Di Van Niekerk is a very fine needlework teacher and author. She has made the areas of Ribbon Work and Stumpwork (often combined) her speciality.   Embroidered Alphabets is ou-oprint now and has gotten very expensive & hard to find.  I hate it that these excellent books go out-of-print so quickly.

 She is also the author of Cicely Mary Baker's Flower Faries in Ribbon Embroidery & Stumpwork, a really magical book as well as the wonderful Silk Roses book.
 
 This is her Embroidered Alphabets book and I must say, the letters shown in this collection are extraordinary.
 
 The front part of the book is the essentials.
 Introduction,
 Monograms, Letters & Words
 Creating & Transferring Designs
 Which Fabric To Use
 Before You Start
 Stitches & Techniques
 
 Then the Stitch Gallery which has 47 stitches diagrammed in color. These are not charted, just shown in details how to stitch them.
 
 Then there is The Alphabet. Each letter has a list of Threads, Ribbons & Needles needed along with anything else you might need.
 
 Stitches used and "To Refresh Your Memory" a reference to where these specific things were taught in the book.

There are no number designs in this book.
 
 The directions are complete and easy to understand. Each letter has a large, full color picture of it finished plus close-ups of any details.
 
 The designs in this book are adaptable to Needlepoint or they can be stitched on top of already stitched canvas.

Embroidered Alphabets is a matte cover paperbound book. Originally Published in South Africa in 2009 under the title Monograms and Words in Ribbon Embroidery by Metz Press. Published in the UK with this title by The Search Press in 2009.

I know the price of this book is high.  I price these rare books based on what it costs me to buy them for re-sale. I'm not sure how to say this, I am not making a huge profit here.  This book has become very hard to find, very rare and very expensive.  I dislike this as much as you do.

This copy is in very good condtion, the covers are somewhat worn but the book inside is great.

Di Van Niekerk is a very fine needlework teacher and author. She has made the areas of Ribbon Work and Stumpwork (often combined) her speciality.   Embroidered Alphabets is ou-oprint now and has gotten very expensive & hard to find.  I hate it that these excellent books go out-of-print so quickly.

 She is also the author of Cicely Mary Baker's Flower Faries in Ribbon Embroidery & Stumpwork, a really magical book as well as the wonderful Silk Roses book.
 
 This is her Embroidered Alphabets book and I must say, the letters shown in this collection are extraordinary.
 
 The front part of the book is the essentials.
 Introduction,
 Monograms, Letters & Words
 Creating & Transferring Designs
 Which Fabric To Use
 Before You Start
 Stitches & Techniques
 
 Then the Stitch Gallery which has 47 stitches diagrammed in color. These are not charted, just shown in details how to stitch them.
 
 Then there is The Alphabet. Each letter has a list of Threads, Ribbons & Needles needed along with anything else you might need.
 
 Stitches used and "To Refresh Your Memory" a reference to where these specific things were taught in the book.

There are no number designs in this book.
 
 The directions are complete and easy to understand. Each letter has a large, full color picture of it finished plus close-ups of any details.
 
 The designs in this book are adaptable to Needlepoint or they can be stitched on top of already stitched canvas.

Embroidered Alphabets is a matte cover paperbound book. Originally Published in South Africa in 2009 under the title Monograms and Words in Ribbon Embroidery by Metz Press. Published in the UK with this title by The Search Press in 2009.

I know the price of this book is high.  I price these rare books based on what it costs me to buy them for re-sale. I'm not sure how to say this, I am not making a huge profit here.  This book has become very hard to find, very rare and very expensive.  I dislike this as much as you do.

This copy is in very good condtion, the covers are somewhat worn but the book inside is great.