Böcker i RSN Essential Stitch Guides-serien

A comprehensive, expert guide to stumpwork embroidery, written by a graduate apprentice of the Royal School of Needlework.

Traditionally white stitches on white fabric, and encompassing a range of techniques, whitework is both beautiful and elegant. Lizzie Lansberry provides a wonderful introduction combining the traditions with new ideas and contemporary design. She covers raised effects, pulled thread and decorative stitches, drawn thread and cutwork.

In this invaluable stitch guide, Jacqui McDonald, Graduate Apprentice and tutor at the Royal School of Needlework shows you detailed instructions on how to work basic and more complex stitches.

This much-needed book features all you need to create beautiful stitched work. Helen McCook includes the major stitches, with expert advice on padding, couching, using colour and mixing techniques. While covering the traditions of goldwork, she develops techniques offering innovative design, new ideas and inspiration.

Here you will find stitches and technique for every sort of needlework that involves beads. Decorative effects are explored too, making this a fantastic source book and an invaluable reference for beadwork.

A convenient, portable and practical guide to canvaswork, with fully illustrated instructions on the most useful stitches.

The Royal School of Needlework teaches hand embroidery to the highest standard, developing techniques in new and innovative ways. Graduate Apprentice and tutor, Becky Hogg, shows how to develop many different patterns from the basic blackwork stitches, using detailed instructions and beautiful examples of traditional and contemporary embroideries.

Sarah Homfray demonstrates the Royal School of Needlework's approach to the ancient craft of Silk Shading. Learn everything you need about the techniques needed, history of the craft and be inspired by work of the highest standards.