Learn all the secrets to creating a beautiful embroidered portrait of your home. Find out the techniques you need to create fabulous dimension, realistic effects and the little details that will make your embroidered house portrait as unique as your home. With over 200 pages of techniques, tips, beautiful imagery and inspiration, Hand-Stitch House will take you step by step through the entire process of design, stitching and finishing your embroidered home. What you learn from Hand-Stitched House will help you to create a lovingly handmade piece of embroidered art. Whether it's an heirloom memory for yourself or a gift for someone special; your embroidered house will be treasured for many years to come.

There are so many reasons to celebrate a house; a new home, an old home, a fond memory. It's a place that nurtures us and we, in turn nurture it. With Hand-Stitch house, you will find a way to truly celebrate and honor that place by pouring love and creativity into making a one-of-a-kind portrait of your home using embroidery.Hand-Stitched house will take you step-by-step through the designing and stitching process. At the end of the book, you will have created a meaningful and striking piece of art.Hand-Stitch house includes:- Step-by-step instructions for designing and stitching an embroidered house- A guide through the tools and materials needed including tips and tricks for getting the best out of them- Guidance on acheiving the dramatic dimension and tiny details that will draw the viewer in- Over 70 pages of different techniques - Embroidery instructions unique to embroidered house projects- Bonus material such as worksheets and fontsYou don't have to stop at creating a portrait of your own home. You can use the lessons from this book to create the home of someone you love, a building you love or your future dream home! What you learn from Hand-Stitched House will help you to create a lovingly handmade piece of embroidered art. Whether it's an heirloom memory for yourself or a gift for someone special; your embroidered house will be treasured for many years to come.

Learn the steps and techniques to creating a striking heirloom embroidered house portrait

The complete go-to guide for all things embroidery! Everything embroidery bundled into one helpful how-to guide! Expert embroiderer Christen Brown breaks down 500+ stitches from the basics for beginners to more complex designs for advanced stitchers. Stitches range from Lazy Daisy, French Knot, Herringbone, Capped, Chevron, and so much more. Create intricate art like Christen with inspiration such as psychedelic balloons, mushroom gardens, and flowered embroidered spirals. Bursting with color and beads, designs are perfect for contemporary embroidery art or crazy quilting. Start simple and learn how to choose tools and threads, achieve the perfect stitch, and then start designing your unique embroidery project. From basic stitches to complex combinations each of the 500+ designs comes with step-by-step instructions Mix it up and learn how to change the position of the stitch and use the distance between points Best-selling author Christen Brown provides expert guidance for all, including tips and instructions for left-handed embroiderers

Create beautiful landscapes and flowers using handstitching and only six simple stitches. Handstitched Landscapes and Flowers is a beautiful exploration of the potential of embroidery in depicting the natural world. Katrina Witten, who is a regular on crafts channel Hochanda, uses just six simple stitches, delicate embellishments and an array of techniques and fabrics to portray pastoral scenes of fields, flowers and creatures with eye-catching three-dimensional effects. There are ten detailed step-by-step projects that depict, among others, a hedgerow, a bluebell-emblazoned woodland, sunflowers, a butterfly, a poppy field and a summer scene of buddleia and bees.

Examples of owner-built houses are depicted in this photographic journey through the countryside.

Stitch a delightful workbox in the shape of a whimsical English cottage with this stunning design from Carolyn Pearce.