Puntadas al vuelo
Cecilia de Tavira
ILLUSTRATED| 2026 | 98 pages
Embroidering means using thread and needle to draw and color on fabric, paper, or other surfaces. But in this instructive and illustrated book, it becomes much more than that: an exploration to our relationship to nature, creativity, and more.
This interactive book includes:
- Illustrations made with thread and needle that invite us to get to know the universe of embroidery and explore our relationship to our environment and our own creativity
- Clear steps and tutorials to learn how to make your first stitches
- Didactic materials, including six work cards and embroidery examples
- Explanations of the history of the craft, its cultural impact, and how it has evolved today
Cecilia de Tavira turns the practice of embroidery into an interactive, screen-less proposal that promotes the engagement with our hands, minds, and hearts, with children and their parents at the forefront. She accompanies her readers on the discovery of their creative abilities and guides them through visual narratives that are stitched together with the movement of needle and thread on paper.
Form 9 years old onwards.
RIGHTS: spanish ALFAGUARA
Puntadas al vuelo ILLUSTRATED, 2026
“I can’t think of a more beautiful gateway to the world of embroidery than Cecilia de Tavira’s marvellous collection of embroidery. To understand what embroidery is, to learn to embroider, to awaken a sense of wonder at needles and thread.”