Welcome to my stop on the Hand Embroidery Dictionary Blog Tour! I’ve had such fun trying out this fabulous new book by Christen Brown, published by C&T Plublishing, which has just been released. I also have an eBook copy to give away so read on for details about how to win it! EDITED FOR GIVEAWAY …
I’m a huge fan of Heather Black’s quilts and loved her first book, written with Daisy Aschehoug, ‘Quilt Modern Curves and Bold Stripes’, so I was delighted to be given a preview digital copy of Heather’s new book, ‘Design Make Quilt Modern’. I have to say that I was immediately impressed by Heather’s ambition with …
Today is my stop on the book hop for That Handmade Touch, a stylish and practical book by Svetlana Sotak. I have been reading Svetlana’s blog for years now and feel as if I know her well despite us never having met IRL. I also enjoy her beautifully restrained Instagram feed full of gorgeous bag …
I have three new book reviews to share with you today! I’ve even used one of the books to make a gift and I’ll be sharing that too. The first one is a new e-book by one of my favourite embroidery designers Carina Envoldsen-Harris. Carina taught at the Stitch Gathering a few years ago and she’s …
The lovely Carina Envoldsen-Harris came up to Edinburgh to teach at the Stitch Gathering last year and at the time she was launching her second embroidery book. Well now she has published her third! Search Press sent me a copy to review and very kindly offered another copy for me to GIVEAWAY! More on this …
I was recently sent a copy of Amy Friend’s new book Improv Paper Piecing to review. I had loved Amy’s last book, Intentional Piecing, so Iwas very happy to do this, and I was also interested and intrigued by the subject matter. Long time readers will know that I love a bit of what I …