Mindful Embroidery
Stitch Your Way to Relaxation with Charming European Street Scenes
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- 105,00 kr
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- 105,00 kr
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Embroider Your Stress Away
Escape the chaos of everyday life by embroidering yourself a romantic and tranquil getaway. Allow Charles Henry and Elin Petronella to whisk you away to the calming villas of the French countryside. Discover the hidden gems of Paris, stroll down the colorful tiled streets of Lisbon or float along the canals of Venice. Let go of your worries stitch by stitch through these 20 delightful European scenescapes inspired by Charles and Elin’s favorite places throughout Europe. Beginners can confidently complete any design in this book using five common and simple embroidery stitches. As leaders in the modern hand embroidery movement, Charles and Elin invite you to let go of perfectionism and instead slow down, unwind and enjoy the meditative process of creating something gorgeous one stitch, and breath, at a time.
For a printable download of the pattern design templates, please email Charles at charles@charlesandelin.com.
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Hand embroidery teachers Henry and Petronella combine traveling with crafting in their charming book of designs. Encouraging embroidering as "an ancient form of mindfulness" that makes "worries and anxious thoughts" disappear, the authors lay out designs based on locales throughout Europe. In France, they design a street scene of Paris's Montmartre neighborhood with the Sacr -Coeur Basilica in the background, then a caf in Provence. In Italy, Florence's Basilica di Santa Croce is given a black outline to avoid distracting color, while in Venice, a canal scene is marked by contrasting vivid blues and greens. For Portugal and Spain, respectively, the designs evoke the colorful tiles found throughout Lisbon and Barcelona. Returning to the theme of embroidery's therapeutic function, Henry and Elin visit hygge homeland Denmark with designs for historical Copenhagen neighborhoods; an image of a red double-decker bus in London cruising by Big Ben is equally cozy. Instruction for each design is articulate and supported by close-up photos. Stitches are limited to five: straight, back, split, satin, and French knot, with transfers on "robust" linen effected with carbon paper on top. Beginning or advanced embroiderers will find much to enjoy and create here as they armchair-travel with thread.
