The must-have guide for the embroidery novice! Let your embroidery skills bloom! Elegant as it is fun and exciting, Embroidering Plants and Flowers for Beginners is a comprehensive embroidery guide to learning how to embroider plants and flowers. Mastering these techniques will help you navigate more advanced embroidery! The text is geared toward beginners, but includes enjoyable projects that hand-sewing enthusiasts of any level will love! Opening with overviews on supplies, techniques for transferring patterns, setting up the frame, and more, also included are easy-to-follow tutorials on 14 essential embroidery stitches to help you get started. From there, you'll find over 30 embroidery designs for flowers, herbs, plants, and leaves that are realistic, easy to accomplish, and simply stunning. Inspired by the beauty and comfort of nature, the embroidery patterns featured within these pages range from wildflowers and cut flowers to garden and forest plants and favorite aromatic herbs. Each pattern comes with information on completion time, thread, and a helpful project key. Projects In the At the In the In the In the And more! Decorative ideas are provided at the end of each section for inspiration on how you can incorporate embroidery in your own home or for gifting. With ready-to-use embroidery patterns (also available for download if you prefer), helpful diagrams, recommended thread colors, stunning photography, and extra ideas for decoration and displaying your finished product, Embroidering Plants and Flowers for Beginners is the perfect source of inspiration for crafters, both beginner and advanced alike! and " Embroidering Plants and u0026 Flowers for Beginners is not only a beautiful book, but also a great resource for anyone wanting to take up embroidery. Readers can learn stitching techniques and create lovely patterns and projects inspired by the beauty of nature. and " - Sadie Metter, Content Creator Sew Daily , Sew News and u0026 Creative Machine Embroidery Magazine and "In her stunning new book, Charlene Pourias shares her botanical stitchery projects with elegance and simplicity. Embroidering Plants and Flowers for Beginners is easy to follow for first-time crafters with clear and concise diagrams and a list of materials, but the sophisticated projects also appeal to experienced stitchers, as well. There is ample variety in the 33 individual plants to stitch as frame-worthy art or keepsake linens. and " - Debra Valencia, author of Embroidered Techniques and Alphabets for Creating 25 Expressive Projects