Creative Embroidery, Mixing the Old with the New

Create with your stash, both old and new! Put all stashed, hoarded, and handed down bits and pieces to creative use! Popular author Christen Brown walks readers through innovative uses for all kinds of embellishments — like lace, vintage linens and hankies, trims and ribbons, buttons of all sorts, and vintage notions — through techniques and projects. If you want to add more unique stash pieces, she provides tips on finding the good stuff, both in-person and online. Get tips for taking care of your treasures, from cleaning vintage finds to fiber identification.

• Embroider your stashed treasures with 19 stash project ideas, 3 step-by-step projects, and a robust gallery to get started
• Explore a wide variety of projects from feminine to whimsical, functional to frivolous, and old school to contemporary
• Christen walks you through adding embroidery stitches with a library of 100+ stitches