It's a needlework garden filled with exquisite, floral-themed blocks to instruct and inspire today's needle artists. This award-winning book carefully describes and illustrates 62 embroidery stitches and dozens of techniques for ribbonry, stumpwork, fabric, and needle turn applique on floral-based blocks. With over a hundred block designs, create your own needle art flowers by completing 4 step-by-step sampler quilt projects with coordinating full-color diagrams and illustrations. Also included is a DVD with 124 printable patterns, a sizing chart, list of supply resources, and suggestions for further reading.

About the Author
Janice Vaine--seamstress, quilter, Applique_ enthusiast, pattern designer, and teacher--enjoys sharing her love of needlearts with her students. Her teaching credentials include The Elly Sienkiewicz Applique_ Academy, the International Quilt Festival, and quilt and sewing shops for over 20 years. Jan finds joy studying the methods used by needle artists of antique quilts and vintage embroidery and how they interpreted their designs with elements of embroidery, stumpwork and ribbonwork. The exquisite handwork of treasured vintage pieces is the inspiration for her fresh new designs. Jan lives in Jacksonville, FL. (grahamcrackercollection.com)

Reviews
"The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery offers a blend of hardcover with lay-flat binding and spine lettering for easy location and over two hundred pages of ribbonwork, embroidery and stumpwork stitches and techniques, and is perfect for any needlework collection. Color photos of each stitch accompany good-sized step-by-step illustrations and provide color and easy instruction to a book that includes appliqu and features all patterns on a DVD. Any interested in artistic needlework applications will find this a winner." -- Diane Donovan Editor "The Midwest Book Review, California Bookwatch"


Awards
Commended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Crafts/Hobby/How-To) 2012 and Midwest Book Award (MIPA) (Crafts/Hobby/How-To) 2011 and Midwest Book Award (MIPA) (Crafts/Hobby/How-To) 2012.



Book Information
ISBN 9781935726029
Author Janice Vaine
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Landauer Publishing
Publisher Landauer Publishing
Dimensions(mm) 279mm * 210mm * 36mm