My Favorite Stitching Books

[@kdwardell]

Poor grandbaby, best to her! Keep her stitches out of the sun, it helps with scarring. I love ALL these books, thank you for the reviews and sneak peeks! You really bring a well rounded approach to the endless stitching possibilities☺️🪡thanks for sharing.

[@JeriBellini]

Thank you so much! I'm so happy to share my book love with you. 💜

[@fayechilcoat6019]

Definitely eye candy! That's funny that you wanted to take a bite out of the one piece but I understand! I want to feel them and smell them! Thank you for sharing these books! My favorites are Mandy Pattullo's!

[@JeriBellini]

My daughter is a sniffer too! LOL Thanks for watching! 💜

[@jo-annevandermey2704]

Thank you so much for sharing. I recently found your channel, and I am enjoying all the wonderful content. I love the books that Batsford, the publisher, puts out. I have 4 of these books. And eye candy they are. I have to pull them out and make sure I sit with a cup of tea and just enjoy them.

[@JeriBellini]

Welcome, glad you found me and thanks for letting me know! 💜💜💜

[@sueramsey8181]

I already have several of these books - great choices! Its good to see them through Jeri's eyes as she looks at things differently. I can see that I will be getting them out for another look.

[@JeriBellini]

Oh most definetely do! 💜

[@melvalang9069]

Loved the books. I will check the local library! You are such a positive inspiration to me! Thank you ❤

[@JeriBellini]

Thank you so very much for being here with me! 💜

[@debbiebayes295]

So inspired, my mind is buzzing with ideas, thank you.

[@JeriBellini]

That was my intention. YAY!!! 💜

[@doniellefarrell2438]

Very inspirational!!❤

[@JeriBellini]

Thank you so much! 💜

[@lindaschillers6405]

thanks for the tour of books today Jeri! what inspiring books.really appreciated this video. thanks for sharing with us today. linda from California

[@JeriBellini]

Good morning Linda, you are SO welcome. I do enjoy creating all types of videos for you! 💜💜💜

[@cathiespalding2083]

Great books… I have 3 of them and love looking at them!

[@JeriBellini]

YES!!!! Inspirational when you are stuck! 💜

[@denisereynolds9471]

Your books are very inspiring. I spent yesterday at Sue Spargo and picked up some beautiful threads and Australian fabrics

[@JeriBellini]

Aren't you a lucky girl! How fun that sounds! 💜💜💜 Thanks for watching.

[@clairehampton986]

I LOVE these books! I have seen books by Cas Holmes, Mandy Pattullo, and Claire W. Smith. Thank you for re-introducing me to them. Perhaps I can purchase them one at a time as my budget allows.

[@JeriBellini]

Glad you like them! It was good for me to open them up again myself! 💜

[@ChristineEdwards-i3o]

Thank you so much love Claire Wesley books , hope your granddaughter heals quickly xx

[@JeriBellini]

Thank you so much! 💜💜💜

[@elizabethlampi7667]

Sorry to hear about your granddaughters accident. Prayers for quick healing. I have several of these books and others on my wish list. Mandy’s book Textile Collage peeked my interest. Thanks for sharing. Also on my wish list is a rolling book cart. I plan, one day, to sort my books by craft so I can more easily grab what I want. Right now they are piled one on top of another. Have a great weekend. 🫶🏼

[@JeriBellini]

I do keep mine seperated out and I enjoy that, but also keeping them in a pile can be very inspirational if you just close your eyes and pick one! 💜💜💜

[@ljshaw8516]

Hello KZbin Friend Jeri! Always a visual journey watching your videos. So very sorry to hear about your granddaughter's bike accident. May she heal well and quickly so she can get back in the water. Really needed today as my lupus has decided to come out of remission. I am going to get book number 2 with my allowance 🙂 Grateful for you keeping me company in my home studio. x's lj

[@JeriBellini]

Good morning, LJ, I'm sorry you're feeling off. Sounds like you know what to do and I'm so glad you are kicking back. Watch videos!!! 💜💜💜 healing hugs coming your way!

[@donnafunnell2564]

Judy Martin’s thread project in Slow Stitching book is amazing Geri, I’ve seen it in person. It is huge! It chronicles time stitched each day. She lives in Ontario, as do I. You must look at more of her art work.

[@JeriBellini]

I'll check it out! Thanks for mentioning it! 💜

[@kayherstedt6618]

Wonderful books! Thank you for doing a flip thru for each. I'm going to order Mandy's first book for sure. The lady who did the "Slow Stitch" book didn't start the movement. It was a guy. I Googled it recently. Very interesting how it has caught on like wildfire world wide! I think there were lots of us ready to slow down and become more mindful of a process we could enjoy.

[@JeriBellini]

Oh that's good to know, I'll look that up too! A guy.... interesting! 💛

[@stephaniehopkinsartist]

Hi, Jeri! I will say a prayer for your granddaughter! 🙏 Love those books! ❤

[@JeriBellini]

Thank you so much! 💜💜💜

[@lucindawilson5510]

thanks for sharing

[@JeriBellini]

Thank you for being here! 💜

[@carolynrockafellow417]

Poor baby sorry to hear about your granddaughter. Those books are Awesome. I couldn’t spend hours reading and looking at pictures in books like that. Love to get a book like that go out on my porch and dream through it. ❤ Thank you for sharing 😊

[@JeriBellini]

You just said my fav thing, taking a book outside with a cuppa, something so wonderful about being out in the air with a book! 💜💜💜

[@lalagamma4452]

Positive Vibes and Blessed Healing Prayers for your Granddaughter. Huge hugs. Namaste 🐞🐞🐞

[@JeriBellini]

Thanks Lala, she's doing well, but not happy that she can't swim, she's like a little fish. 💜

[@lalagamma4452]

Happy to hear it. I know how scary it is with a grandchild. I appreciate all you do for us. Especially when you have things like things going on. “Action is the antidote to despair.”- Joan Baez. Huge hugs. Namaste 🐞🐞🐞

[@juliaogara8794]

I love these covers. They are warm to the touch😍😃

[@JeriBellini]

YES, that's a great way to explain them! 💜

[@susanharris8406]

Good morning, my lovely. From sunny yorkshire.

[@JeriBellini]

Hi Susan, my sweet friend! 💜

[@pattuck7680]

Yummy eye candy! When I check out these types of books from the library, my husband says how can you possibly read all of those?! I say I don’t, I just look at the pictures😉 (I may read a little if the mood strikes me). Thanks again, such fun❣️

[@JeriBellini]

That's me to a T.... I usually check them out of the library first, then buy if I am in love and don't want to return them! 💜

[@pattuck7680]

@@JeriBellini Same here! I do have a copy of Slow Stitch. 🙏🏻’s for your granddaughter’s healing.

[@allthingsthread]

Thanks for the reviews. They're re all wonderful books. I own three of them and have borrowed the rest from the library. 🇨🇦

[@JeriBellini]

YES!!! glad you have been able to see them first hand! 💜

[@jeannepadgett344]

Love the reviews. I really enjoy watching your videos. I was wondering did you mention a book about everyone has some kind of creativity. It was something like the name all horses fly or something like that. I cannot find the name of it again and I knew you do reviews on books. Thank you if you can help ❤

[@JeriBellini]

YES! It's How to Fly a Horse by Kevin Ashton, It's a great book! 💜

[@rubykittyruby]

Hi Jeri. Enjoyed your books review. I've currently got the Cas Holmes one on loan from the library, & it's ideal for leafing through & enjoying the artwork. (I haven't read it all either!) Just reserved the Mandy Patullo books from the library too, on your recommendation. The Batsford books with their pleasingly tactile covers are so well designed. I have way too many craft books, but there are ones I return to again & again, like old friends. It's always disconcerting to walk into someone's home & not see any books or craft projects lying around. What do those people do with their time???!!! Best wishes, Val x

[@JeriBellini]

They clean. LOL or some other boring thing! HA! 💜💜💜

[@debzehr3244]

I love book reviews. I have one of these. Could spend hours perusing the others I’m sure. 💖💖💖

[@JeriBellini]

I totally agree! Thanks for watching! 💜

[@SueBuenrostro-i8w]

Thanks for reviewing those beautiful books. I purchased one of Mandy’s books and some I have checked out of the library. My library mails books to me if you are over 65. Then you just send it back when you are done. It’s a free program! Love it. Also I thought I saw Claire Wellesley Smith doing an interview on utube. Hope your little granddaughter feels better soon.❤

[@JeriBellini]

OMGosh, what a great program! Thank you so much for your comment and I'll look to see if I can find that interview. 💜💜💜

[@sueramsey8181]

I'm in the UK where most (if not all) these books were originally published and where the authors come from and my library has zero of them! Luckily I have been able to purchase several of them over the years

[@JeriBellini]

​@@sueramsey8181 WHAT??!! That's INSANE! I'm glad you already own a few of them!

[@Mommabirdvtg]

I have the slow stitch Claire book and often use it to hold my stitch items as I sit on couch. At first the texture did feel weird to me but I have grown used to it. Most will cringe I’m sure when I say this but I do read these kinda books and often underline and asterisk things I like. I never plan on selling the books I love so I often mark in them if something I like (except for pictures…those don’t get touched lol)😂. Sadly though one reason I mark too is my vision isn’t the greatest anymore even with glasses and I had a hard time reading the very fine print in her book. I’m thinking “she must be young” 😂. I’d love to buy the other three now!

[@JeriBellini]

Momma, I'm a write in your books kinda person too so I get that. These I mostly look at the pictures. 💜

[@kathyffarney-keck8593]

I think wanting to consume beauty is normal. I often feel I want to drink a color.

[@JeriBellini]

Thank you for that!!! LOL 💜💜💜

[@marilynpodoll3278]

You mentioned something about " Bury the Book". I didn't see a link.

[@JeriBellini]

I'm thinking you heard me say that in another video, I did bury a book and did a short video on it, it's still buried and when I go dig it up I'll do another video. I'm not sure where I'll post that video though. I might do it on Kofi for my supporters there. Thanks so much for being a part of my community! 💜

[@marilynpodoll3278]

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[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

As you were flipping through the first book, there was a page with gelli printing.... and it got me wondering if you have ever done it with cloth instead of paper? I don't have a gelli plate but I think I'm gonna put one on my Christmas wish list.

[@JeriBellini]

Hi Dawn! What a wonderful idea! I don't believe I have tried that, I have been dying to "paint" cloth so why not?! A video maybe??? LOL 💜💜💜

[@DrawTangleswithDawn]

@@JeriBellini yup.

[@jo-annevandermey2704]

It is fun to use textile paints on jelly plates on fabric. The possibilities are endless. You can use a piece of plexi glass or really glass too! So many possibilities.