Hazel Blomkamp has taught embroidery and beadwork in South Africa for over 20 years. She is the author of Crewel Twists, Crewel Intentions, Crewel Creatures, Hand Stitched Crazy Patchwork, two stitch guide books – Needle Lace Techniques and Needle Weaving Techniques – and has collaborated on Freestyle Embroidered Mandalas with Di van Niekerk and Monique Day-Wilde. She is a regular contributor to local and overseas publications. Hazel runs a busy website from home, providing embroidery kits and supplies to the four corners of the earth. Travelling extensively both around South Africa and abroad to teach and promote her work, she is regularly invited to teach at international conventions. Her teaching has taken her to Australia, New Zealand, Western and Eastern Europe, North America and Asia.

The book is great. The pictures are very detailed and the use of colour makes it easy to differentiate between the stitches. All the instructions are clear and easy to follow. The list of colours at the start of each project is helpful too. A really good book. Would thoroughly recommend.

• INTRODUCTION  8GENERAL TIPS BEFORE STARTING  10MATERIALS AND TOOLS   14GENERAL PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS   19STITCHES AND TECHNIQUESEmbroidery Stitches  26Bead-Embroidery Stitches   51Needlelace Techniques   55Needle-Weaving Techniques  62PROJECTSClaude   73Colin   85Dave   105Kevin  119Dick   135Nigel   155TEMPLATES   168

Hazel Blomkamp has taught embroidery and beadwork in South Africa for over 20 years. She is the author of Crewel Twists, Crewel Intentions, Crewel Creatures, Hand Stitched Crazy Patchwork, two stitch guide books – Needle Lace Techniques and Needle Weaving Techniques – and has collaborated on Freestyle Embroidered Mandalas with Di van Niekerk and Monique Day-Wilde. She is a regular contributor to local and overseas publications. Hazel runs a busy website from home, providing embroidery kits and supplies to the four corners of the earth. Travelling extensively both around South Africa and abroad to teach and promote her work, she is regularly invited to teach at international conventions. Her teaching has taken her to Australia, New Zealand, Western and Eastern Europe, North America and Asia.

The book is great. The pictures are very detailed and the use of colour makes it easy to differentiate between the stitches. All the instructions are clear and easy to follow. The list of colours at the start of each project is helpful too. A really good book. Would thoroughly recommend.

• INTRODUCTION  8GENERAL TIPS BEFORE STARTING  10MATERIALS AND TOOLS   14GENERAL PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS   19STITCHES AND TECHNIQUESEmbroidery Stitches  26Bead-Embroidery Stitches   51Needlelace Techniques   55Needle-Weaving Techniques  62PROJECTSClaude   73Colin   85Dave   105Kevin  119Dick   135Nigel   155TEMPLATES   168

Hazel Blomkamp has taught embroidery and beadwork in South Africa for over 20 years. She is the author of Crewel Twists, Crewel Intentions, Crewel Creatures, Hand Stitched Crazy Patchwork, two stitch guide books – Needle Lace Techniques and Needle Weaving Techniques – and has collaborated on Freestyle Embroidered Mandalas with Di van Niekerk and Monique Day-Wilde. She is a regular contributor to local and overseas publications. Hazel runs a busy website from home, providing embroidery kits and supplies to the four corners of the earth. Travelling extensively both around South Africa and abroad to teach and promote her work, she is regularly invited to teach at international conventions. Her teaching has taken her to Australia, New Zealand, Western and Eastern Europe, North America and Asia.

The book is great. The pictures are very detailed and the use of colour makes it easy to differentiate between the stitches. All the instructions are clear and easy to follow. The list of colours at the start of each project is helpful too. A really good book. Would thoroughly recommend.

• INTRODUCTION  8GENERAL TIPS BEFORE STARTING  10MATERIALS AND TOOLS   14GENERAL PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS   19STITCHES AND TECHNIQUESEmbroidery Stitches  26Bead-Embroidery Stitches   51Needlelace Techniques   55Needle-Weaving Techniques  62PROJECTSClaude   73Colin   85Dave   105Kevin  119Dick   135Nigel   155TEMPLATES   168