Embroiderers will love every one of these 13 charmingly styled half-doll pincushions, displayed in eye-catching color photos that show the elegant stitching. They're all so prettily dressed in stitched silk skirts, and there even a doll in a wonderful bridal gown, adorned with ribbon and stranded threads. The instructions for making them are so easy-to-follow, and there are extra notes on special techniques for those who want to take their designs a step further-as well as simple projects perfect for beginners.

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.

Following the popular Stumpwork Dragonflies and Stumpwork Beetles, Stumpwork Butterflies & Moths is the third in a series of stitched insect collections. Jane Nicholas has created a specimen box of jewels with 18 Lepidoptera, all chosen for interest, color, and to showcase an assortment of materials and techniques. There's everything from surface embroidery in lustrous silks for the Indian Moon Moth to stitched clear plastic for the Glasswing Butterfly."

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...