Embroidered Nation Gardens: Create lovely hand-stitched floral designs impressed by nature

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From the Writer

A word from the creator

For me, there may be nothing extra rewarding than seeing somebody who has by no means embroidered earlier than, or maybe could have solely tried cross-stitch or tapestry, immediately discovering the enjoyment
of making textured and three-dimensional stitches, and utilizing them to create flowers, landscapes and stumpwork designs and even incorporating them in loopy patchwork

I like flowers, and draw nice inspiration from nature. I hope this ebook will encourage you to share my ardour and, most significantly, to develop your individual expertise, design concepts and magnificence.
Get pleasure from stitching!

An A-Z listing of Flowers is included: Agapanthus

On the whole, it is a medium to tall flower that tends to be located alongside the center/again of your herbaceous border, though there’s a miniature selection.

Lavender

Lavender is among the hottest flowers discovered the world over in cottage gardens. It’s cherished for its distinctive scent, form and texture and attracts bees and different pollinating bugs. Colors range from many shades of purple, lilac and mauve to comfortable pink and white. It tends to have an unruly bush form with branches tumbling down onto the bottom. It does, nevertheless, additionally come as a regular bush, during which case you’ll draw a stem as for the usual rose and place a small lavender bush on high of this.

Daffodil

The daffodil belongs to the Narcissus household of flowers and is understood for its proliferation of color in spring, frequent in lots of gardens but in addition within the wild. It is available in a lot of shades of yellow, white and orange and mixtures thereof. It’s maybe one of many best-loved and recognized of all of the spring flowers.
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Poppy

The poppy is probably some of the simply recognizable flowers globally. So distinctive with its crimson color, it’s well-liked in gardens and may usually be seen within the fields, nodding within the breeze in spring and summer time. There are additionally many different varieties in white, yellows, oranges and pinks, together with each single and double flowers. The only-sided cast-on sew makes a really efficient petal for this flower.

Wall Artwork – Beneath the Arches

I used to be impressed by the beautiful arch of clematis in my very own backyard to create the piece of embroidery proven reverse. Many of the flowers stitched could be present in my backyard, though their association right here has been designed with inventive licence!
The archway was the point of interest of the design, and from there I added and organized different favorite parts from the backyard. Deal with the design as a place to begin and add any extra parts you want – I added the flying birds (tiny fly sew) and the alliums on the left, for instance.

Glasses case – Beneath the Blossom Tree

I really like to sit down and skim within the backyard. On this design I’ve tried to create a spot the place I might do exactly that. Your tree could be embroidered just by overlaying it with leaves, or you possibly can cowl it in blossom and even sew the leaves in varied shades of autumn hues.

Pencil case – A Sampler of Flowers

This cute little envelope bag can be utilized as a pencil case, a bag to carry your embroidery scissors and instruments, and even as a small clutch bag or purse. If you’re a fairly expert embroiderer, you would possibly wish to create it as a clutch bag on silk dupion for night put on.
This specific design is an efficient method of studying the assorted flowers, as every flower is a small pattern, making it simpler to sew than a extra sophisticated piece, or than designing your individual backyard. You need to use quite simple stitches for all of the flowers or extra superior if you happen to so select. It may also be embroidered as a sampler of flowers for framing.

Newbie’s pincushion – Herbaceous Borders

This dainty little pincushion is the right challenge for a newbie. It may be embroidered with perle no. 12 threads and/or stranded cottons. If you’re an entire newbie, use two threads of stranded cotton. Nevertheless, a single strand for the pinwheel flowers of the hollyhocks remains to be advisable for a finer impact.