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Seasonal Flower Embroidery

A Year of Stitching Wild Blooms and Botanicals
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Seasonal Flower Embroidery invites stitchers on a year-long journey through a garden of delicate and whimsical floral designs inspired by a Tokyo flower shop. Textile artist Kazuko Aoki offers over 25 botanical motifs, from meadow flowers to garden baskets and violet-covered armchairs, blending materials and techniques to bring each piece to life. With clear instructions and beautiful photography, this book guides readers in creating charming patches, totes, pins, purses, and more.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for both new and experienced embroidery enthusiasts looking to enhance their skills with seasonal floral motifs, as well as gardeners who appreciate the artful expression of nature through needlework.

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Inspired by a flower shop in Tokyo, Seasonal Flower Embroidery will take new and seasoned stitchers through a year of beautiful botanicals and whimsical floral scenes.

Stitch your way through the seasons with a bit of thread, a needle, and a small swatch of fabric. Follow along with textile artist Kazuko Aoki as she welcomes you to Gente Flower Shop in Tokyo, a stunning backdrop from a gardening stitcher's dreams. The more than 25 motifs featured here are delicate, down to earth, and whimsicalβ€”mixing materials and stitching techniques to create life and depth to each design, which include meadow flowers, garden baskets, fresh berries, a violet-covered armchair, and more. Featuring simple and elegant sewing instructions for patches, totes, pins, purses, and more, Aoki skillfully shows stitchers that your every floral embroidery can always find the right home.

With beautiful photographs, clear step-by-step instructions, and detailed diagrams, this book is an inspiring and playful guide for gardeners and embroidery enthusiasts of all levels.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781611808926

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 June 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Roost Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 257.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 112

About the Author

KAZUKO AOKI is a talented and popular Japanese textile artist whose work is featured in many embroidery magazines and exhibitions. Her delicate pictures are inspired by her great love of nature and the flowers in her own garden, which often provide the starting point for her creative designs. Kazuko loves to combine other embroidery techniques with cross-stitch to introduce a beautiful and unexpected element in her designs and in the process create an original new style.

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