This site is maintained by Noah Johnson of Stitch-Rite Embroidery Service. noah@stitch-rite.com

The materials on this website were curated to be a resource for the bonnaz embroidery community. The Artistic Touch publications remain under copyright. The free resources available for download and print are intended for your personal use only.

The books were scanned at an archival quality resolution and processed to be text searchable. For example, searching “looper” or “timing” should get you close to the areas of interest that Ruth covers.

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Special Thanks

Many of “The Artistic Touch” publications were graciously donated by Bonnie Williams. She is an embroidery operator with over 40 years of experience and was trained by Ruth Franklin herself. You can read more about Bonnie here.

Volumes 2 and 3 of Bonnie’s VHS recordings were generously provided by Jan Miyabara of Aki & Co. She is an incredibly talented designer and textile artist focused on meaningful, sustainable, bespoke embroidery projects. You can find her embroidery journey on instagram.

The digital scans for “Cording, Braid & Special Machines” were donated by Sara Chilstrom of Woodland Quiltworks. She offers chain stitch embroidery items, as well as quilting and specialty sewing all available on her website.

“Making Embroidered Emblems” was provided by Griffen Cooper of Chareco Sewing Machines He is a dedicated sewing machine mechanic who specializes in restoring and repairing Bonnaz type Universal Feed Embroidery machines. Cornely, Singer, Lintz Eckardt, Union Special, Merrow, you name it: he is at the top of our list when it comes to servicing these machines.