Needle Lace: Techniques and Inspiration - Hardcover

The word 'lace' fills the mind with romantic images of crisp white lace-edged linen and elegant creamy textures. Today's artists have taken this medium and made it their own - with an exuberant and free-spirited use of colours and materials. With more than two hundred photographs, step-by-step demonstrations illustrating innovative techniques, and eighty stitch diagrams, 'Needle Lace: Techniques and Inspiration' is the new bible for the field. It will excite and inspire embroiderers to create beautiful, delicate and dynamic pieces of work.

New stitches and techniques, and a gorgeous selection of needle lace from around the world are presented in this work. The traditional image of lace is challenged by these designs, which make exhuberant use of colour and materials.'