Price $22.95

Judith Baker Montano’s Embroidery & Crazy Quilt Stitch Tool

A delightful compact spiral bound hardcover book a perfect-for-taking-anywhere-guide to more than 180 stitches and stitch combinations for hand embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, and crazy quilting. Beautifully illustrated in full color for both left and right-handers. Alphabetical stitch listing and illustrated category index make any stitch easy to find. Handy chart shows which needles to use with various threads and yarns and ribbons. An essential tool for any needle worker or quilter who wants to enhance a sewing project with embroidery.

Price $25.95

Embroidered Flora & Fauna by Lesley Turpin-Delport & Nikki Delport-Wepener

Another brilliant book by Lesley Turpin-Delport and her daughter! If you love dimensional embroidery and have been looking for more challenges this is the book for you. Offering a fantastic array of plants, animals and insects, you will find within it’s pages numerous examples of mixed media techniques including ribbon work, applique, fabric manipulation, beading and stitching. Projects range from a quick and easy dragonfly and a nesting bird to exotic passion flowers and three-dimensional fruit. Includes stitch diagrams and templates to follow. Projects are arranged according to their color scheme found in nature. 5 stars!!!!!!