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EMBROIDERY BOOKS by Alison Holt


MACHINE EMBROIDERED SEASCAPES by ALISON HOLT - £15.99

£21.00 including P&P in the UK
£24.00 including P&P overseas e.g. Europe, Australia and USA
MACHINE EMBROIDERED Flowers, Woodlands and Landscapes
The Art of Alison Holt

by Alison Holt

Drawing on material previously published as ‘The Beginner’s Guide to Machine Embroidered Flowers’, The Beginner’s Guide to Machine Embroidered Landscapes’ and ‘Machine Embroidered Woodlands’, this book provides a showcase of Alison Holt’s exquisite machine embroideries.
Detailed instructions explain how to create realistic flowers, trees, foliage and much more, and there are eight stunning step-by-step projects so that you can put into practice your newly acquired skills. This is a must-have instructional and inspirational book for anyone interested in free-motion embroidery.

Published January 2011
Illustrations: 440
Pages: 144 pages
£17.99 (£22.00 including P&P in the UK )
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MACHINE EMBROIDERED WOODLANDS

By Alison Holt

'Learn how to create beautiful woodland pictures using various combinations of two simple machine stitches. Techniques and instructions are broken down into clear, colour step-by-step instructions, with many helpful photographs and a great range of inspirational pieces. Alison 'paints'with her threads on to hand-coloured backgrounds, blending her stitches and achieving stunning results. Detailed instructions explain how to create realistic trees, foliage, flowerswoodland paths. The book concludes with four stunning projects based on the four seasons, and throughout there are many examples of Alison's original and delightful work.'


Published April 2008
Pages: 80pages
£9.99 (£12.75 including P&P in the UK )
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A Beginners Guide to
MACHINE EMBROIDERED LANDSCAPES

by Alison Holt

Using hand-painted silk backgrounds and just two basic machine stitches Alison Holt shows how to create a stunning range of landscapes and gardens. This book shows with detailed step by step photography several projects from start to finish, it features embroideries of water gardens, floral borders,woodlands,cornfields, flowers and fruit.

Published January 2002
Pages: 80pages
£8.95 (£11.75 including P&P in the UK )
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These 3 titles are out of print but available on the secondhand market
MACHINE EMBROIDERED LANDSCAPES
published by Batsford in 1990
MACHINE EMBROIDERED LANDSCAPES
published by Batsford in 1997
as a paperback re-titled
FLOWERS & PLANTS in
MACHINE EMBROIDERY
A Beginners Guide to
MACHINE EMBROIDERED FLOWERS
by Alison Holt

AVAILABLE AS PART OF
'Machine Embroidered Flowers,
Woodlands and Landscapes
The Art of Alison Holt'
above


These 3 books have been translated into other languages
A Beginners Guide to
MACHINE EMBROIDERED FLOWERS
by Alison Holt
IN ITALIAN
A Beginners Guide to
MACHINE EMBROIDERED LANDSCAPES
by Alison Holt
IN RUSSIAN
A Beginners Guide to
MACHINE EMBROIDERED FLOWERS
by Alison Holt
IN RUSSIAN