A-Z of Embroidered Flowers: The ultimate resource for beginners and experienced embroiderers (A-Z of Needlecraft) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0957906900 ISBN 13: 9780957906907

Publisher: Search Press, 2001

Synopsis

100 glorious blooms brought to life with needle and thread. A fabulous book of designs with easy instructions, full size patterns and more than 120 step-by-step colour photographs.

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Review:

Sep 05 Another in the successful A-Z series. Here, 100 glorious blooms are brought to life with needle and thread. This is a fabulous book of designs with easy to follow instructions, full size patterns and wonderful step-by-step photographs. This is, once again, a fantastic source book for any needlewoman and a real 'must have' for the bookshelf. * Fabrications * Love embroidery? Love flowers? These floral designs will help you to create the flowers you love in embroidery. You'll find instructions for a plethora of flowers plus a little info on the flowers themselves. There are also quotations about flowers. Over 60 flowers are included. For each embroidery you'll find the requirements for thread and needle, and you can see the stitches used at a glance. There is also a clear order of work and a key for each one. The embroideries are by different people and you will find multiple embroideries for some species such as Pansy and the related Viola. I love the Callistemon, Buddleja, Myosotis, Fuchsia, Hydrangea, Iris, Pansy and Tulips. * YarnsandFabrics.co.uk * There is something extra special about adding a little touch to an item and making it personally yours. I love adding little touches to presents that make them unique and even more beautiful. Embroidery can add so much more to an item and flowers just make it so precious. This book takes you through so many amazing flowers to embroider with some beautiful designs. There are the most clear and amazing pictures to help you with the different techniques. You can learn to embroider everything from an Alyssum to Zinnia. There are so many techniques used in this book. Everything from basic embroidery to using ribbons or fabric. This book is so jam packed full of different flowers that you can embroider. All of them are easily identifiable. The book goes through each flower in alphabetical order. There are some that have step by step instructions to help you to learn the different techniques. This however isn't on all of the flowers. Then at the back of the book are all the patterns you will use to create each of the flowers. * Crochet Addict UK * November 2016 Embroidery is a wonderful opportunitty to become complete absorbed in a very satisfying hobby, easy to pick up and put down working on a embroidery project canhelp you relax and practice mindfulness. This delightful book provides designs for a host of beautiful flowers * Hot brands, Cool Places * One of the latest titles in this series presents over 100 designs from Acacia to Zinnia, including both popular and less well-known floral examples. Several different interpretations are given for many of the plants, and for added interest, the page presentations include either an historical or horticultural note or a poetic quotation. Trace-off templates are included together with details of stitches and threads used. This is a delightful book and a useful addition to any embroiderers' library. * East Kent Embroiderers Guild *

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Compiled by the expert team at Country Bumpkin, renowned Australian publishers of embroidery books and magazines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0957906900
• ISBN 13: 9780957906907
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 132