Books
The following kits are designed to be worked with the instructions, diagrams and photographs contained in Stumpwork Embroidery - A Collection of Fruits, Flowers and Insects (Book 1) or The Complete Book of Stumpwork Embroidery (Book 5).
These kits contain all materials required to work the projects except the DMC stranded cottons which you may already have in your collection. All other threads are included.
How to order
- Stumpwork Embroidery - A Collection of Fruits, Flowers and Insects for Contemporary Raised Embroidery
- by Jane Nicholas, Sally Milner Publishing, 1995 Hardcover, 190 pages.
- Code: BK1 Price: $59.95
- This book explains, in a clear and comprehensive manner, how to work traditional stumpwork techniques including wired, detached embroidered shapes and padded appliqué. It provides full instructions and step-by-step illustrations for working over forty flowers, fruits and insects, and 18 projects featuring these motifs.
- The Complete Book of Stumpwork Embroidery
- by Jane Nicholas, Sally Milner Publishing, 2005 Hardcover, 400 pages.
- Code: BK5 Price: $69.95
- Following the enormous success of her recent publications, this book brings together in one volume the first two titles from Jane Nicholas. It combines the techniques, stitches, instructions and projects of the popular Stumpwork Embroidery - A Collection of Fruits, Flowers and Insects and Stumpwork Embroidery - Designs and Projects.
- Rose and Bee
- Code: BK1.1 Price: $23.90
- A rose with raised petals worked in detached buttonhole stitch, a wired and embroidered leaf, and a bee worked in Turkey knots with detached gauzy wings.
Skill Level: 1
- Rose, Pomegranate and Strawberries
- Code: BK1.2 Price: $40.90
- A rose with detached buttonhole stitch petals, a raised, beaded pomegranate, padded strawberries covered with trellis stitch, a bee worked in Turkey knots with detached wings and a tiny soldier fly.
Skill Level: 2
- Acorn, Thistle and Butterfly
- Code: BK1.3 Price: $24.50
- A padded thistle with fluffy top worked in Turkey knots, raised, embroidered acorns with trellis stitch cups, a wired leaf worked in detached buttonhole stitch, and a butterfly with detached wings.
Skill Level: 1
- Acorn, Thistle and Bee
- Code: BK1.4 Price: $29.50
- Padded thistles with fluffy tops worked in Turkey knots, raised, embroidered acorns with trellis stitch cups, leaves in detached buttonhole stitch, and a bee worked in Turkey knots with detached wings.
Skill Level: 2
- Christmas Brooches
- Code: BK1.5 Price: $22.90
- Embroider padded acorns with trellis stitch cups, a raised beaded pomegranate, a blackberry worked in French knots, beaded red currants and sequins.
Skill Level: 1
- Christmas Rose and Dragonfly
- Code: BK1.6 Price: $27.90
- A Christmas Rose with detached petals and leaves, raised blackberries worked in French knots, a bronze dragonfly with detached wings, beaded holly berries and tiny gold sequins.
Skill Level: 1
- Christmas Rose, Berries and Dragonfly
- Code: BK1.7 Price: $56.90
- A Christmas Rose with detached petals and leaves, raised blackberries worked in French knots, beaded ivy berries surrounded with trellis stitch, and a dragonfly with detached wings.
Skill Level: 2
- Berries Brooch and Paperweight
- Code: BK1.8 Price: $38.50
- Raised blackberries, in various stages of ripeness, worked in French knots, a wired detached leaf, beaded black currants and a tiny soldier fly.
Skill Level: 1
- Pomegranate and Gooseberries
- Code: BK1.9 Price: $21.90
- A raised beaded pomegranate and detached wired leaf, padded gooseberries with gold veins, a ladybird with detached wings, and a tiny wrapped snail.
Skill Level: 1
- Dragonfly and Berries
- Code: BK1.10 Price: $53.50
- Blackberries in various stages of ripeness, padded gooseberries, raised pomegranates, and beaded black currants, a ladybird and dragonfly with detached wings and a silvery spiderweb.
Skill Level: 2
- Butterfly and Berries
- Code: BK1.11 Price: $67.90
- Blackberries in French knots, padded gooseberries, oranges in tent stitch, blueberries in trellis stitch, and beaded red currants, a butterfly with detached buttonhole stitch wings, a ladybird and a spiderweb.
Skill Level: 2
- Medieval Mirror Frame 1
- Code: BK1.12 Price: $101.80
- A vine border with motifs from Book 1: carnation, poppy, anemone, tulip, fennel and detached leaves, grapes, peas, aubergine, red currants, a cricket, snail, hoverfly, ladybird, butterfly and spiderweb.
Skill Level: 3
- Medieval Mirror Frame 2
- Code: BK1.13 Price: $101.80
- A vine border with motifs from Book 1: pansies, foxgloves, thistle, cottage pink, globe thistle, cotoneaster, fig, blackberries, strawberries, hedgehog, owl, bees and beehive, soldier-fly, dragonfly and spiderweb.
Skill Level: 3