Tassels are one of the most flamboyant and irresistible decorative accessories. This book helps you create your own wonderful, opulent tassels at a fraction of the cost of commercially bought trimmings, and in the style and colours of your choice. It is also a guide to the world of tassels and their decorative uses in the home.

Tassels are one of the most flamboyant and irresistible decorative accessories. Sumptuous, opulent and infinitely varied in their range of texture, colour and design combinations, they offer endless scope and inspiration to both the craft enthusiast and the interior designer. With this unique book, you can create your own wonderful, opulent tassels at a fraction of the cost of commercially bought trimmings, and in the style and colours of your choice. Step-by-step photographs make the assembly of the most fanciful tassel straightforward and accessible: clear guidance is given on all the special equipment you may need, and every project clearly details the threads used to reproduce exactly the result shown. "Tassel Making" is also a wonderfully inspiring guide to the world of tassels and their decorative uses in the home, and a gallery of the finest work by contemporary tassel designers provides further ideas for the textile enthusiast, covering the enormously varied styles that can be achieved.