Wild Embroidery : 16 Botanical Designs Inspired by the Beauty of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Stitch your way into the Arts and Crafts movement's beautiful, timeless aesthetic with 16 embroidery designs that sing of nature in all its beauty. How can the aspects of Arts and Crafts style light up your embroidering? Why do we feel so drawn to it? Embroidery artist Noriko Livingstone is the perfect guide to enjoying this aesthetic with your stitching. Noriko's expertise in channeling the era's beauty into embroidery has been featured by Inspirations Studios, Selvedge, and others, and she is a brand sponsor for DMC. Here, with 16 lovely designs to stitch, she invites makers to better understand Arts and Crafts values, such as simplicity, nature, and handcrafting. With Noriko's designs, modeled after museum pieces, William and May Morris's patterns, and her own encounters in nature, embroidery lovers can savor the Arts and Crafts style as described by William Morris: Have nothing in your house you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. . 16 designs cover all skill levels, featuring charming robins, roses, hummingbirds, rabbits, alpine plants, and other natural inspirations. . Every design also includes a project idea. From simple wall hoops to larger wall art, a child's dress to a floral handbag, the projects inspire ways to live with the designs in everyday life. AUTHOR: Noriko Livingstone is an acclaimed embroidery designer who brings the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement into her modern designs. She has been featured by Inspirations Studios, Selvedge, and others and is a brand sponsor for DMC. norikolivingstone.com SELLING POINTS: . ELEGANT, VERSATILE DESIGNS: 16 gorgeous new embroidery designs featuring the Arts and Crafts (1880s through 1920s) aesthetic. . PROLIFIC, RESPECTED AUTHOR: By a talented young designer who also expresses the popular Japanese embroidery sensibility. . PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Includes ideas for useful, beautiful projects to display the designs, from cushions to wall hangings to children's clothing. . TIMELESS AND TRENDY: Appeals to stitchers who enjoy romantic / museum / historic experiences, all reflected in these Arts and Crafts style designs. This aesthetic is especially popular right now, with the approaching 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. 70 colour photos and diagrams