If you are, like me, unable to get to classes to teach you goldwork this book is the next best thing. Chamberlin takes the reader gently through introductory pages about her training at the School of Embroidery and a bit of the history of goldwork, before going on to introduce the materials and equipment you need.
There is a really clear Getting Started section which shows you how to prepare and frame your fabric in a slate frame, transfer a design and begin and end gold and coloured threads.
Chamberlain shows you how to create a sampler and double page spread is given over to each stitch: laid stich, couching, padding (floss, cotton, card and felt), satin stitch, long and short stitch, brick stitch, using kid and basket stitch.
Each spread begins with a section about the stitch and lots of great tips so that your effort will come out as well as possible. Then there are numbered steps clearly illustrated by really good photographs.
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