Thread Doodling

Over 20 different contemporary embroideries to transfer and stitch, plus 11 extra transfer designs to get your creative juices flowing!

In Carina's latest book, discover how to 'doodle' embroider and create over 20 different designs full of colour and personality

Kickstart your journey to original, personal doodle work with a variety of designs, ranging from formal patterns such as geometrics, mandalas, labyrinths and knots gardens to more experimental, free-form shapes that will encourage you to explore your skills and creativity. Then, be taken step by step through Carina's 'Garden' sampler, so you can see how to forge a unique embroidery yourself with no design to follow.

The 22 designs can fit either in a 3- or 6-inch hoop, which are easy to source instore or online. Each of Carina's designs will include photographs of the finished embroidery, a thread key, a stitch diagram and suggestions of how to work the design. In addition, Carina will give advice on how to rework her embroidery, to encourage your own creativity. At the back of the book, a corresponding transfer can be found so that you can easily draw the design outline onto your own fabric.

Essential materials and easy-to-follow techniques chapters can be found at the beginning of the book, along with step-by-step stitch diagrams for the 15 embroidery stitches used to make all the designs in the book providing you with a fuss-free, colourful crash-course.

Finally, there are 11 extra transfers at the back of the book, offering variations and ideas for you to dive into and work up your own unique stitcheries! 

Book Contents

Introduction6
Materials & equipment8
Stitch dictionary10
Preparing a hoop16
Using waste canvas17
The embroideries18
Taking the designs further: exploring your creativity60
Doodle sampler: ‘The Garden62’
Transferring the designs64
The transfers65