Embroidered Flora & Fauna

Embroidered Flora & Fauna
by Nikki Delport Wepener
ISBN-10: 184448341X
ISBN-13: 978-1844483419

Embroidered Flora & Fauna is the work of mother and daughter team, Lesley & Nikki who have put together a collective of ten years work to provide this delightful book packed with a mix of traditional and more contemporary aspects of embroidery.

The first part of the book covers some basic needlework information and preparation before moving on to stitches and techniques – from simple couching to fabric manipulation – many of which use wire to create the wonderful and very tactile three-dimensional petals, leaves, wings etc., used within the projects. Throughout the twelve colour-themed chapters the embroiderer will find two projects, including red Bougainvillea reminiscent of warm summer holidays, Brenton Blue Butterflies native of South Africa and the Indigo hues of forbidden fruit.

Filled with sumptuous photographs, clear diagrams and templates the book I am sure will inspire both the novice and the more experienced embroiderer alike. Texturede mbroidery can be adorned to all manner of objects, from embroidered boxes, bags and bowls, to items of clothing or perhaps forcreating a textural picture of the flora and fauna from your own garden as depicted by the Country Feeling Sampler illustrated within the book.