As
if Inspirations magazine isn’t impressive enough, here
is a coffee table book to knock your socks off! A hefty, sturdy
publication filled with beautiful photographs and all the
instructions, diagrams and patterns to make twelve gorgeous
projects. Fingers itch to grab the materials and get stitching,
but there is plenty of reading (and gazing) to be done first…
Make
sure your coffee table is strong enough for this behemoth
of a book and prepare to be wowed. This truly is a glorious
book rather like Inspirations magazine on steroids, filled
with wonderful photographs all shot on location at an old
cottage in the Adelaide Hills that used to be a bacon factory.
All the projects are shown made up in situ, where they really
come to life. It is good as well to be able to see them in
lots of different poses; the next best thing to being able
to see the real pieces. Anybody familiar with the magazine
will know what to expect, if not get ready for some advanced
projects which will put your skills to the test. Each one
is showcased at the beginning in several pages where you can
read about the inspiration behind it and see it in several
views. Each project features a list of everything you require
for efficient assembly before you start, with measurements
in both imperial and metric. There is also a list of stitches
which are helpfully (and clearly) shown at the back of the
book along with a pocket full of patterns. Most of the steps
are not illustrated as this is not a book for beginners but
there are drawn diagrams and some of the trickier things are
shown in more detail with staged photographs. If you are an
experienced embroiderer this book will give you some challenging
things to make that are beautiful heirloom quality conversation
pieces. Choose from a thread painting of European bee eaters,
a trinket pot adorned with stumpwork flowers, a Versailles
inspired chatelaine and needlebook, delicate and subtle Casalguidi
sachet, goldwork roundel and more. This is a heavy book for
the lap but ideal for a table as it opens out and stays flat.
One for the keeper shelf as long as it is sturdy enough.
If
you cannot find a good range of embroidery and needlecraft
materials locally try www.searchpress.com for a list of suppliers.
Kits
(including many from this book), patterns and more available
from www.inspirationsstudios.com/ Based in Australia but ships
internationally.
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