Start to Embroider

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Embroidery is the wonderful craft in which fabrics are decorated with stitches, beads, sequins and other fabrics. This book will show you everything you need to start to embroider, and is perfect for beginners from ten to fourteen. There are only a few techniques to learn before you can get started producing wonderful embroidered bags, purses, lucky charms and more. There is nothing better than being able to say I made this!

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This is the perfect book for young beginners in embroidery. Claire Buckley shows you how to make and embroider cushions, bags and journal covers. Easy instructions and step-by-step photographs show you how to be creative and there is a super gallery of stitches and embellishments. If you have a young member in your family who is keen on picking up a needle, then this would be an ideal book to get them started. Packed with creative ideas, their imaginations will be able to run riot.-Fabrications

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Claire Buckley has been a teacher and textile designer for 20 years, teaching in secondary schools as well as exhibiting her work in galleries. She is the Chairman of the Young Embroiderers Guild. Her designs use embroidery for fashion and accessories and she often uses recycled materials. Her projects for children have been featured in magazines as well as on the internet.