The Embroiderer's Flowers Author:Thomasina Beck Flowers and embroidery have been inseparable on dress and furnishings from the age of Elizabeth I up to the twentieth century. The wonderful illustrations in this book show the astonishing variety of style and technique used: canvaswork, blackwork, surface stitchery, patchwork, appliqué, crewelwork, stumpwork and machine embroidery. Some ... more »flowers are rendered with precise botanical accuracy, others are captured evocatively through color and texture.
Superb color photographs and copious illustrations from botanical, drawing, and pattern books provide a feast of inspiration for today's embroiderers. There are also many practical suggestions for developing unique flower designs from original ideas.
The Embroiderer's Flowers is thus a pattern source book, a history and a most beautiful gift for any embroiderer. It deciphers the embroidered flowers' mysterious language and shows how they may be brought vividly to life.« less