A comprehensive guide to embroidery stitches for crafters of all levels, whether you're just beginning or looking to enhance your skills.   A– Z of Embroidery Stitches contains all the embroiderer needs to know to work dozens of stitches, and includes full advice on everything from choosing materials, beginning and ending a thread and using hoops to working as a left-handed embroiderer and learning how to paint threads. Step-by-step photography and clear instructions make the techniques achievable for beginners as well as providing an invaluable reference guide for experienced embroiderers.   " Embroidery Stitches is easy to read . . . I recommend every embroider have a copy of this book on their shelves as a reference guide for the many stitches available in embroidery." —Quilter's Review