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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO BERLIN WOOLWORK Soft back book, 48 pages, written by Jane Alford and published by Search Press Needlecrafts. Berlin woolwork is canvas work patterns worked in needle point (half cross-stitch) on canvas using embroidery wools. Jane Alford presents a stunning selection of floral designs from this period, including poppies, bluebells, roses, pansies and more, some of the designs incorporate the use of beads. Designs are worked on 14 count interlock canvas with DMC Medici wools, DMC Cotton Perle No. 5 and DMC Beads. BOOK COST (MBBGTBW) Beginners Guide to Berlin Woolwork Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO BLACKWORK Soft back book, 64 pages, written by Leslie Wilkins and published by Search Press Needlecrafts. Lesley Wilkins shows how to create traditional blackwork embroideries using simple stitches on evenweave fabric. Step-by-step photographs and a wealth of charts illustrates how traditional motifs, patterns and borders can be combined to create stunning designs. This book is useful when working your own designs as there is a photograph of the blackwork pattern worked on the fabric next to the paper pattern, this gives you a better idea for which pattern to use on the embroidery. BOOK COST (MBBB) Beginners Guide to Blackwork Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO CREWEL EMBROIDERY Soft back book, 64 pages, written by Jane Rainbow and published by Search Press. Jane Rainbow shows how to embroider a selection of beautiful designs using twelve basic stitches. Clear step-by-step photographs illustrate how to work each stitch, develop skill and create wonderful floral pictures. I can provide linen twill fabric to work the crewel work designs on. BOOK COST (MBBGCE) Crewel Embroidery Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO DRAWN THREAD EMBROIDERY Soft back book, 64 pages, written by Patricia Bage and published by Search Press Needlecrafts. This informative book has clear step by step photos on how to work drawn thread stitches. There are several beautiful samplers to work in white on white or using colour threads and beads on white or coloured linen fabric. This book is a great introductory to drawn thread embroidery. BOOK COST (MBBDT) Beginners Guide to Drawn Thread Embroidery Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO GOLDWORK Soft back, 80 pages, written by Ruth Chamberlain and published by Search Press. This book gives some good advice on how to prepare fabric for goldwork. The techniques illustrated in the book are off the sampler featured on the front page of the book, and there are some great photographs on how to do couching down silk threads and Japan threads over string and in the method of Or Nue and other techniques, it is a good reference book and there is a nice use of colour with the gold threads. The sampler is not featured as a whole but in parts. BOOK COST (MBBGG) Beginners Guide to Goldwork Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO HARDANGER Soft back book, 64 pages, written by Jill Carter and published by Search Press Needlecrafts. This informative book has clear step by step photos on how to work Hardanger stitches. There are several projects to work in white on white or using colour threads on white or white on coloured Hardanger fabric. Projects include cushion cover, curtain tie, bridal bag, sampler and greeting cards. This is a good book to learn basic Hardanger stitches. BOOK COST Beginners Guide to Hardanger Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO MOUNTMELLICK EMBROIDERY Soft back book, 64 pages, written by Pat Trott and published by Search Press Needlecrafts. This informative book has step by step photos of how to transfer the Mountmellick designs provided onto the fabric, how to work the Mountmellick embroidery stitches and how to knit the fringe often used around Mountmellick accessories. This is a great book to learn Mountmellick embroidery. I can provide the Mountmellick fabric and Mountmellick threads to work the projects shown in the book. BOOK COST (MBM1) Beginners Guide to Mountmellick Embroidery Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO SILK SHADING Soft back book, 48 pages, written by Clare Hanham (trained at the Royal School of Needlework) and published by Search Press An easy guide to needle painting. There are photograph stages of the long and short stitch on flowers, leaves and a butterfly with instructions. You will get a better understanding of the needle painting (silk shading) technique from one of my needle painting kits as there are diagrams and more detailed instructions but it is a good book to have photograph stages of an embroidery which you would not get from my needle painting instruction booklets. To try one of my needle painting kits visit the following page of my website: Needle Painting Kits BOOK COST (MBBGSS) Beginners Guide to Silk Shading Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO STUMPWORK Soft back book, 80 pages, written by Kay Dennis and published by Search Press Needlecrafts. Kay Dennis shares her enthusiasm for this charming decorative style of embroidery and provides fascinating illustrated guide to producing beautiful raised samplers and pictures. Taking her inspiration from nature and the past, and using over 100 step-by-step photographs, she shows how to create flowers, fruit, trees, birds, insects and more. BOOK COST (MBBGTSW) Beginners Guide to Stumpwork Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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BEGINNERS GUIDE TO TRADITIONAL JAPANESE EMBROIDERY Soft back book, 78 pages, written by Julia D Gray and published by Search Press Needlecrafts. According to tradition students of Japanese embroidery must watch a master at work and steal the knowledge. Here Julia shares her passion for this exquisite craft, revealing her in-depth knowledge of the skills and symbolism involved. Detailed instructions reveal the intricacies of working with silk thread on silk fabric, and clear step-by-step photographs show how to create beautiful embroideries inspired by the four seasons. I love the photos showing the stages of the embroidery in this book, makes it very clear on how to set up your frame and work the satin stitches. There are nine designs that can be worked from the book. BOOK COST (MBTJE) Beginners Guide to Traditional Japanese Embroidery Book: $22.95 Canadian Dollars Quantity: View Cart View the   Shopping Cart for mailing costs.

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