MAKING NEEDLEWORK ACCESSORIES

Sub-titled 'Embroidered With Beads', this innovative collection from the author of 'Embroideries from an English Garden' celebrates the contents of the sewing box in colourful designs embellished with fine bead embroidery. Decorate a simple Panama straw hat with an elegant bow and decorate around the brim with tiny seed pearls or sequins or silk. We look at Victorian style with a thimble slipper, pin cushion, needle book and go on to greetings cards, key fobs, tools and embroidery then the beading stitches to single or double stitch, thread and couch, making four-petal flowers or a ring of 6-8 petals, a beaded lotus flower, gently curved stems, tight scrolls, Satin stitch, Picot, flat beaded or triple bead edgings or edgings with threads like a twisted cord or a blanket or stab stitch. You can imagine many of these stunning floral borders embroidered onto doll's house curtains for example or for any number of personal fashion statements from denim outfits to bridal wear - or enlarge the embroidery outline and use larger beads and threads. Just remember that the embroidery must be worked on a hoop. Step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations for all of these gift and dress decorations in Victorian, Indian and floral styles. 128pp.