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illustrations versus words

Mary Corbet made an interesting observation the other day. She pointed out that many older instructional embroidery books have many more words and few diagrams/photos, whereas newer embroidery instructional embroidery books have many diagrams/photos and fewer words.

This is quite true. I think about one of my favourite old stitch dictionaries (published in 1934), Mary […]

May 16th, 2010 | Category: embroidery musings, stitch dictionary, writing books | 2 comments

an interesting question

Yesterday when I was cheeky enough to ask my local needlework shop why they didn’t have my new book in, during the conversation the shopowner asked me “Are you left-handed?” I replied that I am.

When she heard that The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion was due out in August, she asked why I can write the […]

May 8th, 2010 | Category: stitch dictionary, teaching embroidery, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | One comment

Stitch dictionary available for pre-order

I have now uploaded all the relevant pages so that you can pre-order your copy of The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion: a step-by-step stitch dictionary.

At a glance: The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion: a step-by-step stitch dictionary by Yvette Stanton

160 pages Paperback 195 x 275 mm / 7 5/8 x 10 7/8 in 170+ embroidery […]

May 3rd, 2010 | Category: new products, stitch dictionary, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion | Leave a comment

Preview of The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion

For those who can’t wait, I’ve now put up a turn-the page preview of ‘The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion’. I’m not embedding it here this time, as I feel it is too memory intensive, especially for those who aren’t actually interested.

But for those 90% of the population who are interested (I’m sure there’d be that […]

May 2nd, 2010 | Category: online book previews, stitch dictionary, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | 4 comments

Right-handed book update

Yesterday I received the ISBN and the barcode for ‘The Right-Handed Embroiderer’s Companion’ – my next stitch dictionary. This all makes it quite official that the book is going ahead!

I have ordered some new hand-dyed felt from Colourstreams to do a new cover embroidery, and received an email saying that it was posted yesterday. […]

April 14th, 2010 | Category: stitch dictionary, The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion, writing books | 2 comments
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