Enchanting Embroidery Designs
Whimsical Animal and Plant Motifs to Stitch
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Enchanting Embroidery Designs invites you to create your own world using bright thread colors and imaginative stitches.
Full of motifs that are both simple and playful, from zany crocodiles, and cuddly cats to big-eared bats and stealthy ravens. This book invites you to be creative with its whimsical designs and step-by-step instructions--whether you use these projects as visible mending techniques or simply to add interest to a piece. The sweet scenes and cute characters are full of life and texture, making them at home on your favorite clothing, home accessories or wall hangings.
The unusual and versatile designs in this book include:Cheery flowers on a broachPretty pine trees on hanging ornamentsA colorful curly sheepFluffy and stormy cloudsBushy-tailed foxesMoss on stone and microorganisms in Petri dishesAnd more!
Simple how-tos take you through every recommended stitch, while a section on combining colors will inspire you to try mixing and matching to create something new. There's also a section on turning your stitchery into embellishments you can use, wear and share. Put your imagination and hands to work with the help of this inspiring embroidery book.
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Morita, a Japanese painter, designer, and illustrator, combines poetry and instruction in this gracious embroidery guide. For each design, Morita provides a poem about its central motif, written with the simplicity and whimsy of a children's picture book the text for her alligator brooch begins: "Once upon a time, on a quiet night,/ an alligator was hiding in the dark waters of a marsh." For her coasters decorated with "Micro Micro Microbes," she asks the reader, "See?/ They really do exist./ Look! Look closely." Other designs include a cuckoo tea cozy, pine tree ornaments, and a blouse embroidered with contentedly grazing sheep. The chapter on tools and basics is suitable for beginners and features directions for handling embroidery thread; Morita also includes instructions for simple stitches, such as straight, back, and outline. She gets fancy with French knots that combine colors of thread and can sit close or far apart on fabric. Her diagrams and instructions are tidy, with helpful arrows and outlines. Morita set out to make designs "that are fun to do," and any crafter who picks this up will agree she hit the mark.
