Needle Painting Embroidery: Fresh Ideas for Beginners (Milner Craft Series) Paperback – October 4, 2011

I got this book because I have been learning how to sketch birds, use colored pencils and water color pencil. I have no art training. I thought it would be nice to embroidery some of my sketches and as I searched on the Internet, I discovered this book. Exactly what I was thinking. I embroidered some as a teenager so had some experience with a few stitches. This book is great for a beginner. I have started out with the practice motifs first. So glad I did. Unlike knitting needles, these needles numbers are 1 for largest, 10 for smallest. I also forgot about the fabric grain needs to be correct when you put your hoop on. My first try, was puckered! The book has great instruction and I have been looking at some videos on the Internet regarding the "starting and ending off". I had always used a knot. So glad I know how to do this properly now. I also searched the Internet for storage ideas and found some good ones. (Floss-Away Bags). I also went back to craft store to get a magnifying light. The first small one I bought, OttLite, was too small, missing instructions and no light? Took it back and just got a magnifying light that hangs from my neck. It actually works good. Had 60 % off coupon. So will use this for now but will keep looking around for a better one later. It really speeds things up to see better! I can see this is very time consuming. Hopefully, I will get faster. I like to get results quickly and I can see, doing a bird is going to take lots of work and time, but I am enjoying it. Suppose that is the point anyway. Love this technique. I hope I will eventually get mine to look like the authors. Absolutely beautiful work in this book. May 20, 2016. Sketched, (juvenile marsh wren) did color pencil and then made a guide for needle painting. Need to practice, but I think I learned a bit through this project. 3/5/2017. Completed my second bird pillow and starting a third.

This book is a must for beginner thread painters. The patterns are clear and concise and the illustrations make being successful very easy.

Very nice quality with excellent illustrations and instruction. A keeper.

I have been embroidering for years, but I often find that my "pictures" are clumpy or not exactly what I was trying for. This guide has detailed directions and pictures to help me develop smooth stitches. My sister wanted to know if I had purchased an embroidery machine!

Easy to understand the directions and a wonderful to learn painting embroidery from.

This is a book for beginners , but also for people who love needle painting and want to get the details right when they start more challenging designs .I have done needle painting before , on my own , with some nice results . A few years ago , I followed a course in embroidery and needle painting was also one of the parts of it . It only refreshed my hunger to take on more difficult work . This book will help me get it right , those bits that seemed too difficult before . It shows how to take any design you like , a picture of a bird or flower , look at the colors , shadows and light and get to work . The examples are generously worked out , with the numbers of the colors and everything you need . Either start on those or go on to your own choice of bird and flower and apply what you learned here . You will not regret using this book .

I really like and use this book a lot. It's what I was looking for.

Very informative & has excellent instructions on how to work these lovely patterns.