Using Simple Embroidery Stitches

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Summary: This is a great book to learn basic embroidery stitches!
Review: I found this book really useful to teach myself different kinds of stitches. Even hard-looking stitches are made easy to reproduce, as there are clear, step-by-step diagrams and examples to help you

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Summary: Using stitches effectively - all the help you need!
Review: Professor Anne Morrell, formerly Anne Butler, has chosen twenty of the most popular embroidery stitches, and her aim is to show not only how to work them, but also how to USE them effectively in finished pieces of embroidery, either on their own or in combination with other stitches. For each stitch there is a working diagram, an explanatory text and a photograph of the stitch in progress. This introductory page is followed by a series of photographs showing examples of the stitch in use, some historical, others from the work of contemporary embroiderers; all serve to illustrate the rich variety of effects which can be obtained with one stitch. The basic techniques and materials necessary for embroidery are explained in an introduction, together with some hints for the student on how to work with a wide range of stitches.

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Summary: This book has been fun to read and use.
Review: Wonderful stitch examples, beautiful book to look at- overall a great purchase