The Handpicked Collection 8

Each book in The Handpicked Collection series brings together beautiful 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.

• Ring of Roses by Jo Butcher
  Wreath of gorgeous roses worked with hand-dyed silk ribbons using a simple weaving technique to create beautiful, dimensional petals.

• Shakespeare's Flowers by Jane Nicholas
  Beautiful scrolling stems of flowers and visiting insects in the style of Elizabethan embroidery, enhanced with stumpwork elements and metallic thread.

• Paradise Garden by Fumie Suzuki
  Exquisite whitework mat with needlelace flower motifs in reticella embroidery.

• Kiku-no-hana by Margaret Lee
  Glasses case with sparkling chrysanthemums and Kikko motifs, symbols of longevity and good fortune, in Japanese-style bead embroidery..

• Ode to Loara by Betsy Morgan
  Counted thread reticule with matching pincushion and scissor fob inspired by the oldest known extant sampler in the USA.

• Hedgerow Harvest by Helen M. Stevens
  A bountiful scene of a fieldmouse, wren and butterfly enjoying the shelter and ripened fruits of a hedgerow in silk embroidery.

• Golden Bow by Hannah Mansfield
  Sumptuous three-dimensional bow embroidered with sparkling sequins and beads in a trellis design, perfect to adorn a special gift or use as a festive decoration.

• Colour Whispers by Laurence Lieblich
  Sumptuous three-dimensional bow embroidered with sparkling sequins and beads in a trellis design, perfect to adorn a special gift or use as a festive decoration.