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Books by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn         

Regular Price:  $23.00 each

Our Price   $12.99
Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn are textile artists, embroidery teachers and Artists in Residence at the Windsor School of Textile Art.

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Book 18 Seductive Surfaces
 
This book will lure you into the realms of experimentation as you see the many sumptuous textile surfaces that can be created using traditional stitching combined with the modern media available in the market today.  And from the trials many marvelous pieces of art textiles can be created. 28 pages, full color.

Book 20 Embellish & Enrich
 
This book offers exciting opportunities for decorating and adorning fabric surfaces using an embellishing machine, hand and machine stitching, beading and other mixed media.  28 pages, full color.

Book 5 Gardens &  More
 
This book inspires you to look at gardens with fresh eyes.  See how to interpret unusual viewpoints or individual plants in fabric and thread.  Explore the patterns and color to be found both in the exotic flower and humble vegetable.  28 pages, full color.

Book 2 Voluptuous Velvet
 
This book provides a wealth of instruction on working with coloring,bonding and stitching velvet pile fabrics.  Adding and removing color (discharge techniques) are discussed in detail.  Burning velvet pile chemically using devore' paste and with a soldering iron are explained in simple terms.  28 pages, full color.

Book 22 Seeing Double - Developing Personal Themes
 
This book shows much of their own work and answers the often asked questions of 'how do you get started' and 'where do you get your ideas from', encouraging the reader to take their own personal paths.  28 pages, full color.

Book 16 Over the Line:  Couching Rediscovered
 
Takes couching beyond its traditional heritage.  The book suggests a range of approaches with this family of stitches and shows and encourages experiments, incorporating new and exciting materials.  28 pages, full color.

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