Books & Magazines

By Maureen Giuffre, this gorgeous book details how to approach common stocking themes to create realistic texture and shading. While not a stitch guide, it documents the stitching of 18 stockings by Liz Goodrick-Dillon as well as several ornaments as a way to illustrate...

Stitch on the bright side with these sixteen adorable embroidery projects for absolute beginners and beyond! Written by popular fiber art designer and author Celeste Johnston, this book features uplifting projects that focus on positive messages, the beauty of nature, and simple pleasures.Inside you’ll...

A gentle introduction to the calming art of embroidery! Slow down and experience the therapeutic benefits of slow stitching with these 12 charming embroidery projects for absolute beginners and beyond! Written by popular fiber art designer and author Celeste Johnston, the projects focus on...

Lindsay Swearingen, bestselling author of Creepy Cross-Stitch, is back with 25 stunning and intricate patterns to honor your inner witch. From black cats soaring across the full moon on brooms, to witches conjuring around a cauldron, to alluring and deadly herbs associated with witchcraft,...

From spooky skulls to ghoulish graveyards, Lindsay Swearingen of Tusk and Cardinal gives cross-stitch a dark yet whimsical update. Curious creatures like phantom felines, legendary fixtures from folklore like Baba Yaga and all manner of haunted houses make the perfect subjects for these needlework...

Needles Out: Boho Embroidery: Mixed Media Techniques is the third title in artist and author Nichole Vogelsinger’s bestselling embroidery series, and the first to feature mixed-media techniques.With more than 100 illustrations and 50 photographs, this highly illustrated hardcover book will reestablish the techniques discussed...

Over 200 essential stitches for embroidery in a new and up-to-date edition of the original and immensely successful stitch bible, by bestselling author and needlework designer Betty Barnden.

Unleash your embroidery creativity anywhere with 50 versatile stitches in a stylish on-the-go card deck. The perfect gift for embroidery fans of all levels!Introducing a stylish and portable solution for every embroidery enthusiast - a deck of 50 versatile stitches in an elegant card...

Designed for travel, but handy anytime, these needlepoint stitch cards from Victoria Whitson Needlepoint are the size of standard playing cards. They are held together with a clasp ring that can be opened as needed. They also come with a stand to hold them...

Designed for travel, but handy anytime, these needlepoint stitch cards from Victoria Whitson Needlepoint are the size of standard playing cards. They are held together with a clasp ring that can be opened as needed. They also come with a stand to hold them...

Do you want to expand your needlepoint stitches knowledge? Unwind Studio's “Decorative Stitches for Needlepoint” Booklet is the perfect travel/pocket-size book to keep in your stitching bag at all times! This new version contains 50+ diagrams of different needlepoint stitches, identified and organized according...

Find a new way to learn needlepoint with this card deck of 50 stitches to get you started! In this unique card deck find step-by-step instructions to 50 simple and decorative stitches to up your needlepoint game. Always worked on an open-weave, grid-like canvas,...

The ultimate resource for needlepoint, canvaswork and tapestry embroidery, packed with over 100 decorative stitches and techniques. You may have tried tent stitch and cross stitch and you’ve probably seen some Bargello popping up in craft magazines, but did you know that these are...

This compact guide by Christen Brown covers all the basics of beaded embroidery stitching with a comprehensive beaded stitch library, beading techniques, and more to start (or continue) your exploration of beaded embroidery.  

Using the most common embroidery stitches, Cat Mania Embroidery by Jeon Ji Sun places your feline friends in wacky situations of the kind they'd probably get themselves into, given half the chance. Wide-eyed "Who—me?" cats; dancing, frolicking cats; cats in the air and in...

If you humans insist on doing your stitchy hobby rather than give us your full attention, the very least you could do is make it about us cats. A book in our honour might suffice.Luckily for you Cross Stitch with Cattitude is here, a...

Cross Stitch for the Soul is a collection of beautifully designed motivational and inspirational quotes rendered in easy cross-stitching techniques that will raise the spirits, both during the making process and beyond, as gifts for loved ones or as treasured pictures on the wall. ...

Bargello stitching is making a comeback with modern crafters. Famous for its flame-like stitches that are as traditional as they are modern, bargello is quick to master, fast to achieve and, beware, very addictive. Bargello stitching, or Florentine, was in its heyday in the...

Mary’s Whimsical Stitches Volume 4 by Mary Legallet is filled with the content you love, with a specific focus on small stitches. Content includes: Just over 200 small stitches, including updated and sequenced diagrams from the #whimsicalwednesday blog and a cache of previously unpublished...

Mary’s Whimsical Stitches Volume 3 by Mary Legallet continues the format in Volumes 1 and 2 and offers additional insight. Updated and sequenced diagrams from the #whimsicalwednesday blog A large cache of previously unpublished stitches from class projects and private lessons Upgraded navigation insight...