Embroiderers' Guild Bookshop - Traditional Embroidery

Beginner's Guide to Silk Shading
Clare Hanham
Pub. Search Press
Price £7.99 paperback

The Embroidery Stitch Bible
Barnden, B
Pub. Search Press
Price £15.99 spiral bound
With its A5 ring bound format, clear diagrams, instructions and photographs of over 200 stitches organised into 'families', this will be one of the most useful books that you will refer to time and time again.

Three Dimensional Embroidery Stitches
Trott, P
Pub. Search Press
Price £8.95 paperback
Focusing on raised stitches this book combines techniques with inspiration. With clear easy-to-follow projects and a useful list of stitches that can be used to create a 3-D surface.