Designer Effie Mitrofanis has a playful and creative spirit— and in Threadwork, she shows readers what can happen when you let your imagination go wild and think outside the usual sewn square. Her sumptuous collection showcases gorgeous collages created on layers of assembled fabric, and then embellished with rich and colorful silks, transparent organza and ribbons, metallic threads, beads, and raised embroidery stitches. Twenty-eight amazing projects include gift wrap, bags, frameable panels, concertina books, and more. Effie has studied embroidery and needle lace in the UK, Italy, Greece, China and India. She has an Associate Diploma of Fine Art and Master of Visual & Performing Arts in which she studied the origin and evolution of needle lace. is the author of numerous successful books on embroidery and the textile arts. She travels and lectures extensively throughout Australia and New Zealand and has a passionate interest the art, pattern and texture of embroidery, its history, its makers and techniques.