Mace and Nairn Newsletter

Mace and Nairn News

News update ...

We are in the process of updating our website, which we hope to have completed soon. The layout is changing completely and will include not only our range of embroidery supplies but also detailed product descriptions, technique explanations and lots of photographs. When the website is complete, you will be able to print the price list section. A new printed price list will also be available.

Royal Mail increased prices on April 6th 2009. Please see the Order Form page for more details.

Diary dates 2009 …

Over the next few months we will be attending the following events, please do come and see us.

Dec 5th

National Christmas Lacemaker's Fair, Cranmore Park, Solihull B90 4LF

NEW EMBROIDERY KITS FROM TRISH BURR

I am delighted to be offering Trish’s beautiful range of kits and her books.

Trish Burr is a self-taught embroiderer. Like so many others, she began with cross-stitch, but an attraction to botanical art soon led her to explore the possibilities of needle painting. Her projects are mainly floral but she has recently expanded her work to include birds and portraits, devising means to include minute details in her subjects. Her emphasis on light and shadow brings her embroidery alive and her artistic use of colour further enhances the three dimensional effects in her work.

Trish is recognized for her unique style of long and short stitch embroidery. She has spent many years researching this technique and willingly shares this knowledge with fellow embroiderers. To quote in her own words:

"We need to keep hand embroidery alive, but if we hug our ideas to ourselves, they will become lost and worthless in the future. If I give you a gift, I no longer have it, you do. However, if I give you an idea then we both have it, and if you share this idea with others then we have multiplied it, expanded on it and watch it grow."

Needle Painting

Burgundy Rosebud
Approximate size 10x 12cm

Cotton fabric with pre-printed outline.

Practice cloth

DMC cotton pre-sorted

Crewel needle size 9

Full colour printed instructions

Stitch glossary

Beginner

Cost:

£19.95 (UK)

£22.00 (non-UK)

including p & p.

Red Poppy
Approximate size 7x7cm

Cotton fabric with pre-printed outline.

Practice cloth

DMC cotton pre sorted thread

Crewel needle size 9

Full colour printed instructions

Stitch glossary

Intermediate

Cost:

£23.95 (UK)

£26.00 (non-UK)

including p & p.

Antique Pink Ribbon and Rosebuds by Trish Burr

Antique Pink Ribbon & Rosebuds
Approximate size 10x 10cm

Natural linen with pre-printed outline.

Practice cloth

DMC cotton pre sorted thread

Crewel needle size 9

Full colour printed instructions

Stitch glossary

Intermediate

Cost:

£22.95 (UK)

£25.00 (non-UK)

including p & p.

White Blossom with Blueberries by Trish Burr

White blossom with Blueberries
Approximate size 11x 13cm

Natural linen with pre-printed outline.

Practice cloth

DMC cotton pre sorted thread

Crewel needle size 9

Full colour printed instructions

Stitch glossary

Intermediate - Advanced

Cost:

£22.50 (UK)

£24.55 (non-UK)

including p & p.

African Pygmy Kingfisher
Approximate size 11 x 11cm

Cotton fabric with pre-printed outline.

Practice cloth

DMC cotton pre sorted thread

Crewel needle size 9

Full colour printed instructions

Stitch glossary

Advanced

Cost:

£28.50 (UK)

£30.55 (non-UK)

including p & p.

Whitework

White work Monogram One by Trish Burr

Kit can be stitched with flowers plain white or with colours as shown.

White work Monogram One

Fine Belgian linen with printed outline.

Practice cloth

DMC white speciality threads

Gloriana speciality threads

Between needle size 7

Full alphabet
Full colour printed instructions

Stitch glossary

All Levels

Cost:

£24.95 (UK)

£27.00 (non-UK)

including p & p.

Whitework Monogram Two by Trish Burr

Kit can be stitched with flowers in colour or

plain white as shown.

White work Monogram Two

Fine Belgian linen with printed outline.

Practice cloth

DMC white speciality threads

DMC colour speciality threads

Between needle size 7

Full alphabet
Full colour printed instructions

Stitch glossary

All Levels

Cost:

£24.95 (UK)

£27.00 (non-UK)

including p & p.

Whitework Needle Case by Trish Burr

White work Butterfly Needle Case

Fine Belgian linen with printed outline.

Practice cloth

DMC white speciality threads

Needle

Full colour printed instructions

Stitch glossary

All Levels

Cost:

£24.95 (UK)

£27.00 (non-UK)

including p & p.

Books

Crewel & Surface Embroidery
Inspirational Floral Designs by Trish Burr
In a fusion of crewel and surface embroidery, Trish Burr has broken boundaries with her unique sense of colour and shading by interpreting a mix of thread painting and Australian wool embroidery. With clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions, the 17 achievable projects use the minimum of stitches to create exciting effects. The skilful blending of wool, silk and cotton guides the beginner and inspires the experienced stitcher to create this unique style of embroidery. The numerous step-by-step photographs, illustrations and row-by-row colour keys make following the projects an effortless task and a joy to stitch.

Cost: £21.99

Excluding p & p.

Long and Short Stitch Embroidery - A Collection of Flowers by Trish Burr

Long and Short Stitch Embroidery
A Collection of Flowers
Embroidery as art using long and short stitch. Trish Burr has selected beautiful flowers and interpreted them in her own unique style to present a stunning collection of embroideries. Meticulous in details, these flowers are brought to life by the use of lustrous threads and an intuitive use of simple stitches. With clear step-by-step instructions and full size templates, this beautiful book will be a 'must have' for any embroiderer's library.

21 beautiful projects easily achieved using the clear step-by-step instructions Useful diagrams for patterns and stitch directions as well as colour keys Well-known author with a unique style.

Cost: £21.99

Excluding p & p.