Sublime Stitching’s Embroidered Effects

There have been two recently published craft books, that I have been desperate to have, Cath Kidston’s Sew! and Sublime Stitching’s Embroidered Effects and thanks to some frantic survey filling (I do surveys for vouchers on various things), I now have them. There have been lots of very good looking craft books released recently, so now I can just drool over all the other ones I want, like a box of chocolates I don’t know what to pick from next.

Anyway, what about Embroidered Effects? Embroidered Effects aims to take your stitching a step further, with various projects utilising a greater variety of stitches than just straight stitch. This was a timely book for me, personally I can do other stitches, but I have a tendency to look at a project and just pick from my normal repertoire of three or four stitches.

There’s lots of good looking projects (with transfers), ranging from stuff to wear and accessories for around the home. Projects I particularly liked include:

• Mahjong Tablecloth (a possibility for the mother-in-law)
• Fan Dancer Shower Curtain (need a new shower curtain)
• Felt Flower Bouquet
• Mexican Sugar Skulls Wrap Skirt (I desperately want this, I love Day of the Dead Skulls)
• Robot Parts T-shirt (Boy Lacer would love this)
• Pocket Bluebird Jeans (now normally I’m not a big fan of embroidered jeans, but the design and the placement just below the front pockets, is really cute)
• Imitation Cameo Brooch blouse (again, really cute).