Pretty Fixes: Carry-Along Guide to Visible Mending & Embroidery Stitches

Ready to continue your adventures into hand embroidery stitching with Pretty Fixes: Carry-Along Guide to Visible Mending & Embroidery Stitches? Karen Hemingway has compiled a variety of hand embroidery designs in a convenient, compact (just 4＂ x 6＂) reference guide. Readers won’t just get 30 new embroidery stitches to perfect. They’ll also receive step-by-step instructions--packed with informative illustrations--so everyone from beginners to experienced embroiderers can follow along. Featuring needle and thread charts for easy reference, this guide is more than an addendum to Hand Embroidery Stitches at a Glance. It’s a comprehensive book for anyone who considers themselves a budding embroidery or sewing enthusiast. With an emphasis on embellishing and visible mending, you’ll learn everything from single cross-stitch patterns to the four-legged knot, all while embracing artful designs to indulge your creative instincts. It’s a perfect way to step up your game and learn all that hand embroidery has to offer!

Karen Hemingway is a writer and editor who has worked on and contributed to several how-to-books on knitting, embroidery, and quilting. She loves knitted and stitched textiles and is passionate about preserving a heritage of stitches, patterns, and techniques for future generations. She lives in England. She is the author of The Big Book of Embroidery Stitches (Landauer, 2019) among other stitching books.