Embroidery Made Easy: Awesome Animals. 12 beginner-friendly embroidery patterns with iron-on transfers – Stephanie Carswell – Macmillan
Embroidery Made Easy: Animal Kingdom by Stephanie Carswell is a beginner-friendly guide to creating charming animal embroidery. Perfect for newcomers and stitchers seeking a simple, mindful project, this booklet features 12 easy-to-follow animal designs, from cats and hedgehogs to puffins, alpacas, and even unicorns. Using tear-out heat-activated iron-on transfers, transferring the patterns onto fabric is quick and hassle-free, letting you start stitching right away.

 

Book Details:
Author: Stephanie Carswell
Publisher: Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Pages: 60
Language: English
Year of Publication: 2025
ISBN-13: 9781446315323
Projects: The booklet includes 12 exclusive animal embroidery designs, featuring Cat, Hedgehog, Puffin, Alpaca, Sheep, Unicorn, Elephant, Butterfly, Hare, Fox, Bee, and Giraffe. Each pattern is designed to be beginner-friendly while also offering a relaxing, creative project for more experienced stitchers.
Level: Suitable for beginners and intermediate embroiderers. The booklet provides clear step-by-step stitch guides, full-color photos, and thread keys to make stitching accessible and enjoyable.
Techniques: Embroidery Made Easy: Animal Kingdom teaches essential hand embroidery stitches while guiding you through creating animal motifs. The designs use simple stitches to achieve professional-looking results, making it an excellent way to learn foundational embroidery skills and experiment with stitch placement, textures, and colors.
Condition: New
Dimension: 203 x 203 mm

 

Tips for Using This Book:
Start with simpler designs such as Cat or Hedgehog to get comfortable with basic stitches. Progress to more detailed patterns like Fox or Elephant to practice layering, stitch variation, and thread color blending. Use the tear-out iron-on transfers for easy pattern placement, and an embroidery hoop to maintain even tension for neat stitching.
Take your time, enjoy the process, and personalize your projects with your own choice of colors or by combining multiple designs into a larger composition. Perfect for creating beautiful handmade keepsakes or gifts while developing your embroidery skills.
Embroidery Made Easy: Animal Kingdom combines clear instructions, delightful animal designs, and practical tools to make embroidery accessible, enjoyable, and rewarding.

Stephanie Carswel
Stephanie Carswell is the creative force behind Hawthorn Handmade, one of the UK’s most beloved craft brands. Immersed in craft from an early age, she explored drawing, sewing, enamelling, sculpture, and weaving before briefly working in events. Her passion for craft was reignited at a local centre, leading her to open a gallery and workshop space in Dorset in 2010, where she taught herself needle felting and created wool animal sculptures for sale and workshops.
In 2013, Stephanie launched Hawthorn Handmade, offering some of the first UK-made needle felting kits. Her love of drawing naturally evolved into hand-drawn embroidery and cross-stitch designs inspired by nature and the mindful joy of making. Since then, Hawthorn Handmade has sold over half a million kits. Stephanie continues to design from her rural Dorset studio, supported by a dedicated creative team and fueled by her ever-growing inspiration for new craft ideas.

Watch a detailed video preview of this embroidery book to explore its pages and discover patterns, illustrations, and step-by-step techniques. This video allows you to see the layout and content up close, helping you understand the book’s approach and decide if it’s the right resource for your creative projects.