The Constance Howard Book of Stitches Details Embroidery legend Constance Howard brings her formidable knowledge of embroidery together with a creative and innovative approach to stitch. Demonstrating how spectacular textures, patterns and effects can be achieved in a few simple steps, this comprehensive guide ecourages embroiderers to use stitch to its full potential, experiment with their own ideas and, above all, enjoy using stitch. The versatility and scope of stitching is fully explored here. Working stitch on different threads, changing the scale and pacing, working carefully and freely, combining stitches to make new ones and altering the angle of the stitch are all considered. Each technique is easy-to-follow, with simple instructions and clear diagrams. This book is extremely well illustrated with line drawings to complement the text, and phographs of finished stitches and patterns. Soft cover, 140 pages. Price: $34.95 ($31.77) Contents: Introduction Stitch Choice Tones Texture Threads Needles Techniques Stitches The remainder of this book is devoted to a comprehensive cover of a huge range of stitches and techniques, finishing with a full index of stitches.