SOLD 3 Janet Bolton Patchwork & Applique Books * £23 €50 $100 Shipping Included

This is a hardback book in pristine condition from one of our best-loved patchwork artists. 

In this book there is everything you need by way of patterns and techniques to make the gorgeous piece shown on the front cover.

Another of Janet's books in excellent condition progressively leads you through Janet's inspirations, her techniques

and tips for starting to make your own works. This is a superbly illustrated book with many delightful images

together with practical instructions and patterns ready for you to use right away.

The last book is also in excellent condition, but is missing the placement templates

However, all the illustrations are large and clearly presented so that you can trace off your own pattern templates.

SOLD 5 Pattern Books (Set 2) * £12 €19 $45 Including Shipping

The five pattern books in this set are: Barbara Christopher's Old-Fashioned Floral Charted Designs; Sigrid Bright's Complete and Practical Course of Hardanger Embroidery; Traditional Hardanger patterns; Gerda Bengtsson's fabulous charted Flowers and Berries in Cross Stitch and Assisi Embroidery. All books are in very good condition. By the way if you see more than one set of books you would like, do email me because we can often make mailing savings which we pass on to you.

Above you can see one of Gerda's legendary rose compositions - the book has 27 more similarly fabulous designs

Above and below are sample spreads from the 2 Hardanger books that will lead you into developing an expertise in Hardanger - these are the best books I know for anyone wanting to start.

Below is an image of a spread from the Assisi Embroidery Book - these designs make lovely tree ornaments.....

And below is a sample from Barbara Christopher's book - with lots of sweet projects that would be brilliant and easy to finish for your Valentine this year!

SOLD 3 Vintage Embroiderers' Guild Journals (Set 4 of 5) * £12 €19 $45 Including Shipping

There are just 5 sets remaining of my vintage collection of Embroidery - the journals of the Embroiderers' Guild. The journals are rare and precious documents of embroidery and date back to 1950. Each is rich with needlework research and practical projects of the past and include regular articles by such luminaries as Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth. Shipping costs lately seem to keep doubling every time I blink, so please be aware that $45 does include shipment to your door and if you would like more than one set, we can probably give you a reduction as we save on posting - just email. Each journal has around 30 pages of A4 that are absolutely fascinating. Here you can see a few examples of what to expect taken from just some of the pages of these journals. This set comprises Spring 1959, Summer 1959 and Winter 1953.

SOLD 3 Vintage Embroiderers' Guild Journals (Set 2 of 5) * £12 €19 $45 Including Shipping

There are just 5 sets remaining of my vintage collection of Embroidery - the journals of the Embroiderers' Guild. The journals are rare and precious documents of embroidery and date back to 1950. Each is rich with needlework research and practical projects of the past and include regular articles by such luminaries as Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth. Shipping costs lately seem to keep doubling every time I blink, so please be aware that $45 does include shipment to your door and if you would like more than one set, we can probably give you a reduction as we save on posting - just email. Each journal has around 30 pages of A4 that are absolutely fascinating. Here you can see a few examples of what to expect taken from just some of the pages of these journals. This set comprises Spring 1960, Winter 1959/60and Autumn 1959.