Introduction
by Dr Jennifer Harris
Foreword
by Professor Anne Morrell
Chapters
The Pleasures of the Machine Stitched Mark
by Judy Barry
The Chimera of Embroidery
by Dr Nigel Hurlstone
The Bigger Picture
by Alice Kettle
An Emerging Image, Machine Stitching the Narrative
by Jane McKeating
Mixed Messages: an Exploration of Issue-based Work
by Dr Melanie Miller
Stitched Words
by Lynn Setterington
Material Evidence
by Professor Michael Brennand Wood
A Fashionable Detail: Machine Embroidery on Dress
by Dr Ann Gibson
Surface Sensibilities Utilising Machine Stitch to Render Surface and Mark Making
by Jane Mckeating
It's Not Black and White: Discovering Colour with Machine Stitch
by Isabel Wright
Designing the Fabric
by Alice Kettle
An Eye on the Future - Working with the Computerised Sewing Machine
by Sue Prestbury
Machines Glossary
by Jill Boyes
Techniques and Terms glossary
by Diana Parsons
Biographies
Acknowledgements
Index