Thursday, December 5, 2024

5 Unique Embroidery Books to Buy for Yourself or as a Gift

Foolproof Flower Embroidery: 80 Stitches & 400 Combinations in a Variety of Fibers; Add Texture, Color & Sparkle to Your Organic Garden


I really want this book to help me come up with ideas in my slow stitching and crazy quilting projects. I mean, it has 80 stitches and 400 combinations! I don't think I could ever do them all but isn't it nice to try.







Stitchcraft: An Embroidery Book of Simple Stitches and Peculiar Patterns


This book has amazing photography and some very unique embroidery projects with close ups of some of the stitched pieces. The book contains projects of human and animal anatomy and creative skeletons. All are done on a black background with bright thread colors and patterns are available to trace from the book.




Doodle Stitching Embroidery Art: Move Beyond the Pattern with Aimee Ray

I actually read this one on Kindle Unlimited which is a great way to peruse lots of books and there are several crafting ones you can do this with. However, I would love to have a physical copy to flip through and admire through touch. The base of this book is to just make embroidery art with simple stitches and do it without a pattern. 



Pet Portrait Embroidery: Lovingly Stitch Your Dog or Cat; A Modern Guide to Thread Painting

Creating an embroidery of my cats or one of those pieced quilt portraits is on my bucket list of embroidery projects. This book is in my Amazon wish list. The directions in this book are amazing and you can watch a video on Amazon of a reviewer who flips through it to show you the amazing instructions and detail that you can learn. Plus, it sounds like a great way to learn how to do Thread Painting. 



DIY Embroidered Shoes: Techniques, Designs, and Downloadable Templates to Turn Any Fabric Shoe into Stylish & Unique Footwear

Okay, so this book is brand new. It was just published in October 2024 and I recommend you go look at it on Amazon and scroll down the page to see the close ups of some the designs. It's a book that I didn't know I needed but I really, really need it. I also think this would be a great gift for a teenager who is interested in putting that creative spin on their canvas shoes and they could complement any of their clothing for a full fashion statement. 


What do you think of these? Do you have suggestions for me? 

Note: Links to the books are affiliate links and I would get a small commission without any cost to you. It just might help me get my own copies because I don't have enough books already (wink, wink).