Handstitched Landscapes and Flowers: 10 Charming Embroidery Projects with Templates

This is a gorgeous book! The embroideries use organza as both backgrounds (which gives a lovely watercolour effect) and for some of the flowers themselves. The results are so pretty. The book is really well explained with step by step pictures, using just a few simple stitches. The photography is really lovely and colourful. There are some large flower designs, some small really simple ones and some small landscapes. The book also gives you ideas to design your own embroideries.

Maravilhoso, excelente livro !!!

This book is wonderful because even if you don't replicate the projects exactly, it still shows how easy it is to be creative with just a few simple shapes, materials, and stitches. I looked for a long time at many embroidery books - some too easy, some too broad, but this one stood out as a perfect balance of attainable embroidery and art. I tend to dislike things that look “cutesy” so it was nice to finally find a book that let me be a creative beginner and still turn out something that looks fairly sophisticated. Outstanding illustrations, a variety of ideas with clear instructions, and inspiring compositions made this an ideal choice for me.

Je me suis inspirée du livre en mélangeant différentes matières. De l'aquarelle sur tissu, des morceaux de tulle et de mousseline, plusieurs sorteos de perles, des fils à broder ,de la laine.

A few years ago I saw Katrina demonstrate some of her Rowandean embroidery kits on TV. I bought a couple from her website..... and now I'm embroidery mad!! 😊 This book is crammed full of techniques, projects and inspiration. Not a page is wasted as even those that demonstrate stitches - that you may already know how to do - show a piece of her work that you could recreate. Using pieces of organza is fairly easy and looks very effective (I've just bought a pack from Katrina's website) and the Appleton wool (I bought some from Sew and So via Amazon) creates a different texture and look to your work. I've bought a number of embroidery books (after careful research), but this is probably the best. I know this book must have involved a lot of work Katrina, but please create another one soon 😊.