Diana Lampe’s Embroidery for All Seasons
by Diana Lampe
If you enjoy freestyle embroidery, you will know that floral and garden-inspired pieces are great favorites. Here
is a book that combines two older titles (plus some new material) and contains patterns for four seasons of a
garden, plus a special rose garden not featured in the earlier books.
...And garlands too, samplers, a cottage garden and initials as well as ideas for gifts to make embroidered
with these lovely floral images. I particularly liked the way that each flower was shown in a line drawing,
together with instructions on working, threads used and the stitches needed. There are instructions too for the
stitches, shown in right and left handed versions; and although this is not ostensibly a book for the beginner
embroiderer, it shows how few stitches are needed to accomplish so much. Beginners can learn the stitches and
attempt some of the single flowers, while more experienced embroiderers can make up the lovely patterns or
combine the flowers for their own pieces (which I have done). The more you look at this book, the more there
seems to be in it.
If you cannot find embroidery materials locally, try
SearchPress.com for a list of suppliers. |
The Book |
Sally Milner Publishing (distributed in UK by Search Press) |
October 2007 |
Hardcover |
1863513531 |
How-To Books / Embroidery |
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The Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2007 |
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