Embroiderers' Guild Bookshop - Inspiration

4000 Animal, Bird & Fish Motifs
McCullum, G
Pub. Batsford
Price £16.99 paperback
Following the huge success of 4000 Flower & Plant Motifs this book features 4000 authentic copyright-free designs taken from a wide range of historical and world sources, including prehistoric cave painting, ceramics from the ancient world, medieval illuminated books, Renaissance paintings and antique textiles. The high-quality black-and-white images can be traced, photocopied and enlarged for design work in any creative field.

4000 Plant & Flower Motifs
McCullum, G
Pub. Chrysalis
Price £16.99 paperback

500 Beaded Objects NEW!
Wilcox Wells, C (ed)
Pub. Lark Books
Price £16.95 paperback
This is just one of a fabulous new series of books from GMC. Celebrate the amazing evolution of beadwork from a simple craft to expressive art. Every stunning sculpture, vessel, figure, loomed and woven work, free-form installation and piece of jewellery shown in glorious colour photos is gallery-quality and thoroughly unique.

Arabic Geometrical Pattern & Design; 200 Plates
Bourgoin, J
Pub. Dover
Price £9.95 paperback

Artist Trading Card Workshop
Bernie Berlin
Pub. North Light Books
Price £14.99 paperback
This book will not only show you how to create your own cards, combining one or more of the techniques demonstrated, but will also share the ins and outs of trading, finding and organising swaps and how to trade with others.

Beach Stones NEW!
Iselin, J & Carruthers, M W
Pub. Abrams
Price £9.99 hardback

Breakdown Printing now in paperback
Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £9.50 paperback
New Dimensions for Texture and Colour

Celtic Spirals Handbook
Sturrock, S
Pub. Guild of Master Craftsman Publications
Price £9.95 paperback
This is the perfect practical guide to creating authentic Celtic designs, using Sheila Sturrock's tried and tested methods. More than 100 designs are included, with detailed templates combined with clear plotting instructions, from simple spirals to more complex and challenging designs.

Colourful World
Gallienne, A G
Pub. Thames & Hudson
Price £15.99 paperback
From Mali to Peru, from China to Norway, this book captures all the colours of the world created and used by human beings to brighten their lives.

Embroiderers & Quilters Sourcebook NEW!
Thompson, A
Pub. Batsford
Price £20.00 paperback
This wonderful book contains more than 1000 photographs of textiles and embroidery from the 17th to the 21st century and from all over the world. Visually stunning, this is a unique sourcebook for inspiration and reference for all types of embroiderers, stitchers and quilters. Many techniques are covered, including quilting, machine and hand embroidery, appliquebeadwork, goldwork, counted thread, stumpwork, applied work, mirror work, cross stitch, trapunto, smocking, tassels, and whitework. This is an essential addition to the library of anyone interested in embroidery or quilting.

Henry Moore's Sheep Sketchbook
Moore, H and Clark, K
Pub. Thames & Hudson
Price £12.95 paperback

Ideas For Textiles From The Celtic Heritage NEW!
Howell, Barbara
Pub. Gwasg Carrreg Gwalch
Price £7.95 paperback
Barbara Howell describes herself as 'an embroiderer who makes quilts' and is known for her adventurous use of stitching and fabrics. One of her inspirations is Celtic imagery and this passion is explored in the varied and exciting projects that include bags, quilts, cushions and wall hangings. Celtic design has always been very a striking source of inspiration for embroiderers and quilters. This book provides a wonderful starting point.

In the Blink of an Eye
John Brackenbury
Pub. David & Charles
Price £14.99 hardback
Discover a fascinating world of fragile, invisible forces, fleeting moments and alternative views.

Islamic Designs
Wilson, E
Pub. British Museum Press
Price £9.99 paperback

Jane Austen Fashion : Fashion and Needlework in the Works of Jane Austen
Byrde, Penelope
Pub. Excellent Press
Price £12.95 hardback

Kaleidoscope: ideas & projects to spark your creativity
Suzanne Simanaitis
Pub. David & Charles
Price £14.99 paperback
This book opens new doors of creativity by helping you explore stories, exercises and instructive projects.

Leaves and Pods NEW!
Iselin, J & Hannibal, ME
Pub. Abrams
Price £9.99 hardback
Photographer Josie Iselin uses a flatbed scanner to produce these wonderful and amazingly detailed images of a number of leaves and pods, which she collects over various seasons and from around the world. As well as being a useful sourcebook this book is as beautiful and objects as the beauty of the leaves and pods it so majectically displays.

Medieval Tiles
van Lemmen, H
Pub. Shire Publications
Price £4.50 paperback

Peruvian Textile Designs NEW!
Caraway, C
Pub. Stemmer House Publishing
Price £5.50 paperback

Pewter Plus
Sandy Griffiths
Pub. David & Charles
Price £12.99 paperback
Explore the possibilities of working with pewter - a soft, easily moulded metal that can be crafted and embellished to form incredible results.

Photographing Flowers
Bishop, S
Pub. Guild of Master Craftsman
Price £22.95 hardback
Although essentially a photographic book, stitchers and designers will be able to use the wonderful images as a source of inspiration. The colours and textures in Sue Bishop's stunning photographs just lend themselves to being the starting points for design and embroidery work.

Photographing the Patterns of Nature
Braasch, G
Pub. Amphoto Books
Price £17.99 paperback
This book is as much about observation of the world around you as how to capture it with beautiful photographs. It contains chapters on composition, shape and pattern which can then be used with other media. Traces of Time;

Polysymetrics
Olive, J
Pub. Tarquin
Price £4.25 paperback

Pugin's Ecclesiastical Ornament NEW!
Pub. Dover
Price £15.00 paperback

Rigmaroles & Ragamuffins NEW!
Elinor Kapp
Pub. word4word
Price £9.99 paperback
This book offers a collection of textile-related words and phrases that have entered into our everyday conciousness through spoken and written English. An ideal book for those who love textiles as well as those who love words and stories.

Secrets of Rusty Things
Michael de Meng
Pub. North Light Books
Price £14.99 paperback
A transformation of long-forgotten objects into engaging works of art inspired by ancient myths and metaphors.

Silk NEW!
Mary Schoeser
Pub. Yale University Press
Price £29.99 hardback

Stitch & Sparkle NEW!
Charlotte Liddle
Pub. Coats
Price £7.99 paperback

The Art & Embroidery of Jane Hall: Reflections of Nature NEW!
Jane Hall
Pub. Search Press
Price £19.99 hardback
In a combination of art, photography and prose, the author mixes her work as a textile artist with the world that inspired it.

The Arts and Crafts Movement NEW!
Rosalind P Blakesley
Pub. Phaidon
Price £39.95 hardback
A book for makers, historians and anyone interesed in beautiful objects.

The Elements of Design
Oei, L and De Kegel, C
Pub. Thames & Hudson
Price £16.95 paperback
Colour, texture, form and shape are the basis of this sourcebook, with page after page of photographs showing how our environment can be defined in terms of basic elements, including dots, lines, planes and circles. Beautiful and seductive, this book goes beneath the surface in the search for design inspiration.

The Gardener's Wise Words and Country Ways
Ruth Binney
Pub. David & Charles
Price £9.99 paperback
The wisdom and sayings of generations are gathered together in this fascinating celebration of traditional gardening techniques.

The Magic Mirror M C Escher
Ernst, B
Pub. Tarquin
Price £7.95 paperback

The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions
A Seckel
Pub. Sterling
Price £9.99 paperback

Tray Dyeing
Leslie Morgan & Claire Benn
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £12.50 paperback
Exploring colour, texture and special effects