Creative Embroidery and Beyond: Inspiration, tips, techniques, and projects from three professional artists (Creative...and Beyond)

I follow many of these authors on Instagram, and was so excited when I saw that they have created this book! It has a nice variety of projects, wonderful, expert suggestions, and a full glossary of stitches and directions regarding how to learn them. Can’t wait to start my first project!

This work is about the art of embroidery and includes original patterns with helpful instructions. It was compiled by three artists and each artist contributed six patterns to the book.The book begins with good information for beginners, from transferring patterns to different types of stitches and things to keep an eye out for with your threads (twisting, stripping, etc.). There was also a discussion of shopping locally and supporting small businesses. I enjoyed the page of FAQs, ranging from how long embroidery may take to some personal information about the authors’ own experiences. There was also a section about creating your own patterns, which I found quite helpful. Each pattern included in the book begins with a full-color photograph of the completed pattern with its name, a list of tools and materials, and a thread color guide. Then the line art of the pattern is included for tracing, followed by step-by-step instructions to take the pattern from beginning to end.There were many fun projects in this book. I quite liked the rainbow pattern as the author points out that it’s a great pattern to use up all your leftover threads from previous projects. There were several projects that embellished clothing, including a small flower garden coming out of a jacket pocket. And of course, there were many patterns centered around flowers and bouquets. The monarch butterfly on the cluster of flowers was especially lovely.This book is a great resource for beginner embroidery artists or those with more experience who want some inspiration. It would make an excellent addition to any embroiderer’s library and I’m excited to give these patterns a try! My thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for allowing me to read this work. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This is a lovely book of embroidery. Whether you are new or more experienced this book has some lovely patterns and some good stitch diagrams. Jenny Billingham, Sophie Timms and Theresa Wensing break down each technique into easy steps, with helpful illustrations and diagrams that make learning a delight, even for beginners. The book also provides valuable tips on choosing materials, establishing your workspace and caring for your completed pieces. I believe that Ms. Billingham definitely understands the needs of embroidery artists of various levels.

Nice hand embroidery book. Has several cute design and guided ideas. Pretty typical stitch guide/info section. I wouldn't probably buy the book myself but I'd encourage a library to carry it.

After reading this beautiful book, I can’t wait to start embroidering again. This book is full of lots of great information to help even the most novice crafter. The designs are so fun. My favorite being the rainbow.

- I am relatively new to embroidery and this book is just perfect for someone like me.- I like that the instructions are very clear and easy to follow and instructions are supported with many useful pictures so you can't really mess it up lol.- I was beyond thrilled to find a pattern that has been on my wish list for a long time and i can't wait to get it started.- There are beautiful projects included in this book and you can actually do much more using those patterns if you're someone creative.- I had fun learning some new stitches and embroidering my tees.- There are 6 lovely designs from each artists who wrote this book-18 patterns in total.- Overall i really like this great beginner friendly embroidery book and even if you're more advanced I'm sure you will love the beautiful patterns included in this book.

This is an awesome resource for a beginner to embroidery, like me! The stitch guide and pattern making tips would make this book worth having, but the star of the show are all the beautiful projects! There isn’t one design that I don’t want to tackle! I especially love the cute mushrooms!!

This is a nice book. It has information on embroidery including getting started, various stitches, and some finished patterns. There's helpful tips to help your projects turn out and information on following a pattern. Overall it's a helpful guide.

This book is fantastic for ideas to do embroidery. It has modern ideas too. Follow the author on Instagram for some more ideas. X