Paint with Thread – Through the Seasons

DC08486 | Emillie Ferris | David & Charles

Oh my goodness, this book is divine. 🌿🪡✨ Paint with Thread is one of those sewing-room treasures that is just as gorgeous to look through as it is inspiring to stitch from. The beautiful photography, lavish hardcover binding and exquisite embroidery make this a seriously lovely addition to the bookshelf — and the projects inside are every bit as beautiful.

Created by embroidery artist Emillie Ferris, this is a gorgeous introduction to needlepainting, also known as thread painting or silk shading. Using just one simple stitch — the long and short stitch — and a single strand of thread, Emillie shows you how to build realistic flowers, foliage, fungi and little creatures with colour, shading and stitch direction. Think of your needle as a paintbrush and your thread as the paint. 🧵🎨

Inspired by the changing seasons, the book contains five exclusive embroidery designs — one for each season plus a beautiful showstopper bringing the natural year together. Each project includes around 60 detailed step-by-step photographs, taking you through the process from beginning to end, making this an approachable way to try needlepainting even if you've never tackled it before.

You'll also find guidance on choosing materials, transferring designs, preparing your fabric and mastering the stitches you'll need. And tucked into the back are high-quality iron-on transfers, allowing you to transfer the designs onto fabric up to ten times, along with bonus motifs for smaller projects. 🌸🐝🍄

And then there's the book itself. The photography is stunning, the embroidery is breathtaking and that gorgeous hardback finish makes it feel like a little piece of luxury for your sewing room.

Inside the book:

• Learn the art of needlepainting/thread painting

• Step-by-step guidance using the long and short stitch

• 5 exclusive seasonal embroidery projects

• Around 60 detailed step-by-step photos per design

• Advice on materials, fabric and transferring designs

• Flowers, foliage, bees, fungi and other nature-inspired motifs

• High-quality iron-on transfers

• Transfers can be used up to 10 times

• Bonus smaller motifs

• Beautifully photographed throughout

Book details:

• Title: Paint with Thread: Through the Seasons

• Author: Emillie Ferris

• Publisher: David & Charles

• SKU: DC08486

• ISBN: 9781446308486

• Format: Hardcover

• Pages: 128

• Dimensions: approximately 8.5" × 9" / 229 × 216 mm

• Published: 2022

Whether you're completely new to needlepainting or already enchanted by the magic of thread painting, Paint with Thread is the sort of book you'll want to leave sitting out rather than tuck away on the shelf. It's simply gorgeous. 🌿🪡💚