Complete Guide to Embroidery Stitches: Photographs, Diagrams, and Instructions for Over 260 Stitches (Reader's Digest)

Embroidery is the thread that has often connected woman through the centuries. Used for practical purposes as well as for decoration, many of the early stitches have survived through the ages: The stem stitch, satin stitch, chain stitch, knotted stitch, cross-stitch and more. So today it is no surprise that modern stitches are combining the traditional with new variations and applying those techniques in bold, new ways, expanding both their repertoire of stitches and the kind of items where those stitches are being applied