The Handpicked Collection series brings together fabulous projects in an exciting range of styles and variety of stitching techniques by exceptional designers from the world of embroidery. Each project is superbly presented complete with step-by-step instructions to guide you through the process of re-creating each design.
Featured Projects
‘The Handpicked Collection 5’ features the following projects:
An Elizabethan Panel
by Susan Casson
Stumpwork panel featuring fruits and flowers using a variety of raised work techniques.
Dear Hearts
by Di van Niekerk
Printed watercolour scenes embroidered with fields of flowers and hearts.
Fairy Cottage
by Ana Mallah
A pin pot in the form of a fairy cottage, with matching tape measure, scissor sheath and scissor fob.
Festive Fun
by Jenny McWhinney
Christmas ornaments with colourful motifs in surface embroidery.
Fruit of the Vines
by Margaret Light
Black felt handbag with curving stems of colourful grapes, leaves and berries.
Garnet
by Christine P. Bishop
Counted thread table mat and biscornu scissor fob, each with blackwork designs.
Honesty & Heartsease
by Jane Nicholas
Stumpwork botanical study featuring honesty and heartsease.
Lovely Lace
by Fumie Suzuki
Whitework linen pouch featuring Hardanger embroidery.
Precious Pansies
by Joanna Jakuszewska
Small cushion and table mat showcasing a wreath of pansies in Richelieu embroidery.
Sunflowers
by Louise Spriggs
Hexagonal box with cheerful sunflowers in stumpwork and surface embroidery.
