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Machine Embroidered Woodlands
by Alison Holt

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

Learn how to create beautiful woodland pictures using various combinations of two simple machine stitches. Techniques and instructions are broken down into clear, colour step-by-step instructions, with many helpful photographs and a great range of inspirational pieces. Alison 'paints' her threads on to hand-coloured backgrounds, blending her stitches and achieving stunning results. The raised effects of the embroidery produce a beautiful three-dimensional look and her clever use of perspective is effective and easily achieved. This book covers everything, including the materials required; how to compose a picture from photographs that have inspired you; painting backgrounds; and all the basic stitch techniques you need to know.
Price: £9.99

The Encyclopedia of Machine Embroidery
by Val Holmes

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

NEW IN PAPERBACKAn invaluable reference guide to the latest machine embroidery techniques, materials and equipment, all in handy A-Z format.Entries include correct tension settings, digitized motifs, enlarging patterns, fabric sculpture, gold thread, hand embroidery machines, interlaced machine stitches, lace techniques, multi-head machines, overlockers reverse stitching, smocking, understitching, whitework and many more.Embracing both free motion and computerised embroidery, this book contains all you need to know to make the most of your machine.
Price: £14.99

All About Machine Arts — Decorative Techniques from A to Z
Sew Arts, Creative Machine Embroidery

Publisher C&T
Edition

If you’ve ever wondered what to do with your sewing machine, serger, or embroidery machine, this is the book for you! “All About Machine Arts” is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource packed with everything you need to know about decorative machine sewing.

Creative Machine Embroidery
by Gail Harker

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

Anyone who has ever wished to broaden their repertoire of original machine embroidery techniques will find practical guidance and creative inspiration in this colourful and comprehensive sourcebook. Using basic design concepts, she demonstrates how new ideas can be generated and developed. This is followed by straightforward advice on the selection of fabrics and threads, the transfer of the design to the fabric and the use of stitches to depict and develop the design.
Price: £14.99

Machine Embroidery: Stitched Patterns
by Valerie Campbell-Harding

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

This book shows how anyone with a sewing machine can experiment with stitched patterns to create innovative embroideries. The book presents new ways of adapting stitch patterns on a variety of different fabrics and combining them with a range of techniques – hand-stitching, free machine embroidery, quilting, applique and beads. Swinging stitches, patterns and ribbons, stitching and slashing, quilting with patterns, machine-wrapped cords, stuffed ribbon braids and larger motifs are just some of the ideas included in this colourful book.
Price: £15.99

Paper, Metal and Stitch
by Maggie Grey & Jane Wild

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

Stunning bestseller new in paperback! This is an essential book on using paper and metal in textile art and embroidery. Interest in new and exciting surfaces in textile art continues unabated and this is still the best book on the subject by two leading textile artists. Paper is a very popular choice, and handmade and purchased papers can be manipulated, cut, torn, stitched and moulded into any shape or form. You can add colour, texture and metallic effects. New forms of metal can be used in textiles, such as metal shim (very thin stitch-friendly slices of real metal), glittering metal meshes, wires and coils, beads and foils, and recycled domestic metals. And stitch is the ultimate enhancer. The book has great suggestions for combining elements of paper, metal and stitch to produce finished stitched pieces - books, panels, icons and frames. With step by step instructions, all you need is this book, your enthusiasm and a swing-needle sewing machine.
Price: £14.99

Raising the Surface with Machine Embroidery
by Maggie Grey

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

Very strong bestselling title - new in paperback. A ground-breaking book when first published in 2003 it is now a classic for all those involved in the textile world. It features exciting, innovative and modern machine embroidery from one of the most accomplished writers on the subject.
Price: £14.99

Complete Guide to Creative Embroidery
by Jean Littlejohn and Jan Beaney

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

A Complete Guide to Creative Embroidery illustrates a wealth of ideas from two internationally renowned embroiderers. It is divided into two sections: the first, ‘Design to Embroider’ by Jean Littlejohn develops ideas showing that anyone can design as well as decorate fabric and paper for embroidery. The second, ‘Stitched Images’ by Jan Beaney, illustrates how to colour fabric and combine this with stitchery.
Price: £15.99

Celtic Inspirations for Machine Embroiderers
by Valerie Campbell-Harding and Maggie Grey

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

Leading embroidery authors Valerie Campbell-Harding and Maggie Grey translate the richness of Celtic imagery into fabric, textiles and stitched work using machine embroidery. The visual Celtic elements from fine manuscripts, metalwork and stone sculpture – spirals, knots, plaits, lettering, interlacings and meanders – are brought to life through designs that start simply and build up to more complex pieces.
Price: £14.99

Beginners Guide to Machine Embroidered Landscapes
by Alison Holt

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

Beginners will enjoy experimenting with thread colours, and the size and direction of the stitches and will have great fun building up a range of exciting effects.The more experienced will find satisfaction in recreating an original scene - a colourful summer garden, a field of poppies or a quiet landscape.
Price: £8.95

Layers of Stitch
By Valerie Campbell-Harding and Maggie Grey

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

State-of-the-art machine embroidery from two of the most accomplished writers on the subject. The variety of materials used – from velvet and silk to bonded fleece, wire, mesh and nappy lines – introduces a mixed media element and will encourage you to find new ways of stitching to create three-dimensional forms. With clear, step-by-step instructions in each chapter.
Price: £15.99

Surfaces for Stitch
by Gwen Hedley

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

This is a book for embroiderers who are interested in developing new and exciting surfaces for stitch. In eight main sections, materials such as polythene and cellophane, as well as fibrous films, adhesive webbing, foams and puff paint, are combined with fabric and thread to provide innovative and inspirational work.
Price: £15.99

Machine Embroidery: Stitch Techniques
by Valerie Campbell-Harding and Pamela Watts

Publisher Batsford
Edition Paperback

As the scope for inventive and exciting embroidery worked by machine continues to expand, machine embroidery is becoming increasingly popular and expressive. Valerie Campbell-Harding and Pamela Watts have combined their considerable talents to produce a book that shows you how to gain complete mastery over your sewing machine and produce exactly the effect you want.
Price: £16.99

Beginners Guide to Machine Embroidery
by Pamela Watts

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

This fresh and original guide to creating unusual and beautiful embroideries offers a wealth of information, with easy-to-follow stitch samplers, projects and inspirational photographs of finished pieces.
Price: £8.95

Embroidery Machine Essentials: Quilting Techniques
by Linda Turner Griepentrog

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback & CD-ROM

Quilting using an embroidery machine is a great way to finish quilts. The automated stitches of an embroidery machine and its ability to hold layers together make it perfect for quilting. The CD-ROM shows 12 complete projects, 20 exclusive designs and 80 bonus stitch variations.
Price: £14.99

Machine Embroidery on Paper
by Annette Bailey

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

Sewing and paper crafts combine to create an exciting technique that is rapidly gaining industry interest. A winning list of projects including cards, frames, sachets and boxes are among the 12 machine embroidered projects beautifully illustrated and explained in step-by-step detail. Scrapbookers and those interested in machine embroidery alike will appreciate: lessons in basic embroidery tools, tips for design selection and adding embroidery embellishments to paper; 20 original embroidery designs and instructions featured on an included CD; and use of multiple materials - embroidery embellishments to decorate paper and paper projects to add dimension to embroidery pieces.
Price: £15.99

Stitch, Dissolve, Distort: with Machine Embroidery
by Maggie Grey and Valerie Campbell-Harding

Publisher Batsford
Edition Hardback

The latest book from two of the world's bestselling textile authors, Maggie Grey and Val Campbell-Harding, looks at the new and exciting techniques to dissolve, melt and distort fabric, both before and after stitching. These techniques add texture, colour and depth to the work of all textile workers, embroiderers and quilters.
Price: £18.99

Digitizing Made Easy
by John Deer

Publisher David & Charles
Edition Paperback

"Digitizing Made Easy" is for every embroidery machine user and commercial machine embroiderer looking to better understand and utilise digitising software. The author's time-tested methods, demonstrated in 250 step-by-step colour photographs, will help readers to identify the tools of modern digitising, and the best processes with which to use them. With chapters covering artwork, auto-digitising, stitch types, mapping and sequencing, underlay and blending, readers will quickly develop a solid foundation with which to explore the endless possibilities of digitising.
Price: £18.99

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