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Step-by-step embroidery books
Vetty Creations are publishers of quality step-by-step embroidery books, with a focus on stitch dictionaries and historical techniques including Hardanger, Mountmellick and merezhka. Vetty Creations books are available around the world from your favourite needlework shop.
Stitch dictionaries
We currently have two stitch dictionaries available. The first was The Left-Handed Embroiderer's Companion: a step-by-step stitch dictionary. Following the success of this book, we realised that right-handers felt left out, and thus came The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion: a step-by-step stitch dictionary'.
Vetty Creations stitch dictionaries have the following features:
- clearly written step-by-step instructions with a diagram for each step
- a full colour photo of the finished stitch so that you can see exactly how it looks stitched
- full colour photos of each stitch (and variations where applicable) used creatively, as inspiration
- hints and tips that you normally only learn in hands-on classes
Reader and user testimonials
Readers and stitchers love Vetty Creations books. Here's what some of them have said about our embroidery books:
"I got your books: fantastically good! The Hardanger one is the best book on that topic that I've ever seen. The instructions are not only clear, with excellent graphics, but you also give a good view of how the stitches should look on the back, and shouldn't look! You also give an idea of how to tuck in ends, and move from one bit to the other. That's precisely what the student needs, and doesn't get in the other books. That chapter of instructions is really something special." J.O'L. Queensland, Australia
"The LH Stitch Dictionary is proving to be so very helpful. I refer to it almost daily, and am always impressed with the precision of your instructions. They are so clearly stated that it is impossible to stitch incorrectly. It is an invaluable reference book and am so delighted to have it nearby." SB, France
"The book is really unusual in its clarity of instruction, the drawings, the thought. I was taught the merezhka that you have in your book by a lady who was born in the latter half of the nineteenth century - she went to the university before WWI. Your book is as if she were standing right behind you and telling what she did. Truly amazing!" D.Horbachevsky, NY USA
"It's the complete package, no classes required: clear, precise instructions, beautiful patterns and a fascinating history. This book is truly a gem." JF, Australia
"It's one of the most comprehensive embroidery books that I have ever bought. It is absolutely beautiful and so full of information. It will make it a lot easier for me to master Mountmellick." V, Tasmania Australia
For more information or to purchase each book, use the links below.
Stitch dictionaries
Historical techniques books
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