Birth Flower Embroidery

An inspiring and creative guide to creating 26 truly personal floral embroidery projects celebrating the flowers associated with the twelve birth months which evolved from ancient origins to become a Victorian passion. Fully illustrated with colourful photographs and diagrams of each of the 26 floral designs, plus a section of black-and-white templates to trace. Aimed at embroiderers of all levels, each pattern is graded from easy to advanced and mixes a variety of stitching techniques including backstitch, chain stitch, satin stitch and stem stitch. A month-by-month floral celebration the design ideas are ideal for making meaningful gifts for loved ones or just to enjoy the colours and forms of favourite flowers. With practical guidance introducing the stitches used, notes on materials and techniques to transfer the book’s templates onto your fabric. Each design – from January snowdrops or sweet peas in April, to October cosmos or December holly – is illustrated with a photograph, annotated stitch and thread diagram and a black-and-white template.

Paperback
28 x 21.5cm
127 pages
Illustrated throughout with colour photographs and black-and-white templates to trace/transfer
American English spelling