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Big Stitch Quilting – A practical guide to sewing and hand quilting 20 stunning projects by Carolyn Forster

Description: Create nine stunning quilts and eleven desirable gifts using contemporary big-stitch quilting. Big stitches sewn by hand lend an irresistibly tactile quality and visual style to quilts and other items, as well as being meditative and relaxing to sew. Each of the 20 stylish projects in this book is

The Great British Sewing Bee: The Techniques

All the Essential Tips, Advice and Tricks You Need to Improve Your Sewing Skills, Whatever Your Level The Great British Sewing Bee Description The BBC primetime series The Great British Sewing Bee, is back.

FOR THE LOVE OF TEXTILES – USING BEAUTIFUL FABRICS IN INTERIOR DESIGN

If you read our previous feature ‘For the love of flowers – using flowers in interior design’ you may remember that we described how many fabric designers have used flowers as inspiration ‘Blousy roses, peonies, magnolias, poppies or smaller exquisite flowers have been an enduring source of inspiration for fabric

The Kew Book of Embroidered Flowers – Trish Burr

11 inspiring projects with reusable iron-on transfers

For the Love of Flowers – Using Flowers in Interior Design

From spring to early summer is the perfect time to find inspiration in nature. All around there is so much beauty, particularly as the flowers begin to bloom. The colour palette is exquisite, from the pastel shades of sweet peas, lilacs and stocks, to the vibrant jewel-like colours of peonies,

The Great British Sewing Bee: Sustainable Style – Caroline Akselson, Alexandra Bruce

With Foreword by Patrick Grant & Esme Young Description: The companion book to the sixth series of this flagship BBC show, The Great British Sewing Bee: Sustainable Style accompanies sewers at all levels on their creative journey to reduce, reuse and recycle – ultimately creating their own considered closet.

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse – Charlie Mackesy

Just arrived – This exceptionally beautiful book made us all stop what we were doing in the office to take a look inside, full of wonderful thoughts for everyday life…

Creating a Seascape in Cross Stitch

Now that we are moving into the autumn months it is a perfect time to take those wonderful summer memories and create pieces of art from them. One of my favourite activities is embroidery. First, I must admit that my style is more free than most, I love the freedom

Stitched Memories - Beautiful Heirloom Home

Stitched Memories – Telling a Story Through Cloth and Thread – Tilly Rose

We were really excited to receive this book, we have been waiting for its publication and we were not disappointed, the exquisite content really lives up to its title.