Kaye Pyke’s sumptuous settings: beautiful embroidery for decoration and display. Kaye Pyke. 1997.

Arranged into four decorative themes, Kaye Pyke’s Sumptuous Settings shares Kaye’smsecrets of decoration and display. ‘All That Glitters’ will show you how to use giltmtouches to achieve opulent settings and features Baroque-inspired embroidery. ‘A Unique Harmony’ will encourage you to explore the bold pairing of seemingly mismatched fabrics, patterns and textures - a skill for which Kaye is renowned. ‘For the Love of Flowers’ will give you ideas for incorporating floral beauty in your living environment and revels the techniques of Kaye’s two new embroidered flowers. And finally, ‘Rustlings of Romance’ will help you to inject some old-world charm and romance into your home.

The 29 decorative cushions and pictures in this book range from the simple to the more challenging. Each project is carefully described, and accompanied by Neil Lorimer’s marvellous colour photographs.clear tracings of each project as well as a stitch glossary and information on sewing techniques and equipment will help you create these stunning projects with ease.