Step-by-step directions for transferring patterns for 42 traditional garden flowers ? tulips, roses, lilies, hydrangeas, and a host of other popular blossoms ? to flat, ink-absorbing surfaces.
“Trish Burr has painstakingly recreated blooms from the paintings of 19th-century botanical artist Pierre Joseph Redouté in exquisite embroidery. Using only the simplest stitches, she provides instructions, illustrations and photographs to take you step-by-step through stitching 17 beautiful blossoms—roses, lilies, birds of paradise, dahlias, magnolias and more. A gorgeous gift for anyone with a passion for flowers or needlework.”—Vogue Patterns.
Here is an outstanding collection of 49 beautiful royalty-free floral patterns ready to provide the all-important starting point for your next needlework or craft project, whether you plan to embroider designs on a tablecloth, applique a cushion, or decorate a chair back. Simply remove the specially treated transfer pattern from the book, place it exactly where you wish it to appear on your fabric or other medium, press it with a warm iron, and the design will appear neatly in place, ready for you to begin work! Varying in size from big, bold hollyhocks and tiger lilies to smaller, more delicate sprigs of spring snowflakes and periwinkles, and including such specialties as a spray of daffodils and a basket of mixed flowers, the designs may be applied to fabrics, wood, and most flat surfaces that absorb ink. Step-by-step instructions show you how to transfer a design (which may be reused several times) quickly and easily onto linens, clothing, wall hangings, cushions, furniture, and much more.
In a fusion of crewel and surface embroidery, this work mixes thread painting and Australian wool embroidery. With illustrations and step-by-step instructions, it features 17 projects that use the minimum of stitches to create exciting effects. It also includes photographs, illustrations and row-by-row colour keys to help complete the projects.