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Diana Springall - a brave eye NEW!
June Hill
Pub. A&C Black
Price £24.99 paperback
Diana Springall is one of Britain's best-know textile artists. Her 40 year career in textiles includes appointments as a panel lecturer at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and chairman of both the Embroiderers's Guild and the Society of Designer Craftsmen. This book explores the life, work and impact of one the UK's greatest embroiderers and strongest advocate of the craft itself. Diana has been instrumental in promoting embroidery in the Fine Art world, and has been a teacher and mentor to a significant proportion of today's greatest artists working in stitch, including Alice Kettle.

Mary Cozens-Walker NEW!
1955-2011
Pub. A&C Black
Price £15.00 hardback
Mary Cozens-Walker, Slade trained and still stitching her objects of obsession at 73e. Not really a plausible recipe for a proper modern artist! But on closer inspection, Mary Cozens-Walker seems to have arrived in the company of those eccentrics, loners and visionaries who carry the reputation of English eMock Sublimee on their shoulders.very little escapes her wit and loving attention. The maiden aunts make numerous appearances. Mary and her family are the actors in very personal tableaux which are executed in relief, with exquisite craft and in quite breathtaking detail. Nothing escapes her beady eye: from flowers and Christmas tree baubles to terriers and a collection of teapots. Even her breasts are remade in paint and bullion knots while an amorous Anthony nestles in hundreds of forget-me-nots. This 88 page hardcover book contains over 100 full colour illustrations with text by Cozens-Walker herself as well as a number of eminent curators, writers and critics. Together they combine to produce a fascinating and revealing portrait of a remarkable and unusual artist, their words enhanced by beautifully reproduced images of her work. Mary draws with stitch. Hers is a small world. She makes ours larger.

Lovely Lutradur BESTSELLER!
Marion Barnett and Dijanne Cevaal
Pub. Artmixter
Price £16.00 paperback
This book describes, in detail, some of the creative ways you can use Lutradur. Split into three sections, the first gives an overview of Lutradur and looks at ways to colour it. Section two has a series of projects that demonstrate just how versatile the material is; and the final section is a gallery of work with descriptions of the methods used to create them.

Exquisite Evolon NEW!
Marian Barnett
Pub. Artmixter
Price £16.00 paperback
Evolon is a microfibre cloth make from polyester with a small amount of nylon fibres included - this is a complete step by step guide to working with this versatile fabric. Including eight unusual projects covering a wide range of techniques, including rust dyeing, heat distressing, printing and stitching.

Dyeing to Colour
Curtis, B
Pub. Bailey Curtis
Price £14.99 spiral bound

Inspiration to Stitch
Curtis, B
Pub. Bailey Curtis
Price £12.99 paperback
6 Textile Artists talk about inspiration, interpretation and methods of work. Artists include Jae Maries, Sian Martin, Sandra Meech, Annette Morgan, Anne Raphael and Margaret M.Roberts.

Inspiration Plus NEW!
Curtis, B
Pub. Bailey Curtis
Price £12.99 paperback

Inspired - Lutradur (DVD) NEW!
Ineke Berlyn
Pub. Colouricious
Price £17.99 DVD
Join the Colouricious Workshop led by Ineke Berlyn, a highly respected award winning textile artist, as she teaches you how to experiment with Lutradur. This innovative material works wonderfully in textile art, being coloured with paints, stitched, burned and manipulated in all kinds of way

Inspired - Transfer Paints (DVD) NEW!
Mary Gamester
Pub. Colouricious
Price £17.99 DVD
Transfer paints lend themselves wonderfully to fabric design, quilting and textile art - you will adore the effects you can easily achieve. Using a variety of techniques and processes Mary guides you through the easy to follow chapters. Master the use of transfer paints and you will soon be dreaming up ways to incorporate these new fabrics into all of your textile and mixed media projects

Inspired Velvet (DVD) NEW!
Angie Hughes
Pub. Colouricious
Price £17.99 DVD
Sparkle and glitter your way to success with foils and hot spots. Create enchanting surfaces with velvets as Angie Hughes guides you through 10 inspiring textile techniques. In this textile workshop Angie shows you how to combine velvets with organzas, foils and sweet papers, inks and silk paints to create exciting layers, adding depth to your own work - with this DVD you can learn at your own pace, working through each colouricious chapter

Paper & Metal Leaf Lamination BESTSELLER!
C.Benn, J.Dunnewold & L.Morgan
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £19.50 spiral bound
This best seller now comes with a Paper Lamination Worshop DVD. A new book from the popular publications from Committed to Cloth & Art Studios. Paper and Metal Leaf Lamination is about taking a mixed media approach to cloth.

Breakdown Printing now in paperback
Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £14.50 paperback
New Dimensions for Texture and Colour

Tray Dyeing
Leslie Morgan & Claire Benn
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £16.00 paperback
Exploring colour, texture and special effects. This Book contains a DVD.

Finding Your Own Visual Language
Jane Dunnewold, Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £18.50 spiral bound
A Practical Guide to Design & Composition

Screen Printing - Layering textiles with colour, texture and imagery NEW!
Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £27.50 spiral bound
Although several books have been written on the topic of screen printing, Leslie Morgan and Claire Benn wanted to create a record of their own experiments and experiences - as every individual brings their own approach to any process. Inspired through experience with William Weil and Jane Dunnewold, Leslie and Claire have adapted and developed some of their processes to suit their own methods. As explored in this book, silkscreen can be a remarkably versatile tool in the hands of an enquiring mind and an attitude of curiousity. Capable of perfect precision, the screen can also create marvelously organic, fun and spontaneous results. Committing to exploring the potential of the screen, you'll be amazed and delighted by what you can achieve. This book contains a DVD.

Thermofax Printing - Bringing personal imagery alive NEW!
Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £19.50
The sixth book in this amazing series explores the potential of the thermofax screen as an alternative to photo-emulsion designs on a traditional silkscreen. In simple terms a thermofax screen is a small, imaged silkscreen. Its easy to use, light-weight, takes up little storage space and easy to make, or have made for you. Covered in the body of the book! The power of the thermofax lies in its capability to print very fine line designs, handwriting, a spiders web, old documents, sketches and so forth. A list of suppliers who will burn the image for you, for a fee!, is included in the book. This book has been written to help you explore the potential of the thermofax screen in terms of bringing your personal imagery alive. 'We suggest you sit comfortably and read the book from cover to cover. Take a look at the pictures, be inspired and then make a decision as to where to start - which could be anywhere.'

Making your Mark NEW!
Claire Benn & Leslie Morgan
Pub. Committed to Cloth
Price £22.50 spiral bound
This latest book from Claire Benn and Leslie Morgan of Committed to Cloth (C2C) explores the magic of using everyday tools such as scrapers, rollers, squeeze bottles etc. to create individual, personal marks on cloth or paper. It is the seventh title in C2Cs practical how-to series. With practise and imagination these tools are capable of producing imagery and marks that come from a very direct sense of the makers hand. Their simplicity carries power in that no mark made can ever be exactly repeated, which generates work of real energy and it does not look machine-made. Using the approaches described in this book will enable people to create very personal work; perfect backgrounds for additional imagery, stitch or embroidery - or ready to use for collage or piecing, or for garment and interiors yardage. The 52 pages contain clear step-by-step instructions in Plain English, accompanied by over 100 instructional and inspiring colour images. Recipes for different media such as thickened dyes and discharge paste are included along with guidance on fabric paints and the use of resists. Leslie and Claire also cover how to change the value and consistency of the different media to suit the tool being used. The bonus DVD provides 2 hours of show and tell on using different tools it's the longest DVD to accompany any of the C2C books - a valuable asset as it's just like being on a workshop with Claire & Leslie.

it's just Puff Paint NEW!
Sarah Lawrence
Pub. CraftyNotions
Price £6.50 paperback
These ideas book are 'just' that. Ideas and methodologies to get your creative juices flowing. There is an assumption that you will adhere to simple safety guidelines. Also that readers have some basic knowledge of the free-machine/motion work. The instructions are general in nature and open to wider interpretation. I give you permission to play with these and have fun! You will need a basic level of equipment: heat gun, heat resistant surface (hot sheet), sewing machine (for some techniques), scissors, pokey tool, brushes etc..... and, of course, Puff Paint!

Magic Dyeing Made Easy
Deighan, H
Pub. Crossways Patch
Price £12.95 paperback

Textile Translations: Mixed Media SPECIAL OFFER!
Maggie Grey
Pub. d4daisy
Price £17.00 paperback
"Inspiration to art - new approaches to mixed media to take your work to another dimension." Maggie Grey shows how, with basic materials such as gesso, paper and salt, wonderfully textured surfaces can be created.

Exploring Colour
Julia Capara
Pub. d4daisy
Price £17.00 paperback
Exploring Colour will change your approach to colour forever. Julia Capara is a towering figure in the world of textiles - a master in colour. This book introduces the language of colour in an accesible and straightforward way allowing you to find your true colour sense. A feast for the eyes!

Stitching the Textured Surface NEW!
Lynda Monk and Carol McFee
Pub. d4daisy
Price £17.00 paperback
Mixed media is such a popular concept and these two authors are masters of their craft. Apealing to a wide range of interests, this book is sure to become a best-seller.

Embroidered Originals NEW!
Sue Rangeley
Pub. d4daisy
Price £19.00 paperback
AVAILABLE IN APRIL - Inspiring and lavishly illustrated, Embroidered Originals expresses a love for the language of embroidery while revealing the artistry of Sue Rangeley's stunning creations. Sue draws inspiration from the natural world and Embroidered Originals follows her journey from wonderful drawings, through stitch samples, to the finished pieces. A comprehensive 'Studio Techniques' section highlights the rich diversity of the processes used by Sue. Techniques are described in detail, offering a comprehensive practical guide for embroiderers and textile students. A book for the coffee table and the workroom, Embroidered Originals will enchant and inspire, giving new directions for creative stitch. It is a visual treat for those interested in fine craft textiles with a touch of fashion pzazz.

Fabulous Surfaces NEW!
Lynda Monk
Pub. d4daisy
Price £12.00 paperback
This book heralds a new departure for d4daisy, introducing their Workshop series. Lynda Monk's book 'Fabulous Surfaces' really scores here as her main 'ingredient' is tissue paper. You just won't believe what she achieves with tissue, old dressmaking patterns and wrapping paper. Lynda presents her ideas in an easy to understand, step-by-step format to make sure that the concepts are clear. Then she gets going with paints, transfer foils and some surprising special effects. By now, you will be ready to extend the basic tissue method and Lynda will include construction techniques such as those for the 'falling books' shown right. Rusting, printing and distressing tissue paper gives results which are both surprising and fascinating. Texture is not overlooked and Lynda has some great new ideas for heat-sensitive polyester tissue. Further texture is achieved by sculpting and cut-outs. How can you resiste Free online classes with this book. Lynda's online workshops have always been very popular and she will have some more for this book, based on extending its ideas even further. The classes will start early in the New Year and, to enter them, you will need to have a copy of the book handy. Sounds like a lot of fun - and they're free once you've bought the book.

Vanishing Act BESTSELLER!
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

Voluptuous Velvet
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

Transfer to Transform
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

Bonding and Beyond BESTSELLER!
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

Giving Pleasure
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

New Dimensions
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

A Tale of Two Stitches BESTSELLER!
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

Conversations with Constance
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

Connections BESTSELLER!
Beaney, J and Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

Colour Explorations BESTSELLER!
Beaney, J & Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback

Seeing Double NEW!
Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback
Book 22 of the excellent Double Trouble series. This one focuses on developing personal themes. "In this book we celebrate our similarities and our differences and in so doing hope to pass on ideas that you can develop in your own work."

Grids to Stitch
Beaney, J & Littlejohn, J
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback
The vision and scope of the Double Trouble team is astonishing and these two new titles are no exception. By taking their inspiration from a structure which is all around us, the familiar grid and using subtle or glowing colours with familiar and innovative stitches and techniques, the familiar structure becomes a unique and beautiful textile surface. This beautifully illustrated and presented book is another 'must have'.

Red NEW!
Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback
Red in many shades and hues provides the focus for a range of inspirational samples from diverse and unexpected resources.

Constructions NEW!
Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £7.50 paperback
Jan and Jean take a fresh look at structures and buildings as a source for inspiration and the creation of exciting textiles. They examine skyscrapers, graveyards, old houses, markets, ornate buildings and stairs. They use hand and machine stitching, embellishing (needle punch) machines, transfer paints, bonding and fusing, thermofax screens and manipulation of surfaces.

STITCHSCAPES NEW!
Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £19.99 paperback
The very popular subject of landscapes is presented with a fresh 'twist". The emphasis is on 'Scapes' whether land, sea, sky or other. Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn reveal their design processes and share their techniques in a way that can only stimulate the reader to look and create. Stitchscapes is 96 pages full of information, inspiration and wonderful artwork in glorious colour.

IN ACTION (DVD) NEW!
Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £19.99 DVD
In this 2-hour DVD, Jan and Jean share their thoughts and experiences in creating sketches through to beautiful textiles. Known around the world for their textile art and creative workshops they demonstrate a variety of techniques including: fabric paints, dyes, embellishing, knitting, foiling, soluble film, hand and machine stitching. Educational and inspiring, IN ACTION is suitable for the beginner and professional textile artist interested in embroidery, quilting, surface design and fabric art.

Stitch, Rhythms & Patterns NEW!
Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Pub. Double Trouble
Price £19.99 paperback
Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn show how to observe the amazing rhythms and patterns that surround us in every day life. From these they develop unique designs and convert them into marvellous textile art using a wide range of exciting techniques. 96 pages full of inspriation and wonderful artwork in glorious colour.

Out of the Shadows
Maxwell, F
Pub. Fay Maxwell
Price £10.50 paperback
A definitive guide to the history and technique of Traditional Shadow Stitching.

Burning and Slashing
Maxwell, F
Pub. Fay Maxwell
Price £10.50 paperback

Muslin - a stitched exploration of loose weave fabrics NEW!
Fibre Fusion
Pub. Fibre Fusion
Price £15.00 paperback
Fibrefusion's latest book 'Muslin' - Sixty pages of tips, challenges, inspiration and ideas using Muslin and open-weave fabrics. Muslin is one of the most useful and versatile fabrics, it is a very cheap, value for money fabric, perfectly suited to a wide variety of approaches and technique. As with all Fibrefusion books, this publication is a 'workshop' in a book, written to help everyone who enjoys working with textiles to extend and develop their creative spirit.

Baby Wore White, Robes for Special Occasions 1800-1910
Toomer, H
Pub. Heather Toomer
Price £17.50 paperback
A fascinating and charming, well-researched, informed and illustrated book that reviews the history of christening and other decorative baby robes through the 19th century. Recommended for collectors, designers, dressmakers and social historians, it also includes 4 patterns taken from illustrated robes, and 1 original 19th-century pattern.

Textile Adventures - mixed media and stitch NEW!
Isobel Hall
Pub. Isobel Hall Publishing
Price £17.00 paperback
Popular international tutor and author Isobel Hall is renowned for making beautiful, exquisite useable, robust items. In this, her fourth book, Isobel sets out to entice you to work with interesting materials that are both cheap and easily available. In Textile Adventures she looks at unusual ways for working with - Scrimmy papers, baby wipes, bubble wrap, weed suppressant and plain flour. Throughout this book you will be encouraged to explore exciting mixed media techniques used by the artist to create unique bags, vessels, books and wall art.

Exploring African Themes in Fabric & Stitch NEW!
Mary Sleigh
Pub. Mary Sleigh
Price £18.95 paperback
Exploring African Themes in Fabric and Stitch shows how to use African sources as inspiration for design. It is a response to demand following the success of Mary Sleigh's first book African Inspirations in Embroidery. The new book explores themes based on materials, construction, recycling, decoration, embroidery and embellishment. The focus is on using innovative and imaginative ways to develop individual ideas. As well as providing inspiration, this book contains clear instructions for a range of processes including: * Dyeing with woad * Paste resist decoration * Piecing and patching African style * Recycling * Patinating metal * Embroidery techniques used in African textiles

Micheal & Elizabeth Feller - The Needlwork Collection : 1 NEW!
Mary Brooks, Elizabeth Feller, Jacqueline Holdsworth
Pub. Needleprint & Ackworth School Estates Ltd
Price £40.00 hardback
Perhaps only once in your life might you have the chance to view a private, world-class collection of needlework. Even then, there would never be time sufficient to enjoy the fabulous, fascinating detail of these stitched masterpieces. Because these works need dimmed lighting for conservation purposes, seeing them in their full beauty is a rare occasion. However, in this, the first volume of a two volume set, thanks to the generosity of Elizabeth & Micheal Feller who opened up their magnificent collection to expert photography, your opportunity has arrived. From book jacket to embroidered mirror, from coif to needlwork shoes, from a delightful box that once belonged to HRH The Princess Margaret to simple chalice cloth, this volume comprises some of the most beautiful pieces ever to have been stitched over 300 years ago.

The Joy of Ice and Rust NEW!
Sally Sparks
Pub. Out of Hand
Price £14.50 paperback
Travelling can be a wonderful source of inspiration , but when those travels entice you to take a walk on the wild side and experience the Antarctic wilderness, it certainly eclipses the usual tourist brochure trips. The wildlife and the colours of the sea, sky, ice and wastelands provided Sally with immediate inspiration, but it was the colours and textures that she found in the rusting, abandoned whaling stations that became an obsession. Using photographs and sketches, she describes the journey that she undertook to develop a body of work that would take her from rust to fabric art. Using a wide variety of materials including embossed handmade papers, fabrics and even handmade nails from her rust collection, Sally translates the qualities of the creased crushed corrugated iron and disintegrateing factories into textiles.

Not What it Seams
Practical Study Group
Pub. PSG
Price £4.50 paperback

Arimatsu Narumi Shibori (DVD) NEW!
Pub. Studio Galli
Price £23.00 DVD
Available now! An English narrated DVD celebrating 400 years of Japanese Artisan design.

Silk Painting with Jill Kennedy (DVD) NEW!
Jill Kennedy
Pub. Studio Galli
Price £20.00 DVD
Available now! In this DVD (145 min) Jill Kennedy demonstrates her 10 most requested techniques for silk painting: water, alcohol, salt, sugar, wax, anti-spread, discharge and gutta. Loaded with fun creative project ideas.

Sheesha Embroidery - A Work Book BESTSELLER!
Husain, S
Pub. Surjeet Husain
Price £9.95 paperback