Books

The world of hand embroidery books offers an abundance of knowledge, creativity, and inspiration. Books help to teach a broad range of techniques to try at your own pace. Whether it's learning a something new or expanding on what you already know - we have a book of interest to you...

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Beginner's Guide to Blackwork by Lesley Wilkins

Beginner's Guide to Blackwork by Lesley Wilkins

$30.00
Lesley Wilkins illustrates her techniques with a whole host of wonderful designs - flowers, plants, birds, animals and figures. She covers everything - from the materials to use and working...
Beginner's Guide to Crewel Embroidery by Jane Rainbow

Beginner's Guide to Crewel Embroidery by Jane Rainbow

$24.99
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...
Beginner's Guide to Silk Ribbon Embroidery by Ann Cox

Beginner's Guide to Silk Ribbon Embroidery by Ann Cox

$30.95
Over one hundred step-by-step photographs show how to create exquisite, delicately embroidered silk ribbon flowers, using a surprisingly small number of stitches. Learn how to create exquisite, delicately embroidered silk...
Beginner's Guide to Stumpwork by Kay Dennis

Beginner's Guide to Stumpwork by Kay Dennis

$30.00
Kay Dennis is passionate about Stumpwork. This intricate, raised and padded embroidery has its origins in the 17th century, and is enjoying a revival amongst embroiderers and lacemakers. It is...
Beginning Tatting: A Lesson Book by Atheen Wilson

Beginning Tatting: A Lesson Book by Atheen Wilson

$99.00
Beginning Tatting: A Lesson Book by Atheen Wilson. Art and Crafts Collection. A graduated series of lessons for learning tatted lace.  The book introduces the history of this lace making...
Big Embroidery: 20 Crewel Embroidery Designs to Stitch with Wool by Nancy Nicholson

Big Embroidery: 20 Crewel Embroidery Designs to Stitch with Wool by Nancy Nicholson

$47.99
Big Embroidery is all about stitching beautiful designs up fast using wool instead of embroidery thread. Designer and author of Modern Folk Embroidery, Nancy Nicholson has created a collection of...
Blackwork Embroidery in Colour by Melanie Couffe

Blackwork Embroidery in Colour by Melanie Couffe

$40.95
Blackwork Embroidery in Colour by Melanie Couffe. In this book author Melanie Couffe takes the technique and gives it a burst of colour by introducing delicate shades of pink, blue,...
Blackwork: Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guides by Becky Hogg

Blackwork: Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guides by Becky Hogg

$40.00
Blackwork: Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guides by Becky Hogg. This series of Essential Stitch Guides provides expert tuition on a variety of techniques. In this guide to blackwork, Graduate...
Blissful Beginnings: Embroidered Blankets to Cherish

Blissful Beginnings: Embroidered Blankets to Cherish

$35.00
Following on from the worldwide bestsellers The World’s Most Beautiful Embroidered Blankets and More Beautiful Embroidered Blankets, Blissful Beginnings is the next installment filled with an enticing medley of fresh modern designs as...
Blossoming Embroidery: 15 Fun Floral Embroidery Designs by Rebekah Marshall

Blossoming Embroidery: 15 Fun Floral Embroidery Designs by Rebekah Marshall

$40.99
Let your embroidery skills blossom with these 15 fun floral designs featuring Rebekah Marshall's love for bright, blooming colour palettes. Learn about all the basic techniques and supplies you will...
Book of Embroidery: The Royal School of Needlework

Book of Embroidery: The Royal School of Needlework

$70.00
This beautiful book is a rich source of embroidery techniques, stitches and projects, covering eight key subjects in detail: crewelwork, bead embroidery, stumpwork, canvaswork, goldwork, whitework, blackwork and silk shading....
Candlewicking Designs by Alma Schwabe

Candlewicking Designs by Alma Schwabe

$20.00
Candlewicking Designs by Alma Schwabe has 96 pages. Candlewicking Designscontains detailed instructions for eighteen embroidery stitches and about 80 new designs for candlewicking - on clothes, cushions, quilts, trinkets, Christmas decorations and...
Canvaswork: Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guides by Rachel Doyle

Canvaswork: Royal School of Needlework Essential Stitch Guides by Rachel Doyle

$40.00
The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new and innovative ways. Written by RSN apprentice and tutor Rachel Doyle, this book contains...
Charted Monograms for Needlepoint and Cross Stitch Edited by Rita Weiss

Charted Monograms for Needlepoint and Cross Stitch Edited by Rita Weiss

$20.99
The monogram is an attractive and popular way of personalising your wardrobe or household linens: tablecloths, napkins, sheets, pillowcases, towels, handkerchiefs, blouses, shirts, dresses, sweaters, jackets, and other items. This...
Chloe Giordano Needlepainted Woodland Animals - Exquisite Embroidered Art

Chloe Giordano Needlepainted Woodland Animals - Exquisite Embroidered Art

$49.99
A beautiful in-depth, practical guide to the exquisite textile art of renowned embroiderer, Chloe Giordano, now expanded with fresh insights and three inspiring new artworks. "Utterly amazing! The embroidery work of...
Church Laces: Heritage Series C131 by Paragon

Church Laces: Heritage Series C131 by Paragon

$11.00
Church Laces  (Australian) Paragon Heritage Series13 crochet edges for altars & albs and a credence mat in 20, 40 & 60 cotton. Designs include crosses & roses with crown of...
Circus Embroidery - More than 200 Motifs to Stitch by Susie Johns

Circus Embroidery - More than 200 Motifs to Stitch by Susie Johns

$35.99
Relive the childhood excitement of a travelling circus arriving in town with this beautifully stitched celebration of traditional performers and their awe-inspiring acts. Packed full of nostalgic motifs and projects...
Classic Handanger by Gina Marion

Classic Handanger by Gina Marion

$39.99
An edited bindup of the two popular books from Gina Marion, Creative Hardanger and Decorative Designs in Hardanger. This one volume contains all the hardanger you need to know. Stitches,...
Colour Confidence in Embroidery by Trish Burr

Colour Confidence in Embroidery by Trish Burr

$49.99
Based on her own experience with long and short stitch shading, gained through trial and error over the years, the author provides a greater awareness of how colour affects our...
Colourful Fun Embroidery by Clare Albans

Colourful Fun Embroidery by Clare Albans

$45.00
Colourful Fun Embroidery by Clare Albans featuring 24 modern projects to bring joy and happiness to your life.  The projects have built in difficulty so if you're a novice or...
Colourful Sashiko by Sashikonami

Colourful Sashiko by Sashikonami

$39.99
Colourful Sashiko by Sashikonami featuring 49 diverse designs and essential techniques to make even simple embroidery vibrant and exciting. Discover the wonders of sashiko with Japanese embroidery star Sashikonami. Create your...
Connected by the Red Thread by Simone de John-van Wissen

Connected by the Red Thread by Simone de John-van Wissen

$75.00
Connected by the Red Thread is samplers from the classroom by Simone de John-van Wissen. Enter the world of red school samplers and discover the fascinating history and tradition of...
Contrast in Crewel Embroidery - Modern Designs on Light and Dark by Tatiana Popova

Contrast in Crewel Embroidery - Modern Designs on Light and Dark by Tatiana Popova

$49.99
Discover a wealth of innovative and inspiring ideas for using colour in crewelwork, from one of the world's leading embroiderers, Tatiana Popova. Discover a wealth of innovative and inspiring ideas...
Creative Stitch Shibori by Annabel Wilson

Creative Stitch Shibori by Annabel Wilson

$41.99
Creative Stitched Shibori introduces the Japanese craft of resist dyeing where a plain piece of fabric can be transformed into remarkable patterns. It starts with the simple running stitch and then...