Joan Gordon is a top embroidery design who has contributed to magazines including Popular Crafts and Sewing World. She has also demonstrated at many craft shows and has presented craft on TV for Gutermann. Joan lives in East Croydon.

Introduction; Materials and Equipment; Transferring Designs; Using Hoops and Frames; Stitching Techniques; Embroidery Ideas - Project ideas with step-by-step instructions for making up; Stitch Directory; Antwerp Edging; Back Stitch; Bokhara Couching; Bullion Stitch; Buttonhole Stitch; Buttonhole Stitch Bar; Knotted Buttonhole Stitch; Up and Down Buttonhole Stitch; Cable Stitch; Cable Chain Stitch; Knotted Cable Chain Stitch; Chain Stitch; Open Chain Stitch; Rosette Chain Stitch; Twisted Chain Stitch; Chained Feather Stitch; Chevron Stitch; Couching; Jacobean Couching; Cretan Stitch; Double Knot Stitch; Feather Stitch; Spanish Knotted Feather Stitch; Fern Stitch; Fishbone Stitch; Open Fishbone Stitch; Flat Stitch; Fly Stitch; French Knot; Herringbone Stitch; Closed Herringbone Stitch; Leaf Stitch; Long and Short Stitch; Mountmellick Stitch; Overcast Stitch; Raised Rose; Raised Chain Band; Ribbed Wheel Filling Stitch; Rope Stitch; Romanian Couching; Satin Stitch; Scroll Stitch; Spider's Web Filling; Split Stitch; Stem Stitch; Straight Stitch; Vandyke Stitch; Wheatear Stitch. Suppliers; Index