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The Kew book of embroidered flowers
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- Book Synopsis
- Create beautiful flower embroideries inspired by Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens with this how-to embroidery book featuring 11 step-by-step projects, full-size templates, and iron-on embroidery transfers. Focusing mainly on long-and-short stitch and Trish Burr's considered use of silk shading, this how-to flower embroidery book contains all the embroidery stitches needed, clearly illustrated, and gives thorough advice on preparation and choosing fabrics and threads, including a handy thread conversion chart. You'll put your skills to the test in 11 embroidery projects with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions: Begin with a 'starter' embroidery project to help you practise various techniques Move to the large sampler project featuring 18 small elements that can be worked individually or as a group Keep practising your skills in 9 other flower embroidery projects, like an elegant water-lily and an opulent magnolia Also included in the back of the book are full-size templates and easy, reusable iron-on embroidery transfers. Get started today, and create your own embroidered flower garden inspired by the botanical artworks from Kew's Art Collection.
- About The Author
- Trish Burr is a self-taught and renowned embroiderer. Through research and practice she has developed this individual technique of surface embroidery. She is the author of several highly successful books including The Kew Book of Embroidered Flowers and Trish Burr's Embroidery Transfers. Trish lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. For more information on Trish and her work visit www.trishbembroidery.com
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781782216421
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Search Press, (15 June 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 176
- Weight
- 1106 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 280 x 216 x 16 mm
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