Have you ever been interested in embroidery or hand embellishing? “Glorious Embellishing” with Gloria McKinnon includes seven different detail oriented projects in the first half of the book and then includes an invaluable embroidery stitch library in the second part of the book. The projects are truly delicate works of art and are pieces that will be cherished for a lifetime.
I am a big visual learner so I love all the illustrations that come with the embroidery stitch library. They are very clear and easy to understand, especially for a novice when it comes to hand embroidery. Most stitches start off showing you the most basic version and then go into more and more advance techniques. The author also shows you how to add things such as beading or silk ribbons into your embroidery embellishment techniques.
Even if some of the projects are not necessarily your style, they can be adapted and made your own. And again, I have to say that the embroidery stitch library in this book is like none I have ever seen. I have always wanted to get more into embroidery and I think this book might be the push I need to make that happen.
If you are interested in reading more about “Glorious Embellishing with Gloria McKinnon”, please visit the Martha Pullen Store where you can purchase this book as well as many other sewing and craft resources.
Lindsay Wilkes is the owner and designer behind The Cottage Mama. She creates timeless, vintage inspired sewing patterns for children’s clothes. She is also a fabric designer for Riley Black Designers / Penny Rose Fabrics, author of the book ‘Sew Classic Clothes for Girls’ and can be seen teaching nationwide and online in her video series ‘Lessons with Lindsay’ sponsored by Baby Lock Sewing and Embroidery machines.
This looks like a gorgeous book – lots of eye candy as well as inspiration and techniques. And I love that quilt that’s shown.
i found your blog today and am loving it!
I just wanted to let you know that with a few modifications, I made the baby bonnet from your tutorial with vintage sheets. Here is a link to my post and thanks for the great tutorial!
http://cathy-blueberrypatch.blogspot.com/2011/08/vintage-sheet-baby-bonnet.html
Still enjoying your blog all the time! Thanks for all the great content! Therefore; I’m awarding you the Versatile Blogger Award! You can see the details at http://www.apronsandapples.blogspot.com . I chose you and 14 other sites to receive this, after receiving it myself. I hope you accept it! Kristy
Hey Lindsay! Just wanted to let you know that I’ve given you a blog award because your blog is awesome!
Find it here:
http://kerraftycreations.blogspot.com/2011/08/sweet-blog-award.html