Jane Halliwell Green brings floral patterns to life in her book Rugs in Bloom: Shading Flowers in Hooked Rugs. Covering both traditional and contemporary hooking techniques, Rugs in Bloom features clear, concise directions on how to paint flowers with wool.
The book is filled with plenty of visual aids including beautiful botanical drawings by the author and easy-to-follow shaded diagrams that illustrate the values in flowers to guide your hooking. Jane covers a wide range of techniques to apply to any rug hooker, including techniques for both finely shaded and primitive floral rugs. Also included is the author's signature dye recipes as well as a free pull-out pattern for rug hookers to practice their newly learned skills.

Punchneedle Creations is an inspiring book for anyone who loves embroidery. This book leads the embroiderer into a wonderland of stunning punchneedle embroidery. All of the basic and many exciting new techniques are fully explained through clear step-by-step instructions, diagrams and pages of coloured photographs. There are over twenty inspirational and delightful projects to work. Pamela's confident and easy style demonstrates to the beginner and the more advanced embroiderer not only how to clearly understand the fundamentals but also encourages and inspires them to 'push the boundaries' with their punchneedle embroidery.

Flowers have long been a favourite subject for rug hooking, but their complexities can be intimidating. This book introduces the materials and methods necessary for rug hookers of all experience levels to create vibrant flowers. These detailed techniques can be adapted to any pattern.