The other day I received a copy of a book review of “Mountmellick Embroidery: Inspired by Nature” that was recently featured in Maggie Grey’s Workshop on the Web.
It was a very complimentary review, written by Samantha Packer. I cannot reproduce the whole thing here, due to copyright, but have included a small extract:
The Instructions and Techniques sections go through each stitch with diagrams and photographs which are very clear and easy to understand and would prove useful to anyone wanting to learn basic stitches, as well as those who are interested in them specifically in the context of Mountmellick Embroidery.
Thanks Samantha!
Because people do find our stitch instructions so clear (a respected embroidery teacher once said to me that ours was the best embroidery book she had ever seen) I have wondered many times over the years whether I should compile a stitch dictionary one day. Being left handed, I would want to include good instructions for left handers also. But maybe that’s another book?
What do you think?
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I am fan of your book too. I have it and I think that the instructions and diagrams are explendid. I could easily reproduced some of the stitches following the instructions.
Thanks for your kind comments Belém. I seem to remember that you were wondering how you were going to get a copy for yourself in Portugal, some time back. You obviously did manage, for which I am glad.
Ah… I did so enjoy my time in Portugal. 🙂 So much lovely embroidery…
I bought it from Amazon. It worths every cent!!! 🙂
Thanks Belém, I’m pleased that you think so!