My friends, I think I have my Embroidery Book of 2026!

Yes, there are several embroidery books coming out in 2026 that I think are worth noting and highly desirable. I’ve already got a few on the calendar for review.

But this book – THIS book! – ticks all my little-embroidery-lovin’-heart’s boxes, on several levels. There is so much about it that is instructive – also on several levels – and so much about it that’s just downright charming.

Couple these points with the fact that it presents an approach to embroidery that can be highly customized into deeply personal and unique embroidery works, and I think you’ll understand why, even this early in the year, I think it is most likely my Embroidery Book of 2026 – and perhaps even beyond 2026. I suspect I will use it as a reference, project, practice, and inspirational book well beyond this year.

Please allow me to show you, up close, Cassandra Dias’s Richly Stitched Landscape Embroidery, published by C&T Publishing, and available worldwide now. Are you familiar with Cassandra’s work? If not, pop by her Instagram channel! You will be mesmerized by her landscapes.

Stick with me through the review, and at the end, you’ll have the opportunity to win your very own digital copy of the book, courtesy of C&T Publishing.