Paint with Thread: A step-by-step guide to embroidery through the seasons Hardcover – May 24, 2022

What a beautiful, beautiful book! If I had not bought it, I would certainly buy another copy. I may be buying another copy as a gift for someone. The author is very young, but ultra talented young lady very artistic. She does all of this with a single strand of floss and her work is beautiful. The book includes iron on transfers and instructions for multiple projects. She tells you which one she thinks you should do as a beginner and then you can work yourself through them from there. They are very very pretty and the book is well well worth it. I highly recommend the book.

Although my embroidery skills aren’t quite at the level required for this book yet (I’m still very much a beginner), I’m confident that I’ll get there soon! The directions are clear, and the beautifully laid-out photos make everything feel approachable and inspiring.The designs are stunning, and the level of detail is truly appreciated—it’s the perfect motivation to keep practicing and learning. Embroidery is such a beautiful art form, and this book showcases that perfectly. Highly recommend it for anyone looking to take their skills to the next level!Happy to have it on my shelf!

I am a long time crafter, new to embroidery. Great book, very inspiring. I like her suggestions, go with smallest needle and single embroidery floss thread to get the detail, let's you "paint" as the author suggests. This was only my 2nd embroidery project, but I'm inspired to do many more. Beautiful book and patterns.

Some of the adjectives I can use to describe this book: beautiful, charming, informative, darling, wonderful, amazing, skillsharing, clear... This book makes me happy just by existing and she's a fantastic artist. I have learned so much just from her technique explanations.I utterly adore this book. It may be my favorite embroidery book ever, both in my own collection and honestly, overall.I brought this out at the fiber arts gathering and it made the rounds while everyone oohed and ahhed over it. It's truly a perfect thing.There are even iron on transfers in the back for you to use - I cannot bring myself to actually do it though lol... I am ridiculous I realize, but I do like that they are in there.

This book is in a class of its own. Every page is beautiful, and its size is very comfortable in the hand— sort of medium size not too thick. The author writes comments that are inspirational and encouraging through throughout the book. This is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to “Paint” with stitches; but you better order two because you’re going to want to keep one.

I'm working on the bee as a present for a friend. Luckily before I received the book I read reviews and a subreddit where people said that the thread color numbers in the instructions do not match the actual colors in the gorgeous finished piece on the cover and in the book. So just look at the photos and if you like how it looks, ignore the directions for the colors and pick your own colors of floss. That's what I'm doing and except for taking a whole evening to pick five greens from my ridiculously large collection, it's not a big deal. The colors in the directions ( for the greens at least) are much more muted and somewhat muddy. I've seen photos of examples where people used the colors listed in the book and the finished pieces are much more muted overall.But the book is so, so pretty, the instructions very good, and the designs are absolutely lovely. Plus the author seems like someone you would love to hang out with.

I have thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is beautifully published right from the hard cover and is easy to open flat to read. It is written by a young woman from the UK who has an easy and friendly manner. The verbiage is such that it seems she is sitting next to you giving you step by step instructions. It truly is step by step too. The format is such that each instruction has a number and a corresponding picture of the referenced instruction. The photography is very close up so the stitches are almost magnified and easy to see what the author is instructing. There are 5 designs in the book: dandelion, sunflower, mushroom, robin, bumble bee. All of them are step by step instructions right down to the tiniest detail. They start with less challenging and go on to more challenging. If you follow Emillie’s directions, with practice, you will be successful.This technique is not a quick hobby that can be whipped up in a few hours. Relax, enjoy the process. It is not an especially expensive hobby. A piece of fabric, some needles, hoop and thread and you are good to go. This technique is done with one single thread in order for the colors to blend well. Emillie show you where to make the color changes and what colors she has used (DMC #s) for her projects. You can use those colors or pick your own colors. So, slow down and enjoy the process. I would definitely recommend this book for someone who wants to learn this technique. Good job, Emillie!

Emillie is such an amazing talent. Her embroidery do look like she’s painting thread. I’m just amazed how beautiful her work is and all done one thread at a time. I learned to always use two thread, maybe that’s why I’m not as good lol.