This revised and updated title is drawn from Katie Essam's successful Layered and Stitched Pictures in The Textile Artist series.

Incorporating a new bonus project, this book showcases Katie's free machine embroidery techniques. Her fresh, modern style uses a unique combinations of traditional techniques, and in this book she shows how to create stunning textile art inspired by the beauty in everyday objects.

With eight projects and lots of finished artworks to spark creativity, this book teaches the reader how to draw inspiration from the animals, birds, gardens, beach huts and scenes that surround us all; and use that inspiration as fuel to create gorgeous stitched pictures.

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Create stunning textile art with machine embroidery. This fresh, modern style uses combinations of traditional techniques and the eight projects are inspired by the beauty in everyday objects. The book teaches us to create gorgeous stitched pictures from scenes that surround us.

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If you want to stitch embroideries inspired by everyday objects, then why not flick through Free Motion Embroidery? Take a look at eight stunning projects and finished artworks, from amazing animals and lively birds to a beach hut and lush gardens. Expert Katie Essam combines her fresh, modern style with traditional techniques, which add a spot of interest to each masterpiece.