Embroiderers Floral
by Janet Haigh
Category: Crafts & Hobbies

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, applique, 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. - 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