Customer Reviews

Stumpwork Embroidery Designs And Projects (Milner Craft)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Well written and illustrated book however it references the first book ( Stumpwork Embroidery : A Collection of Fruits, Flowers and Insects for Contemporary Raised Embroidery ) extensively making this book a necessary companion.

This is a beautiful book of excellent quality hardcover, that is very inspirational for lovers of stumpwork. I agree with the other reviewers; it is essential to have the first book 'Stumpwork: A collection of fruits, flowers and insects' as there are constant cross references to instructions only found in the first book.

I agree with the person from Virginia, this is an excellent book with beautiful projects but you need to have her first book to understand the references. Personally, this doesn't bother me. Besides, what stitcher doesn't have a large stash anyway? :) The suggested projects are absolutely gorgeous!

This book is ideal for both beginners and expert Stumpworkers. The diagrams are excellent and the colours are really true to life. Along with the books of Muriel Best this will become an all time classic

This book and the first book, A Collection of Fruits, Flowers and Insects have been republished as a single volume! It's title is The Complete Book of Stumpwork Embroidery and it is available here on Amazon for about the same price as just one of these books!

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I'd give the material in the book a 5 star, the projects are beautiful and the instructions fantastic. The 4 star rating was given because of the confusion. When it was published in two volumes no where on the cover did it say you needed the companion book and people ended up buying the second book and being disappointed because they did not have it first. Then it was republished but didn't clearly state it was a reprint of the two earlier works and had a different cover so people that own the original two volume set would be very disappointed if they bought a new book that was an exact copy of something they already own.

I happened upon this one in the local library -- I didn't know what stumpwork was - but after spending about an hour with this book, I went to Amazon.com and ordered my own copy. The history, beautiful photographs, and detailed and easy-to-understand instructions make this book a must-have.

Lots of black and white pictures. This book continues it's projects based off an earlier publication, which one needs on hand to reference too. So as a beginer to the craft... I now have to go buy the earlier publication in order to complete this book. over all, I will be pleased with the book once I get all the ducks in a roll.