Friday, August 22

I'm in the new Mollie Makes Embroidery Book!

My Cloud pillow project. Photo by Vanessa Davies
Just two weeks ago a new Mollie Makes book was released, it's simply called Mollie Makes Embroidery.  I was very pleased when I was asked to contribute to it last year and I was even more pleased when I received my copy and saw how wonderful it has turned out!

My project in this book is the cloud shaped pillow embroidered with a cat and a polar bear, you see pictured above. The umbrellas are really mini-samplers, featuring some of my favourite stitches like the Bullion Knot and the Wheat Ear Stitch. I'm really happy with the result although making the cloud-shaped pillow 'cloud-shaped' was a bit of a challenge but I got there in the end.


The grey-and-white-socks cat in my Pillow design is inspired by my own cat Milo. :)

Carina's project. Photo by Vanessa Davies
The first half of the book features 15 projects from (amongst others) my &Stitches pal Carina, Mollie from Wild Olive, Sophie from What Delilah Did and many more embroidery designers. The projects and designs are 'typically' Mollie Makes: charming, fresh, modern but with a retro feel to them. Even a technique that seems a bit outdated (at least to me) like Silk Ribbon Embroidery gets an impressive, new look in Mollie's Pretty Posy Ribbon Runner Project.

Many different embroidery techniques are highlighted in the different projects: from 'free form' hand embroidery to Cross stitch and from Crewel to Stump work.

Mama and Baby Owl by Michelle Galletta. Photo by Vanessa Davies

The second half of the book consists of an extensive 'how to' section (about 80 pages) and many stitches and techniques are explained in words, pictures and with diagrams. Obviously the 'basics' are there but also less obvious stitches and techniques like the Raised Fishbone Stitch and Bargello are included. As is a section about Machine Embroidery, often overlooked in Embroidery books.



I think the great projects and incredibly useful techniques section make this book a 'must' for new embroiderers and more experienced stitchers alike. Mollie Makes Embroidery is published Pavilion Craft (UK) and Interweave (US) and now available in bookstores and in online shops.

15 comments:

  1. Congratulations!! The cushion is adorable, as is your cat!

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  2. Congrats! Your project is really wonderful, and I can't wait to check out the book.

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    1. Thank you Cate! Obviously there's much more in the book than I could show or write about here but it's really worth checking out. The geometrical squirrel and forest on the cover for example. I love that :)

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  3. Поздравляю! Это очень красиво! Отличный журнал!

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  4. Congratulations. How very exciting.

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  5. thank you! It's a bit surreal even to see your work in print :)

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  6. Love that cloud pillow ~ so sweet! How exciting to have your patterns in a book!!!

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  7. Congratulations! How exciting to see your work in a book! I hope one day I will be published too! I love your project, I first saw it today in the magazine and I fell in love with it. Clouds and embroidery a perfect combination in my eyes! :) x

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    1. Yes, I just got notified last week that my book project also is featured in the September issue. I haven't seen the magazine yet, hope it looks good! :)

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  8. Congratulations! It looks like a fabulous book, for sure!!!

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  9. It's a very cute cushion project and I love your cat!

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