Embroiderer's Floral [Paperback]

Janet Haigh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2002

Flowers are the universally popular motif for embroidery, whether for small decorative embellishments on clothes and household linens or for large embroidered pictures suitable for framing.

Janet Haigh presents inspirational designs and techniques for creating a wide range of popular flowers in crewelwork, appliqué, and counted cross-stitch. Motifs that can be replicated and comprehensive how-to-work instructions are provided for each of the 40 flowers depicted, such as dahlias, daffodils, geraniums, irises, peonies, poppies, tulips, roses, and water lilies.

Haigh is a well-known embroiderer and textile designer who has made a special study of flowers in embroidery. This is her third book.

• Inspirational designs drawn from nature for the most popular embroidery flowers

• Practical step-by-step instructions for every stitch

• Motifs and how-to-work diagrams for all designs

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About the Author

Janet Haigh is a well-known embroiderer and textile designer who has made a special study of flowers in embroidery. A member of the Crafts Council Index of Makers in Great Britain, her work has been exhibited in the UK, Europe and Japan. Her previous titles have proved hugely popular, Crazy Patchwork (Collins & Brown) and Japanese Inspirations (Collins and Brown). --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (November 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873494431
• ISBN-13: 978-0873494434
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,523,251 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUBLIME FLOWERS, November 28, 2003

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jeanneb (New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embroiderer's Floral (Paperback)

I always enjoy picking up a project book of needlearts and finding a good mix of sophisticated ideas for needlework. This book has it in spades! From the ethereal cover picture (not that shown above) of an appliqued and embroidered Lenten Rose/HHellebore, to the magnificently engineered tulip on the back cover, the very realistic pansies, the lavender, to the sweet violets atop an appliqued velvet "leaf"....I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

The closeup photography is superlative, the very clear photographs in the stitch glossary, along with the drawings of the patterns make this book a great addition to the needleworker's library.

Although there are some simplistic contemporary renderings of flowers included which normally I don't go for, they are not intrusive nor too many and can certainlly have their place in inspiration.

All in all, this is a wonderful book!