**Stitching Home Transform Your Living Space with Timeless Embroidery** Unlock the secret to elevating your home décor with "Stitching Home," the ultimate guide to integrating the timeless art of embroidery into every corner of your living space. Whether you're a seasoned stitcher or picking up a needle for the first time, this comprehensive eBook provides you with all the inspiration and instruction you need to make your home truly unique. **Explore the Past and Present of Embroidery** Embark on a journey through the history of embroidery and discover its modern applications in today's home decor. Learn about essential tools and materials necessary to embark on your creative adventure. **Select and Customize Perfect Patterns** From classic designs to contemporary styles, this guide helps you choose and modify patterns that resonate with your personal taste. Discover the best sources for finding patterns that speak to you. **Master Basic and Advanced Techniques** With step-by-step instructions, master essential stitches like the Running Stitch and Chain Stitch, then effortlessly transition to more advanced techniques such as the Satin Stitch and Bullion Knot. Each chapter builds your skills, ensuring you create stunning results every time. **Create Decorative Home Masterpieces** Turn your embroidery skills into show-stopping wall art, cushions, throws, and table linens. Learn innovative framing techniques and find the perfect fabric for each project, ensuring a professional, polished finish. **Upcycle and Personalize with Flair** Breathe new life into old curtains, furniture, and upholstery with creative upcycling ideas. Personalize everyday items like tea towels, napkins, and placemats, transforming them into cherished keepsakes. **Seasonal and Outdoor Projects** Dive into seasonal projects, perfect for holidays and special occasions, and discover durable outdoor embroidery techniques for garden accessories and weatherproof fabrics. **Embroidery for Every Room** Make children’s rooms magical with personalized bedding and wall hangings, or add a touch of elegance to home clothing items like loungewear and aprons. **Blend Crafts for Unique Creations** Combine embroidery with quilting, painting, and other crafts to create stunning, multi-media art pieces. **Professional Tips and Troubleshooting** Gain insights into achieving a professional finish with expert tips on fabric care, display solutions, and troubleshooting common issues. **Turn Passion into Profit** Learn how to transform your hobby into a thriving business, with guidance on marketing, managing orders, and delighting customers. Let "Stitching Home" inspire you to make every part of your home a reflection of your unique creativity and love for the craft. Embark on a lifelong journey of continuous learning and find joy in every stitch. Start creating your handmade haven today!

Learn quilting basics from a YouTube sensation and practice your skills with 12 fun projects suitable for all skill levels. Her instructional videos have inspired thousands to start sewing. Now for the first time, sew-lebrity Laura Coia shares written patterns for the most loved video tutorials on her “Sew Very Easy” YouTube channel! Learn the basics of quilt making, from cutting and pressing to borders and finishing. Then practice your skills with a dozen beautiful projects—quilts you’ll come back to time and time again—all suitable for beginners and beyond.

A collection of cross-stitch patterns featuring step-by-step instructions.

Joyful moments at home, time for gardening, baking sweets. All the little pleasures in life are between these pages, waiting to be embroidered. Let some flour and cookies, an old English cup full of tea, and a bouquet of flowers inspire you. Let your needle and thread design magic moments of everyday life. These cross stitch charts are for every creative, the beginner or the advanced. From these charts, everything can be created: from cushions to runners. The secret ingredient is just to enjoy your embroidery.

“Projects ranging from simple curtains and linens to professional-quality window treatments and decorative accessories . . . excellent.” —Library Journal Written by a sewist with a background in interior design, this is an essential guide to home-décor sewing. Included are 31 functional projects—ranging from beginner to advanced—including DIY window treatments, bed linens, storage solutions, rugs, pillows, and custom accessories for every room in your home. Work with cording and zippers, blind hems, and home decor fabric, and discover interior design basics that help you customize any space. “The must-have guide for any home-decor sewist.” —Sew News

“Susan has placed the history of knitting within the context of American history, so we can clearly see how knitting is intertwined with such subjects as geography, migration, politics, economics, female emancipation, and evolving social mores. She has traced how a melting pot of knitting traditions found their way into American culture via vast waves of immigration, expanded opportunity for travel, and technology.” —Melanie Falick This is the history that Knitting America celebrates. Beautifully illustrated with vintage pattern booklets, posters, postcards, black-and-white historical photographs, and contemporary color photographs of knitted pieces in private collections and in museums, this book is an exquisite view of America through the handiwork of its knitters.

This vintage book contains a complete handbook of sewing, with information on all aspects ranging from altering patterns to fastening buttons. Written in plain language and full of helpful tips, “The Complete Book of Sewing” constitutes a must-have for anyone with an interest in sewing, and would make for a worthy addition to the family collection. Contents include: “Choosing the right Clothes”, “How to Choose the Right Fabrics”, “Sewing Tools and How to Make them Work For You”, “Seams”, “Darts, Tucks and Pleats”, “Gathers, Ruffles, and Headings”, “Hems, Facing, Bindings”, “Embroidery Anu Appliqué”, “Time-Saving Measurement Routines”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on sewing and needlework.