Enchanting Embroidery Designs: Whimsical Animal and Plant Motifs to Stitch

(Paperback)

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Enchanting Embroidery invites you to create your own world using bright thread and imaginative stitching.

Full of motifs that are both simple and playful zany crocodiles, cats, bears, even bats and ravens this book invites you to be creative with its whimsical designs. These sweet scenes and characters are all full of life and texture, making them at home on your favorite piece of clothing, home accessory or wall hanging.

These unusual and cheery designs include:

• Cheery flowers on a broach
• Pretty pines on hanging ornaments
• Colorful curly sheep
• Fluffy clouds and stormy clouds
• Bushy-tailed foxes
• Even moss on stone and microorganisms in Petri dishes
• And 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] combines poetry and instruction in this gracious embroidery guideHer diagrams and instructions are tidy, with helpful arrows and outlines. [She] set out to make designs 'that are fun to do,' and any crafter who picks this up will agree she hit the mark." --Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

MiW Morita is a widely-exhibited painter, illustrator, animator, textile designer/artist and graphic designer whose work has appeared on everything from book and magazine covers to confectionery boxes and store logos. See her work at miw.cc