Modern Hand Stitching-Dozens of stitches with creative free-form variations

Let your stitching spirit enjoy the confidence of knowing basic hand stitches-then freely play to your heart's content with pattern and form. Stitching is fun, exhilarating and artistic. 128 pages of stitches and inspiration for practice, playing and creating. 6 stitch chapters. Straight stitches. Building on stitches. Cross stitches. Chain stitches. Knots and couching. Making a stitch sampler. Includes a gallery of stitching inspirations. Step-by-step instructions and illustrations.