Susie Johns is an artist and designer who has written dozens of craft books, including Circus Embroidery, Knitted Woodland Creatures, How to Embroider, Fat Quarter: Bags & Purses and Fat Quarter: Vintage. Her patterns and designs appear regularly in consumer craft magazines in the UK, such as Let's Knit, Sew and Let's Get Crafting, and she has written numerous patterns for suppliers such as DMC. She has also demonstrated various crafts on television. She lives in London.
"""This is a valuable sourcebook for sewers, darners and knitters who like to add some embellishment to their work. The stitches range in difficulty from simple, such as running, seed and cross stitch, to more complicated and decorative ones, such as stem stitch shading and bullion stitch. The directory is divided into sections according to what the stitches are used for - outlining, filling, borders, etc. Each stitch is explained through clear step-by-step text and photographs, plus there's a comprehensive guide to the essential embroidery tools, materials and techniques."" -- ""Knitting Magazine"""