Bags, a bride’s matching set, Christmas decorations, purses, trinket pots, pictures and, to cap it all, glorious dancing pumps adorned with azure satin ribbons and beaded dragon motifs, now you can take your wardrobe and décor to the next level. Learn how to bead on lace, make three dimensional berries, attach beads so they lie together neatly, smock and have a go at some embroidery stitches you might not know. The real joy is that it all looks so terribly advanced, and although it is very much a book for the more advanced embroiderer everything is clearly explained. I particularly like the pages of neat photographs showing in easy stages how to perform a technique; they really are very simple to follow and get right. Also to enjoy are Country Bumpkin Publications’ hallmark of adorning the pages with little pictures of vintage photographs, illustrations, artifacts and such, making it a very pretty book indeed. Combining beauty and practicality in the most delightful way, this is surely one of my favorite embroidery/beadwork books of the past twelve months.