Figures have been an important feature of stumpwork for hundreds of years, and in this book we explain in detail how to make all of the components of a figure - limbs, head, face, hair, body shape and clothes - as well as providing clear, step-by-step instructions for all of the needlelace and embroidery techniques you need to make clothing and to add details and embellishments to your designs.

Numerous full-colour diagrams and photographs are included throughout the book, and the three projects allow even those with no experience of stumpwork to create beautiful embroideries of their own.

There are three projects with detailed instruction on how to make each was made from the initial drawing to the finished design.

There are many other figures throughout the book, some of which appear on the front cover, where we have provided the drawings.

•  Suitable for beginners as well as more experienced stumpwork  embroiderers.

•   Highly illustrated with full-colour diagrams and photographs throughout.

•   Detailed instructions on how to make heads, faces, hair, limbs, hands, body padding and clothes.

•    Needlelace and embroidery techniques clearly explained.