Knotted lace is an ancient craft making a comeback today, and fans will welcome this new book by a popular author, widely known for her lacemaking techniques and international workshops. Following on the heels of her first book, Knotted Lace in the Eastern Mediterranean Tradition, this lovely collection contains entirely new motifs with instructions for all the stitches and skillsfrom basic knots and loops to edgings and working around a squarealong with diagrams. Illustrations throughout, including inspiring photos of finished projects, make these exquisite designs achievable for even...

This book is aimed at the beginner who would like to learn the needlepainting technique, but will also be helpful to those who have some experience but feel the need to work on their technique or who are looking for smaller designs to use for gifts.

Design and create realistic hand-embroidered landscapes, from coastlines to deserts, escarpments to plains. Judy Wilford has 30 years of experimentation, refinement, and tutoring under her belt, and her process combines and adapts different genres, textiles, traditional stitches, and embroidery styles. Part 1 covers the materials and equipment, lays out a simple landscape, and demonstrates background layering and surface stitching. The second section contains a range of projects, each developing and extending the various techniques.

Weave colored thread into 12 beautiful and simple designs all featuring adorable bunny themes
Thread painting is the term for using colored thread embroidery to create artistic, dimensional images. Using Jenny McWhinney s wonderfully easy-to-follow directions, even novice embroiderers can recreate her 12 delightful rabbit-themed designs including bunnies watering and potting plants, harvesting carrots, raking leaves, gathering sweet honey from the hive, and picking apples. Use them on garments, household objects, bags . . . anything you want Tracing patterns and stitch diagrams...