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	A-Z of Bead Embroidery This easy to use book features more than 30 stunning and versatile projects. With over 440 step-by-step photographs it brings bead embroidery within the reach of anyone who can thread a needle. Find out how to work Tambour beading, beadpoint, padded beading, how to handle sequins and bugle beads, and so much more. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £14.99
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	A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2 Companion to the original A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 145 new stitches, each one fully explained with clear step-by-step colour photographs. Stitches include Siennese stitch, Roumanian stitch, Italian insertion and Armenian edging, to name a few. 144 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £14.99
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	A-Z of Whitework A-Z Series The ultimate resource for beginning and experienced nedleworkers with over 1,000 fabulous step-by-step colour photographs, meticulous instructions and tips from the experts. 156 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £14.99
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	Anatomy of a Doll Susanna Oroyan A wonderful book full of step-by-step instructions to create any type of cloth doll imaginable. Experienced dollmakers will find an abundance of new ideas and techniques never before found in one book. 144 pages full colour throughout. Softback Price: £18.99
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	Bags and Accessories with Style Stephanie Kimura Exciting designs for bags and accessories with 200 photographs, 65 helpful how-to illustrations and full size pattern pieces for guaranteed success. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £15.99
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	Bags with Paper and Stitch Isobel Hall There are over 15 projects for making beautiful bags from handmade and ready-made paper. Over 15 projects including dozens of innovative techniques described in detail - all with step-by-step instructions. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £18.99
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	Bead Embroidery - The Complete Guide Jane Davis Learn how to embroider with beads on anything from bags and boxes to pillows and purses. Extensive instructions on how to create 215 embroidery stitches from the common to the uniquely rare, each presented with a photograph and how-to illustrations with or without beads. Excellent reference guide for embroiderers or beaders. 256 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback A5 size. Price: £17.99
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	Beautiful Braiding Made Easy Helen Deigham An easy-to-follow book on Japanese Braiding with ideas for bracelets, necklaces, bag handles and much more. 48 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £10.99
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	Beginner's Guide to Drawn Thread Embroidery Patricia Bage A beautiful and inspiring book with clear step-by-step instructions, photographs and diagrams. 64 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £8.99
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	Beginner's Guide to Goldwork The beauty of goldwork lies in the way the light is reflected when gold threads are worked into a design. Fully illustrated with easy step-by-step guides which show you how to produce exquisite designs. 80 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £9.99
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	Beginner's Guide to Machine Embroidery Pam Watts Pam Watts shares her love of machine embroidery and provides a beautiful illustrated guide to producing exquisite textured designs, patterns and motifs. Using variegated and metallic threads, soft and sheer fabrics, samplers and step-by-step photographs, she shows how to create rich, vibrant surfaces, wonderful abstract effectgs, landscapes, flowers, bags and much more. 64 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £8.95
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	Beginner's Guide to Ottoman Embroidery Joyce I Ross Ottoman Embroidery originates from Turkey and in the easy to follow book from Search Press you will find 10 designs with step-by-step instructions. 72 pages, full colour throughout. Softback Price: £9.99
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	Beginner's Guide to Silk Shading Clare Hanham Learn how to transfer a design, prepare the fabric, frame up and then work silk shading. There are four designs to try featuring climbing leaves, tulips, a butterfly and dog roses. Both beginner and experienced embroiderers will be inspired by this beautiful guide to silk shading. 48 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £7.99
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	Brilliant Bags Deena Beverley Brilliant Bags is packed with inspiration and ideas to create bags that balance beauty with practicality. 138 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £14.99
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	Chinese Braid Embroidery Jacqui Carey Braid embroidery is just one of the many wonderful textile traditions found in China. This book is intended as a 'snapshot' of the technique, providing insights into its history and development, as well as a look at the situation today. Materials and equipment are considered, ranging from the 'made-for-purpose' to house-hold alternatives. Step-by-step instructions give a clear guide to making the braids and the stitching methods used to apply them. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £15.99
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	Chinese Knotting Lydia Chen The book traces the origins, history and symbolism of Chinese knots. There are step-by-step instructions for the 11 basic knots which provide the builoding blocks for the 14 compound knots and various variations. 41 knotting projects of varying difficulty will give the reader plenty of choice for experimentation. 116 pages clear diagrams and colour pictures. Hardback. Price: £18.99
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	Cloth, Paper, Scissors - January/February 2008 Quarterly colourful magazine featuring mixed media techniques, collage, artistic discovery and more. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £5.95
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	Cloth, Paper, Scissors - March/April 2008 Quarterly colourful magazine featuring mixed media techniques, collage, artistic discovery and more. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £5.95
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	Cloth Paper Scissors Special - Studios A special issue from Cloth Paper Scissors with 101 tips on how to organize your art and fabric supplies, extreme studio makeovers Price: £5.95
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	Colour on Cloth Ruth Issett 128 pages of beautiful full colour showing you how to create stunning effectgs with dye on fabric. Hardback Price: £17.99
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	Contemporary Whitework Tracy A Franklin & Nicola Jarvis Take traditional whitework and give it a contemporary twist! This is the first book to showcase the 'new whitework' and covers all the diverse techniques including broderie anglaise, drawn thread, shadow work & Mountmellick. This book will help you go beyond the parameters of traditional whitework to create stunning experimental pieces. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £18.99
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	Crazy Felt Jeannette Knake Learn how to make a great selection of beautiful garments and accessories including chic scarves, stylish bags, stunning belts and embellished shawls. Simple feltmaking and machine stitching techniques with step-by-step photographs and 15 projects. 48 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £6.99
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	Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers & Textile Artists Kay Greenlees Packed with inspiring glimpses into the sketchbooks of some of the world's leading textile artists, this book helps you make the most of your sketchbook practice, enabling you to develop ideas, record personal observations, experiment with materials and create sketchbooks that are works of art in themselves. 128 pages full colour throughout. Hardback Price: £18.99
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	Creative Cloth Doll Making Patti Medaris Culea New approaches for using fibres, beads, dyes and other exciting techniques to create one-of-a-kind works of art. 128 full colour pages - softback Price: £12.99
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	Creative Cloth Doll Beading Patti Medaris Culea with Anne Hesse & Laura McCabe This lovely book is full of the most fascinating dolls. It comes with the pattern for one cloth doll along with diagrams and complete instructions for head-to-toe beading techniques. Illustrated step-by-step instructions for creating three beautiful dolls and an inspirational gllery of variations. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. See Patti's other books in our embroidery shop. Price: £14.99
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	Creative Recycling in Embroidery Val Holmes Recycle everyday items to create beautiful and unique textile pieces, from bags, bowls and vessels to simple wall hangings. Packed full of ideas. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £18.99
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	Designing the Doll Susanna Oroyan Advance your dollmaking skills with this in-depth guide. More than 250 full colour photogrpahs of dolls from 130 artists and over 200 detailed illustrations. An excellent technical resource and reference book that will teach you how to develop ideas, then construct advanced art figures or dolls. 160 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £17.99
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	Easy Felted Accessories Teresa Searle 25 projects for stitched and felted accessories from adults' hats, bags, slippers and hair accessories to a baby coat and child's backpack. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback Price: £12.99
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	Elegant Hardanger Embroidery Yvette Stanton Do you want to try Hardanger embroidery but think it looks too difficult? Have you mastered the basics and want new challenges? This manual will take you step-by-step from novice to advanced stitcher, with helpful diagrams and hints and tips at every stage. Stunning Hardanger projects graded beginner, intermediate and advanced, will guide you to your next level of expertise. 64 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £13.99
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	Embeadery Margaret Ball Using classic embroidery stitches in beadwork this books shows you how to make and design beautiful bead embroideries. 157 pages mainly black & white with some colour plates. Very clear diagrams and instructions. Price: £19.99
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	Embroidered Purses Linda Tudor 127 pages and full colour throughtout this book is a beautiful and prcatical guide to making embroidered purses. Full of ideas, instructions and inpirationf from historical purses, textiles and design thremes. Price: £17.99
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	Edges & Finishes in Machine Embroidery Valerie Campbell-Harding Over 100 photographs with clear step-by-step instructions. A library of possible edgings and finishing from simple stitched edges through burnt & melted fabric edges to fringes, braids & tassels. 128 full colour pages - hardback Price: £17.99
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	Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Flowers Karen Flamme Fabric flowers are fun to make. You don't need to be able to sew or cut fabric precisely 64 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £11.99
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	Felted Bags, Boots & Other Things Cendrine Armani In this colourful and inspiring book there are fifty-six designs for bags, purses, cases, jewels, hats, boots, shoes and scarves which you can make using felt. Each item is created using the soap and felting technique, with the needle technique used for motifs and other decorative elelments. Both are explained clearly using more than seventy-five step-by-step photographs.
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	Felted Friends Sue Pearl Soft squishy felting fun will bring out the playful side of every crafter. Tactile and versatile, feltmaking is easy for the beginner and endlessly rewarding for the seasoned felter. Whether you're wet-felting the basic body shapes for these irresistable animal projects, using needle-felting skills to add embellishments, or roling small bits of roving into beaks and spikes, you'll enjoy creating every critter in this lovable menagerie. 127 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £9.99
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	Felt Forward Maggie Pace Sophisticated projects like mod hats, cool bags, fashion-forward accessories, and unique items for the home, feature elegant shapes and highlight a range of fibers from classic wool to alpaca, angora, and even acrylic. With inspiring images and essential tips, anyone with basic knitting skills will find the tools to create one-of-a-kind contemporary knitted felt pieces. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £15.99
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	Felt Style Chrissie Day 35 fashionable accessories to create and wear including bags, hats, jewellery, scarves and more. Step-by-step instructions. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £12.99
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	Floral Interpretations for Silk Ribbon Helen Dafter The twelve major ribbon embroideries and associated smaller flower studies presented in this book are inspired by photographs taken by the author and by delicate watercolour studies painted by her daughter. Some of the flowers are created by the combination of several different stitches, while others use just one or two basic stitches. Along with detailed step-by-step stitch instructions and diagrams, and a tracing outline for each project, the photographs and watercolours on which the designs are based are included for the embroiderer's enjoyment. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £17.99
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	Fusing Fabric Margaret Beal Margaret shows you how to use a soldering iron to creativly cut, bond and mark-make on fabrics which can be further enhanced with machine or hand stitching. 128 full colour pages - paperback. Price: £14.99
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	Ganutell Maria Kerr Ganutell is the Maltese art of making artistic flowers with wires, thread and beads. This unique book has full colour step-by-step instructions for creating these delicate works of art that could be frames, used on cards, incorporated into jewellery designs and much more. Exciting and different! 91 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £14.50
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	Glorious Papers Ruth Issett Explore the use of colour and effects on paper to create designs of infinite variety. 112 pages full colour throughout. Hardback Price: £17.99
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	Handmade Embroidered Purses Jenny Rolfe This books shows you how to create gorgeous purses using quilting and free machine embroidery techniques. Clear photographs and step-by-step instructions throughout. 80 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £9.99
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	Hip Handbags Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader This book shows you how to create and embellish bags with 40 different designs. Take an old bag and jazz it up, create one from scratch. There are seven basic patterns ranging from a smart clutch to an elegant bucket bag presented with more than two dozen original projects including a revesrible purse with sequin trim! 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £16.99
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	Hot Textiles Kim Thittichai Burn, layer, melt, distort and shape a range of exciting materials with heat tools to create beautiful textiles - whether for textured embellishment or to form stunning three dimensional vessels. Easy-to-follow instructions and creative techniques for using simple equipment such as household irons, heat guns and soldering irons. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Click on picture to view larger image. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £22.31 (Including VAT at 17.5%)
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	How We Felt Carol Huber Cypher The combination of images, ideas, and information make this book a must-have for feltmakers who want to deepen their repertoire of techniques, fibre artists seeking new directions for their work and any reader wanting to be dazzled by breathtaking imagies of inventive wearable and decorative art. 144 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. 48 pages, full colour throughout. A5 size, softback. Click on the picture to view a larger image Price: £17.99
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	Making Vintage Bags Emma Brennan Twenty original bag designs covering looks inspired by the sophisticated 1920s right through to the fun and flamboyant 1950's. Using straightforward techniques and ranging in skill level, these bags are suitable for beginners who want to gradually develop their skills, as well as those who are already proficient with a sewing machine. 172 pages full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £12.99
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	New Canvaswork Jill Carter A colourful and inspiring guide to new developments in canvas work. Contains a wealth of practical information on materials and techniques with new twists. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £17.99
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	Layers of Stitch Valerie Campbell-Harding & Maggie Grey Explore the potential of contemporary sewing machine functions such as scanners and software to create exciting and beautiful pieces. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £15.99
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	Start to Quilt Miriam Edwards Make fantastic bags, wall hangings and phone pouch and book cover. Easy to follow instructions with step-by-step photograps. 48 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £6.99
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	Textile Coil Pots and Baskets Helen Deigham Learn how to make coiled pots, bowls and baskets from fabrics. Easy-to-follow instructions using hand sewing and machine techniques. 64 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £12.99
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	The Art & Embroidery of Jane Hall Jane Hall In a unique combination of art, photography and prose, Jane Hall magically intertwines her exquisite work as a textile artist with the world that has inspired it. Price: £19.99
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	The Art of Tassel Making Susan Dickens Porvides detailed instructions on how to make many different styles of tassels in various materials from string to cotton, gimp and silk. The book has a unique flip section where you can mix and match three major tassel components. 142 pages, full colour and lined drawings throughout. Softback. Price: £12.99
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	The New Anchor Book of Pulled Thread Embroidery Stitches 64 colour pages with 45 stitches clearly explained with step-by-step working diagrams. 16 designs with easy-to-trace templates and colour photographs. Price: £6.99
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	The New Anchor Book of Freestyle Embroidery Stitches 64 colour pages with 48 stitches clearly explained with step-by-step working diagrams. 16 designs with easy-to-trace templates and colour photographs. Price: £6.99
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	The New Anchor Book of Crewelwork Embroidery Stitches 64 colour pages with 49 stitches clearly explained with step-by-step working diagrams. 16 designs with easy-to-trace templates and colour photographs. Price: £6.99
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	The Ribbon Embroidery Bible Joan Gordon Over 60 inspiring stitches and 50 delightful motifs that will appeal to the beginner as well as the more advanced embroiderer. Clear instructions and diagrams. 236 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback A5 size. Click on the picture to view a larger image. Price: £15.99
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	The Surface Designer's Handbook Holly Brackman Dyeing, printing, painting and creating resists on fabric. This comprehensive guide brings together dyeing techniques and surface design in one book. An essential reference tool! 138 pages, full colour throughout. Handback spiral bound inside. Price: £21.99
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	Three-Dimensional Embroidery Janet Edmonds Packed with original ideas for unique three-dimensional textiles, this book shows how you can combine these structures with decorative surfaces that are integral to the form. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback Price: £18.99
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	New Ideas In Goldwork Tracy A Franklin Use different techniques in a non-traditional way while still appreciating the basic skills, discovering new ways of working and creating your own individual embroidery. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £14.99
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	Mountmellick Embroidery Yvette Stanton & Prue Scott Mountmellick Embroidery is highly textured floral whitework embroidery that originates from Ireland. Readers say 'It's the complete package, no classes required: clear, precise instructions, beautiful patterns and a fascinating history. 104 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £14.99
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	Out of the Shadows Fay Maxwell Delicate embroidery using shadow stitching and trapunto quilting. 26 full colour pages - softback
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	Paper, Metal & Stitch Maggie Grey & Jane Wild Beautifully illustrated with over 120 colour photographs showing innovative techniques for stitching into paper and metal. 128 full colour pages - softback Price: £14.99
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	Print Pattern & Colour Ruth Issett Create printed papers and fabrics that glow with colour and pattern. This book covers techniques for monoprinting, roller printing, screen printing, printing with found objects, stencils and rubbed and dyed effects, plus how to combine techniques. Ideal for all designers, especially textile artists, interior print designers and fashion print designers. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £18.99
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	Quilting Arts Magazine - Issue 32 April/May Bi-monthly colourful, inspirational magazine from American featuring inovative techniques for quilting and embroidery. Click on the picture to view larger image
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	Simply Sensational Bags Linda McGehee Simple techniques to transfer plain bgs into spectacular works of art with easy-to-follow instructions for making and decorating. 126 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £15.99
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	Stumpwork Seasons Kay & Michael Dennis Beautiful book that contains everything you need to produce an exquisite stumpwork embroidery depicting the four seasons. Over 250 step-by-step photographs. 80 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Price: £8.99
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	Stitch, Dissolve, Distort Valerie Campbell-Harding & Maggie Grey An exciting and important book for all textile artists, especially those who want to make the most of the new and wonderful materials, tools and techniques that can dissolve, melt and distort a fabric. 128 pages, full colour throughout. Hardback. Price: £18.99
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	Stitch Magazine - Issue 51 Feb/March 08 Bi-monthly publication for creative stitchers. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £3.95
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	Stitch Magazine - Issue 52 April/May 08 Bi-monthly publication for creative stitchers. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £3.95
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	Stitch Magazine - Issue 53 June/July 08 Bi-monthly publication for creative stitchers. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £3.95
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	Surfaces for Stitch Gwen Headley Gwen shows you how to use everything from Polythene to plastic combined with fabric and thread to produce innovative and inspirational pieces. Step-by-step instructions guide the embroiderer through all techniques, including fusing and bonding, laminating and layering and manipulating and moulding. 144 pages, fully colour throughout. Softback. Price: £15.99
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	Ukrainian Drawn Thread Embroidery Yvette Stanton This book introduces a unique drawn thread embroidery originating from Poltava in Ukraine. A counted thread technique, merezhka appeals to cross stitchers, and embroiderers of other counted techniques looking for a new challenge. 48 pages, full colour throughout. Softback. Click on the picture to view larger image. Price: £10.99
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