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Who can resist the alluring sparkle and infinite palette of beautiful beads, artfully worked to create spectacular results?

In her second book showcasing this exciting field of decorative arts, Margaret Lee introduces new techniques to further enrich your experience and skills in Japanese-style bead embroidery, allowing your creativity to flourish.

Nine stunning projects are featured, especially designed for practical use but also ideal for framed display, including exquisite purses, bags and folios.

Jenny's work has graced a king's coronation, a cathedral, a royal bride, and the album cover of a former Beatle (amongst so many other things!). With a career spanning 40 years, she is celebrated as one of the world's greatest hand embroidery artists, designers, and tutors. Now, for the very first time, Jenny Adin-Christie is publishing a treasured collection of her work.

Nine masterpieces of stitched art, representing the epitome of hand embroidery, are presented in a publication unlike anything you have seen before. Jenny's vision is to craft heirloom pieces with purpose, each telling its own special story.

These projects will beguile, enchant and delight your level of appreciation for what a visionary, pioneer, and true artisan can achieve with a needle and thread.

The book includes 9 projects which have been selected to demonstrate my eclectic style of embroidery, encompassing myriad techniques and materials:

A collection of 12 stunning needlework projects to inspire and delight, handpicked just for you.

Welcome to the second collection of Handpicked projects. The Inspirations Handpicked projects are chosen specifically for their beauty, creativity and flare.

In Collection Two we present 12 projects to ignite your passion and guide you step-by-step through the process of re-creating each design.

Collection Two includes some projects previously released as individual patterns, yet never before available in book format.

Collections One and Two are just the beginning… More of the world’s most beautiful needlework awaits as the Handpicked series continues to grow.

Join us, as together we celebrate the wonder and joy of needlework.

Stitch beautiful needlework accessories, decorative panels and embroidered tiles drawing from a rich and diverse design history ranging from Islamic architecture, 17th century crewel bed hangings and Indian block prints to the Arts and Crafts movement and beyond.

14 projects showcase Margaret’s passion for joyful stitching with ingenious combinations of techniques and glorious colour play utilising wool, cotton and silk threads on linen fabrics. Detailed instructions are provided for every step from stitching to construction, including a comprehensive library of diagrams and step-by-step photographs for more than 90 stitches.

Introducing a brand new series of books from Inspirations – The Design Collective. In this first volume, Pincushions have been given a makeover. Each designer was given the same brief. There were no rules. No guidelines. The only criteria: the final project must house pins and needles.

The result? The most imaginative, clever, and artistic pincushions you have ever seen.There are 12 projects included:Ivy by Margaret LightTrailing stems of ivy with flowers and berries surround a hand-quilted circlet within a square design.Celeste Fig by Christine BurtonThree-dimensional fig with beaded blackwork designs creating texture and shading.Daisies & Forget-me-nots by Ana MallahEnchanting pincushions, each surrounded by pretty stumpwork flowers.Sweet Strawberry by Victoria LaineColourful strawberry motif and background in counted thread embroidery with metal thread highlights.Fragments by Anna ScottJacobean-style flower and buds in vibrant reds and blues adorn a small, pleated pillow top.Norwegian Lace by Di KirchnerDelicate and lace-like square of Hardanger atop a linen base, finished with a wrapped bead.Sacred Flower by Margaret LeeSymbolism-rich lotus design worked with gleaming filament silks using Chinese embroidery techniques.Nodding Greenhood by Alison ColeAn Australian bushland scene brought to life with a stumpwork study of native orchids on a wooden base.Cho Mon by Jane NicholasA perfect trio of stylised, goldwork butterflies form a circular shape on a pillow design.Sweet William by Hazel BlomkampSparkling, three-dimensional beaded flowers and leaves surround a lattice on a circular design.Deerfield by Deborah LoveGraceful buds and stems worked in harmonious blue shades, finished with a beaded edge.Bargello & Blackwork by Betsy MorganOpen box and scissor fob with elegant panels of counted thread and velvet pincushion.

Compelled by the belief that every embroidery has a story waiting to be told, ‘A Passion for Needlework’ is a series of books that tell these stories. Stories of beautiful needlework set in stunning, unique locations. A Passion for Needlework | The Whitehouse Daylesford is the 4th release in the series. The Whitehouse Daylesford is a 160-year-old cottage bathed in character and rich in patina. A space masterfully styled with such purposeful intent, every detail exists in anticipation of telling the most wonderful of stories. It is from this location we introduce 12 brand new embroidered masterpieces.

Twelve exceptional needlework pieces by twelve exceptional designers, all in one remarkable location.

When the book World’s Most Beautiful Embroidered Blankets was released in 2004 it was unsurpassed in its beauty and presentation. The needlework community couldn’t get enough. The follow up title More Beautiful Embroidered Blankets followed in 2009 and went on to become a best seller.

Back in print More Beautiful Embroidered Blankets showcases 9 stunning blankets featuring timeless designs for every occasion. Each blanket is exquisitely photographed and superbly presented with detailed and concise instructions.

From magnificent throws with spectacular flowers and fruits to gorgeous nursery blankets, this collection of the world’s most beautiful embroidery is not to be missed.

A collection of 10 stunning needlework projects to inspire and delight, handpicked just for you.

Welcome to the first collection of handpicked projects, now curated into a series of books. The Inspirations Handpicked projects are chosen specifically for their beauty, creativity and flare.

Collection One includes projects previously released as individual patterns, yet never before available in book format.

Collection One is just the beginning… More of the world’s most beautiful needlework awaits as the Handpicked series continues to grow.

A sun-kissed meadow. A woodland walk in dappled shade. A tranquil garden filled with flowers. Venture where meadows and gardens grow as embroidery artist Jo Butcher reveals the magic of her picture-perfect stitching. Re-create the wonder and beauty of 12 picturesque scenes, as you join Jo on her journey to capture the realism of nature using her trademark layering technique, combining a simple watercolour wash, a handful of embroidery stitches and a palette of the prettiest colours.

A collection of exquisitely embroidered botanical motifs in celebration of the opulence and beauty of the Elizabethan era. When acclaimed needlework artist Susan O’Connor set out to celebrate her love of Elizabethan Botanicals, a stitched masterpiece was born. Her stunning wool and cashmere blanket inspired by the sumptuous embroidery of the Elizabethan era took us on a tour of a 16th century garden, showcasing some of the Queen’s favourite fruits and flowers through 24 beautifully designed motifs. In this new book, Susan has expanded her collection of motifs and created fourteen additional projects including pinwheels for each pair of fruits and flowers, plus a needlebook and scissor sheath to complete a set of beautiful accessories with your chosen motifs. New photography features throughout, highlighting the beauty and detail of the designs now presented in both wool and silk, along with complete instructions to make the original blanket and new accessories.