The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery: A Guide To Essential Stitches, Techniques And Projects
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A rich source of embroidery stitches, techniques and projects from the Royal School of Needlework. Review from Mary Corbet's Needle 'n' Thread: In a nutshell: The RSN Book of Embroidery is an extensive, multi-technique- encompassing reference book that would make a good addition to any needleworker's bookshelf. If you've wanted the content of the Essential Stitch Guides but were hesitant to collect each individual book, now you can have them all in one more affordable package - and that's pretty neat! New from the world-renowned Royal School of Needlework, this beautiful book is a rich source of embroidery techniques, stitches and projects, covering eight key subjects in detail: crewelwork, bead embroidery, stumpwork, canvaswork, goldwork, whitework, blackwork and silk shading. Containing all the trusted, bestselling content from the RSN Essential Stitch Guide series, plus a new section on mounting your finished work, this fantastic book is a must-have for all embroiderers. Fully redesigned and integrated, the original eight titles have been given a new lease of life in this larger format. Read more
Publisher : Search Press
Publication date : June 26, 2018
Language : English
Print length : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 1782216065
ISBN-13 : 63
Item Weight : 3.5 pounds
Dimensions : 8.87 x 1.22 x 11.25 inches
Part of series : RSN
Best Sellers Rank: #38,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #9 in Cross-Stitch (Books) #16 in Embroidery (Books) #31 in Crafts & Hobbies Reference
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Format: Hardcover
I love embroidery and have done it off and on my whole life. This is the very best book I've ever had. Every step is described in detail, and there are clear photos for every single step. Nothing is left to guesswork. There are no vague, incomplete, or inaccurate descriptions or fuzzy photos taken from a bad angle. I wish I'd found this book years ago. It is a treasury of information and beautiful photos of fantastic embroidery. I'd give it 10 stars.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2024 by DCP
Format: Hardcover
Terrific Book to learn how to embroider separated by chapters on different embroidery techniqes. This book does not cater to those that only want to do 'folk' embroidery or 'doodling'. While you can see in this heavily illustrated book how to do the minimal stitches that type of embroidery calls for, the actual projects shown are of a higher quality and shown using careful stitching to make beautiful projects, not whimsicle ones. Although the few stitches used in whimsicle designs are taught in this book. I have never had any books published by way of the Royal School of Needlework, but I had been wanting to see one. In this book you get a lot of their smaller books in one. So read the product description carefully to see if you already own all the smaller books as I am not sure how much in the way of new material was added to this book. One of the things that impressed me was something that other embroidery books barely spend time on, this book makes sure it is covered in full, including, for instance, how to set up for embroidery frame or hoop properly to avoid stitching that is being twisted and distorted. After the stitching is complete, if you are taking it to a finisher it will be properly ready for its frame and will look great. The same if you are framing it yourself, you use the same techniques to finish your work of art. Your will see examples for every stitching technique and the most used stitches for that techniqueas well as supplementary stitches for making exquisite pieces of art. This book should be on the books shelf of every serious embroiderer as well as a 'newbie' to the art of embroidery so that they will learn from the best and will push themselves to learn new and better techniqes. While there are some projects in the book, it is not a project book per se. It is an instructional book so that you can do any project that you want to. Do you need this book if you already have a reference book or two to all the stitches? I have found that every large reference work has loads of great information, yet I have never found that they all have each and every stitch and each of the books has a bit different focus. If you can only afford one book, this one would be a terrific one as a reference.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2018 by Gail Rodgers
Format: Hardcover
This is an extremely comprehensive book covering a vast selection of topics. Crewelwork, Blackwork, Whitework, Silk Shading, Stumpwork, Bead Embroidery, Canvaswork, Goldwork. The examples are clear concise and beautiful. I highly recommend this book. My book arrived with a small tear in the slip jacket but the cover is great.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2025 by ScottinStep ScottinStep
Format: Hardcover
Beautiful book. I was skeptical, but was pretty impressed with quality and content. Very giftable. More like encyclopedia of needle work, then just embroidery.
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2025 by Elena N Elena N
Format: Hardcover
Let me start with a confession: I am very far from a master embroiderer. In fact, most of my projects are table runners and pillows that come from -- gasp -- kits. (High-end kits, mind you -- I follow several Arts & Crafts Era scholars and Roycroft artisans -- but kits nonetheless.) I regularly acquire equipment with which to do my own designs, but I never get around to doing so. Perhaps it's because my Day Job regularly has me start with a blank sheet of paper, so I permit myself the exercise of coloring-in someone else's patterns. Nonetheless I do love embroidery, particularly when it's done well by people who know what they're doing. So I gave myself a present of this book, telling myself that it's always useful to understand the process of creating something even when I'm unlikely to do it myself. Which is another way of saying: It's okay, kid, you can look at a picture book. And OH MY OH MY is this a lovely book. It has helped me to understand how to do a better job on my own simple projects. The book's subtitle is, "a guide to essential stitches, techniques, and projects" and it absolutely delivers on that promise. To begin with, the book is extremely well organized, with hundreds (thousands?) of photos and diagrams to make everything clear. After an introductory section that shows how to frame up and the options for tracing a design (which caused me to put in yet another Amazon order for supplies!), chapters are given over to: crewelwork; canvas work; blackwork; silk shading; gold work; stump work; white work; bead embroidery. Each chapter shares the history of the given technique; its tools and materials; design elements; the stitches, including a "stitch finder;" patterns that show off the differences (some simple, some "...and here is what you can accomplish if you're really good"); starter projects to help you put the lessons to use. These chapters are extensive, and in other hands would be a book unto themselves. For instance, the Silk Shading chapter is 50 pages long, including a section on padding, and another one on adding beads and sequins. It has five projects, from "blue curves" for a beginner, to "autumn leaves." You get everything: a design to trace, color suggestions, advice about stitch order. The book is drool-worthy just for the photos, both historical and "how-to." Accompanying the essay on the history of metal threadwork ("Some of the earliest surviving examples of metal thread work in Great Britain are the textiles associated with Saint Cuthbert that can be seen in the Treasury at Durham Cathedral..."), for example, are _excellent_ photographs that (unlike so many other books) show the detail that a dedicated artist wants to peer at. Why yes, that IS embroidery from the Middle Ages...! The how-to instructions do not skip steps; a section on felt padding has six small, clear photos that show what it looks like from start-to-finish. In the canvaswork chapter, you see both the process (from the needle's eye view on graph paper) and the stitch results, side-by-side: Oh, so THAT is what a double-linked cross looks like. If I have a criticism, it's that in some places the text is a little small and occasionally hard to read. The book is worth the purchase price just for the breadth of embroidery examples, from "earliest example of..." to charming modern designs. Prepare to swoon. I did, over and over.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2018 by Esther Schindler
Format: Hardcover
Very informative and beautiful examples of techniques that just can't be learned online. I aspire to create such beauty. I've just started, so need sooo much more practice.
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2025 by Nina P. Nina P.
Format: Hardcover
I was so excited to receive this book! I had originally ordered the Kindle version but it was awful. So I immediately returned it an ordered the hard copy version instead. And I wasn't disappointed. It is so well done and covered in wonderful detail the history, the materials, thread and tools needed, the stitches and inspiration for all the needlework techniques I wanted ... EXCEPT for Tambour Embroidery! Why this beautiful technique was omitted I do not know. I love Tambour work and was looking forward to reading what the Royal School could teach me to refine my technique. The rest of the book is wonderful, but still disappointed.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2022 by Geocouple