Joyce Ross, Search Press, Beginner's Guide to Ottoman Embroidery, 2005, ISBN : 978184481347, 72 Pages, Price : Discontinued by Search Press

Stitches and projects? Well, way more than that! The Beginner's Guide to Ottoman Embroidery is a book telling the story of a journey to  find the grave of a grandfather and through this journey we hear stories about Turkish Embroiderers, we learn all about the stitches used per century - which is quite good for future reference in identifying eras and above all we have access to charted designs that will make any household item especial and unique. 

The book is compartmented into the following chapters ,

* Introduction

*The search for Ottoman embroideries 

*Historical background

*Features of the embroideries

*A detailed study : The 'hollyhock' yaglik

* General guidelines

* Dictionary of stitches

* Projects

*Conclusion

*Bibliography

*Index  

*About the Author

Suitable for beginners , and still with the high quality of a treatise , this work will informs its readers of the semantics, context, execution guidelines and utility of the classical historical Ottoman embroidery. 

The value of this book is tremendously high as it is the unique  Beginner's Guide to such embroidery written in English , is written by a very competent writer and embroider, Joyce Ross, and published by the creme de la creme of British Fine Art and Crafts publishers,  SEARCH PRESS , which currently has three books for sale on Turkish embroidery and quilts,

     

Here are my favourite pictures of the book,

This book is one of my companions for life , with a lot of life and love to give! I am certain my relatives and friends will fall in love with the Christmas and special occasion gifts I will present them made straight out of  The Beginner's Guide to Ottoman Embroidery's  projects .

Best wishes,

Ariane