Floral Interpretations for Silk Ribbon (Milner Craft Series) [Paperback]

Helen Dafter (Author)

Book Description

Series: Milner Craft Series | Publication Date: March 4, 2008

Silk ribbon embroidery, with its varied textures and sculpted effects, is a magical medium for stitching floral designs. Whether it’s a field of lavender or a single gardenia, these embroidered images can be as fresh, colorful, and eye-catching as Mother Nature’s originals. Some even take the form of lifelike three-dimensional flowers. Readers who love to sew, whatever their skill level, will find instructions on the techniques and materials of this rewarding art, along with a varied assortment of projects—all inspired by actual color photographs and delicate watercolors, which appear along with the detailed stitch patterns. The projects include 12 different floral panels ready for framing, depicting flowers from daffodils and daisies to grape hyacinths and roses.

 

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Myshelf.com: Ribbon embroidery is not as hard as it sounds, and great fun to do. Because the ribbon is thicker than thread it grows surprisingly quickly, which is great for a beginner. Here are twelve different garden flowers used as inspiration for some beautiful pictures and other projects, based around photographs and paintings. Australian books always seem to be beautiful, lavishly illustrated with glorious images and this one is no exception. The author's photographs were turned into paintings by her daughter, and these in turn are shown as line drawings and then the final stitched pieces. Some of the line drawings are for developing yourself, but most are a whole project and these are made up into pictures. Used to Search Press' custom of staged photographs for learning new techniques the line drawings are not quite as easy to understand, and there are not quite enough of them, particularly with the large number of written instructions and explanations. I got quite muddled at times, and wished for some photographs to put me right. A total beginner might easily get lost in here, so if you have never attempted this type of embroidery before one of the Search Press titles for beginners would be a better buy. But if you have gone beyond that, and want to adorn your walls (or some plain boxes) with beautiful floral studies then this is the book for you. West Country Embroiderers: This book delivered what the title promised. It comprehensively covered all techniques necessary for beginner but is also ideal to extend and refine techniques already learnt. There are twelve different flower projects and the watercolour studies are delightful. I worked through one of the projects and found the instructions clear and easy to follow. As a newcomer to silk ribbon embroidery this was a lovely book and I found it truly inspirational. Margaret Cox, St Stephens-in-Brannel

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing (March 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1863513736
• ISBN-13: 978-1863513739
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 11 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,000,672 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Little resemblance to real flowers, May 15, 2011

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I received the book yesterday and I am not very impressed. While daffodils are quite nice, most flowers presented in the book have little resemblance to real flowers. Especially I was disappointed with cornflowers.

Having looked through multiple books on ribbon embroidery, I would give this book 3 stars. However, I am still glad I got it. This is the book I learned "extended ribbon stitch" from. Most books do not include this stitch in their stitch library. I have not read entire book, I might learn something else from it. But I decided not to buy 2 other books by this author which were in my wish list.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Silk Ribbon Books, February 17, 2010

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I was very pleased with the service I received when I ordered these books. They arrived in very good condition and I received them in a very timely manner. Floral Interpretations for Silk Ribbon (Milner Craft Series)