My passementerie book - available now!

Creating my book Passementerie handcrafting contemporary trimmings, fringes, tassels and more was a wonderful experience and I am overjoyed with the gorgeously vivd and rich result. I hope that you will really enjoy reading and using my book and I can’t wait to see the passementerie that you create. Please feel free to send me photos or tag me on your posts!

My hope is that my book will inspire you to delve into the fascinating, yet endangered, world of contemporary passementerie. Inside the book I share my approach to creating handmade passementerie which focuses on my love of colour, materials and craft. I really hope that my book gives you plenty of inspiration and confidence to learn how to make your own passementerie designs at home using your own unique choices of colour, texture and material. There are 11 signature passementerie projects included which will show you how to create your own passementerie at home using easy to find equipment and materials.

Clear and vivid step-by-step photos ensure that project instructions are very easy to follow. This double page spread shows my Chromatic Waves curtain tieback project which is based on traditional, heritage 19th century passementerie designs, reinterpreted in a contemporary and playful manner. The instructions can be easily adapted to create all manner of further designs and end uses. The same design on a longer scale would make a fabulous table runner, or an amazing statement belt!

Delve into the fascinating, yet endangered, world of contemporary passementerie as you learn how to make 11 different hand woven passementerie projects for home and wardrobe. My book is packed with step-by-step instructions detailing how to make passementerie using traditional, heritage hand techniques, reinterpreted through modern projects and applications. You will learn how to hand weave passementerie, create hand spun cords and braids, learn a speedy technique for making tassels and discover plenty of tips and tricks about how to attach passementerie to a variety of items including lampshades, clothing and cushions.

As well as the 11 step-by-step passementerie making projects, my book also features a chapter revealing some of the history and contemporary uses of passementerie.

Here’s what Marisa Gutmacher, Vice-President of Design and passementerie expert at luxury passementerie company Samuel and Sons had to say about my book:

‘It is a groundbreaking contribution to the world of textile crafts. Your passion for the craft, coupled with your approach to instruction, makes this book an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to embark on a journey into the realm of handwoven embellishments’.

If you would like to purchase a copy of my book, please click here to be taken to my shop page. I can post to anywhere in the world.