Embroidered Country Gardens
Be inspired to embroider all the elements of an idyllic English country garden. Suitable for beginners as well as accomplished embroiderers, Lorna Bateman's beautiful book includes 12 practical projects for you to make and adorn with exquisite floral motifs.
Lorna walks you through a variety of stitches including raised and textured stitches, teaching you to embroider individual flowers with them and how to incorporate these into an original garden motif. For the nature enthusiast, there is plenty to get excited about: an AZ of English garden flowers and how to stitch them; a section on stitching common garden insects; and how to embroider iconic garden imagery such as birdbaths and garden ornaments.
Roses are the archetypal cottage flower and Lorna describes how to incorporate a climbing rose, rose spray and standard rose in your designs.
Embroidered Country Gardens is peppered throughout with seeds of wisdom: invaluable hints and tips from the author to help you develop your own skills and unique style. As well as step-by-step instructions, there are also detailed photographs, outline template drawings and a fully illustrated AZ of stitches.
Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Tools and materials 8
Preparation 26
AZ of stitches 40
AZ of garden flowers 52
In my country garden 72
Designing your own garden 84
The projects 88
Wall art 94
Sewing bag 98
Glasses case 104
Magnifier cover 108
Needle case 112
Pencil case 116
Beginner's pincushion 120
Pincushion 124
Scissor keeper 126
Tape measure cover 130
Thimble pip 134
Thread catcher 138
Finishing off your work 142
Patterns for tracing 152
Index 160
About Lorna Bateman
Lorna Bateman is passionate about embroidery, nature and teaching. She has been working full-time as an embroidery teacher and designer since 1989. Her teaching has taken her all over the UK, to her native South Africa, as well as Russia, France and the USA. In 2002, Lorna launched her own embroidery designs in kit form, available from her website www.lornabatemanembroidery.com. Lorna lives near Alton in Hampshire, UK.