautifully designed page with color pictures and diagrams on construction of each flower and stitch.   A wonderful addition to your library.

Silk Ribbon Embroidery Designs & Techniques by Ann Cox

Here is the sequel to Ann Cox's best-selling Beginner's Guide to Silk Ribbon Embroidery filled with over 175 new step-by-step photographs.  Learn how to create beautiful flowers and how to color ribbons, paint backgrounds, add depth to garden scenes and enhance still-life arrangements.

In all my years of selling this book has some of the prettiest and delicate examples of Silk Ribbon Flowers I have EVER seen.    Starting with showing how an iris looks in 2mm, 4mm, 7mm and 13mm to how to anchor the different size ribbon Ann expands on the standard silk ribbon instruction manuals and takes you into the realms of creating art.

A to Z of Knitting - $29.00

Once again Country Bumpkin Publications has outdone itself with this new edition to the A to Z family introducting a whole new generation to the art of knitting. Within it's pages you will find step by step color photographs on every knitting situation for the basics and then some. It's a perfect book for those just starting out in knitting as well as those experts who need reminding and inspiration.

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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Adapting Commercial Patterns for the Smocked Insert by Diana Bruce of Creative Keepsakes

This wonderful booklet is back in print. It takes you step by step through the process of planning and excuting adding in a smocked insert into a commercial pattern.

New from Terri Wood - Pleating DVD

In this new pleating DVD by Terri Wood (see her Smocking Video) the quest for visual pleating information has finally been fulfilled.  Techniques covered in this DVD include:

• Introduction of Different Pleaters
• Care and Maintenance of the pleater
• Preparing the Pleater for Pleating
• Pleating a Bishop Dress
• Pleating using a motor

30 minutes DVD $29.95

See also her Smocking Video in our Books Section