Not Your Mama's Stitching: The Cool and Creative Way to Stitch It To 'Em

I was looking for a book to learn some basic embroidery techniques, and for some simple, fun project ideas that were not too "old-fashioned" or flowery. But this book went too far in the other direction, and was too trendy and sassy for my liking.Although I did like some of the project ideas and designs, this book mostly spent more time trying to be cheeky and hip (with project titles like "Laptop Dance" for a laptop case design, or "Tie Me Up" for a man's tie project that no man I know would ever wear, or "Wash Your Damn Hands" on a hand towel) than just teaching skills and techniques. It was way too wordy, trying too hard to be fun and funky. The instructions were not very concise or easy to follow, and there were hardly any photos or diagrams to show techniques.I returned this book, and found a book in my library that is exactly what I was looking for, and will be ordering that instead: "Embroidery Basics" by Betty Barnden.

I was hoping for something like Twisted Stitches. Very disappointed. The vendor I bought it from on Amazon was great and the book was in great condition. No complaints there.

I bought this book for my DIL who would like to stitch but doesn't have a lot of free time. She also likes more contemporary decorating tips. The pictures are great, and the ideas are really clever.

Ok product!

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Great design ideas. Cute on their own, or to incorporate into a "traditional" looking art piece!

good book for beginners. Not very many patterns. Just guides on how to learn to stitch

Fun book! Glad I bought it used. Great for beginners or light crafters! I would not recommend this for someone with experience.

This book was ok it had quite a lot of projects in it but the photos were dated and it didnt reall appeal to me, i wont be making any of these. It has a lot of writing about the history of sewing techniques etc. so might be useful to someone as a reference book.