Books

These titles contain a complete stitch guide, helpful hints, a guide to needles, fabric, painted backgrounds, etc. The `little’ books give individual instructions for the creation of 42 common garden flowers, 21 in each title, created from simple embroidery stitches. These books form a very useful reference for both the beginner and advanced embroiderer.

`Garden Landscapes in Silk Ribbon Embroidery' (Limited stock)
by Helen Dafter, published by Sally Milner Publications, $25.00 + p/h

Contains a collection of embroidered landscapes on hand painted cotton backgrounds, an elegant pansy evening bag, a sewing pouch featuring cottage flowers with handy internal pockets, hair clips and embroidered brooches. A very useful guide to any embroiderer interested in the techniques involved in creating hand painted backgrounds for embroidery.

`Embroidered Silk Ribbon Treasures'
by Helen Dafter, published by Sally Milner Publications, $40.00 + p/h

A bindup of the popular Embroidered Treasures Book 1 & 2 this large volume contains full size patterns for 20 projects ranging from embroidered linen to a magnificent painted background which forms the cover of a silk doyley storage sachet. Projects have been graded from beginners through intermediate to advanced with many helpful hints to ensure successful completion of each item with a professional finish. A must have book full of beautiful project ideas

`Embroidered Treasures for Silk Ribbon, Book 2' (Limited Stock)
by Helen Dafter, published by Sally Milner Publications, $25.00 + p/h

A further collection of ten inspirational projects which features full size patterns for items as varied as a velvet draught stopper featuring a hand painted background on cotton velvet to a country style tray under glass to a delightful pinafore on cotton fabric for a special little girl. Once again the projects have been graded to ensure successful completion with helpful hints included with each project.