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Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Accessories: Transform Everyday Accessories into Designer Originals
Eileen Roche
Krause Publications, 2008
An elegant and highly recommended addition
It's a commonly accepted dictum in the fashion world that accessories can enhance any outfit. This is especially true for needlecraft projects ranging from purses and bags, to shoes and scarves. Through the deft use of a sewing machine, embroidery can transform ...
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Embroidered Purses: Design & Techniques
Linda Tudor
Batsford, 2006
great inspirations!
This is a wonderful book to get your creative juices flowing. It's not so much a pattern book as a book to give you ideas, and suggestions to create your own work of art. This is the best book on making purses that I have found. If you are looking for a book to take ...
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Embroidered Truths (Needlecraft Mystery)
Monica Ferris
Berkley, 2006
Got to Have!!!!
I absolutely love this entire mystery series. This installment of Betsy Devonshire is as exquisite as its forerunners!! A mystery lover's got to have series. You don't have to be a knitter to love these!
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Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Animals
Helen Stevens
David & Charles, 2005
Work of Art
As always these books are more than instructional, they are a work of art. I enjoyed all of the pictures and endeavored to follow her instructions. Something tells me I have much to learn yet because my completed projects don't hold a candle to hers. Must be why she ...
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Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Gardens (Masterclass Embroidery)
Helen Stevens
David & Charles, 2006
Embroiderd gardens
Well-presented with clear instructions. I enjoy looking through the book each time I pick it up. It gives me a goal to aim for in my own embroidery skills.
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Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidered Flowers (Beginner's Guide to)
Alison Holt
Search Press, 2006
BEAUTIFUL WORK
THIS IS AN EASY TO FOLLOW, BEAUTIFUL BOOK. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE FLOWER EMBROIDERY IS BEAUTIFUL & MAKES ME WANT TO HAVE MORE TIME AT MY SEWING MACHINE. IT HAS BROADENED MY IDEAS OF WHAT I CAN DO - I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO CREATIVELY PAINT WITH ...
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Helen M. Stevens' Embroidered Landscapes (The Masterclass Embroidery)
Helen Stevens
David & Charles, 2007
Beautiful book
This book is like art. Not for the beginner and I would have appreciated a little more in depth instruction but for the experienced I am certain it will fulfill any desires.
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Embroidered Textiles: A World Guide to Traditional Patterns
Sheila Paine
Thames & Hudson, 2008
Oh bliss!
Anyone who loves to do hand embroidery will love this book. It is a feast of form and colour, using the most simple stitches. In fact, the one thing which characterises this kind of embroidery is that it shows what can be done with a very limited range of stitches, ...
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Sandra Boynton's The Going to Bed Book! & Embroidered Blankie
Little Simon, 2006
The beloved Boynton bedtime book now has a coordinating embroidered 12" X 16" blankie, made of soft 100% cotton flannel. Just right for providing quiet comfort to little ones from now through, oh, maybe a few years past college.
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Embroidered Bags & Purses
Krause Publications, 2004
Outstanding beginners book
If you're looking for a book to teach you how to make bags, this book is a great choice -- even if you don't do embroidery. The book describes how to make 16 classic styles with clear, complete instructions and full-size patterns.
The techniques are solid and ...
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The Embroidered Corpse
Brian Kavanagh
Bewrite Books, 2006
"another absorbing mystery"
The Embroidered Corpse by Brian Kavanagh. The adventures of Australian Belinda Lawrence continue with the second book in Brian Kavanagh's compelling mystery series.
Belinda now has a close relationship with Mark Sallinger, the handsome realtor she met in Capable of ...
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Handmade Embroidered Purses
Jenny Rolfe
Search Press, 2008
The unique projects within this accessible reference offer embroiderers of any skill level techniques for creating their own magnificent purses?all made with quilting and free-machine embroidery techniques. The step-by-step instructions and helpful photographs guide sewers, quilters, and other crafters through the projects, culminating in ...
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Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Fashions: Transform Everyday Garments into Designer Originals
Eileen Roche
Krause Publications, 2006
A thoroughly 'user friendly' manual of projects and concepts
Eileen Roche is the founding editor of 'Designs in Machine Embroidery' and so brings a special expertise to "Contemporary Machine-Embroidered Fashions: Transform Everyday Garments Into Designer Originals". Enhanced with a profusion of colorful illustrations, as well as ...
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Contemporary Machine Embroidered Quilts: Innovative Techniques and Designs
Eileen Roche
Krause Publications, 2004
Exceptional instructions
Eileen has done it once again and produced an easy to follow instruction book. The beauty of each design is detailed for one to just want to jump right in and start an embroidered quilt. With the embroidery designs on the cd is well worth the money.
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Embroidered Silk Ribbon Treasures
Helen Dafter
Sally Milner Publishing, 2006
Embroideres silk ribbon treasures
This is indeed a treasure trove of rich fabric and texture, not to mention the most exquisite concoction of elegant gifts decorated with the silk ribbon technique. The directions are so clear. The book is gorgeous. Aboslutely a wonderful source for gifts.
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