Floral Stitches: An Illustrated Guide to Floral Stitchery

This wonderful book is the most detailed, easy to understand embroidery manual that I've ever seen. Approaching the tasks as an artist would with a painting, every instruction is very easy and well explained, along with crystal clear illustrations and diagrams. It includes methods for standard embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, punchneedle, cross stitch, needlepoint, and bead work. If you love floral embroidery or want to learn it, this volume absolutely belongs in your collection.

"Floral Stitches" is one of the most lovely books I own. It is actually a work of art, containing soothing, pleasing, delightful, and concise, informative, and inspirational content. The stitches are well- illustrated, and useful, and Montano provides exact information from an artist's eye on how to create work with depth. You will be delighted with it! Its small enough to go into my stitching tote, and I carry it everywhere I stitch. Eye-appealing! YOu can't go wrong!

If you love Victorian Stiches then this is the book for you. Clearly illustrates dozens of embroidery stitches.Great Book.

This is an excellent book. It provides you with many choices of stitched flowers both in silk ribbon and threads and yarns. FOr those who admire the intricate stitching and motifs that are original to crazy quilting this book will set you well on your way to adding many of interesting stitched florals to your blocks. It is a well done book, very good instructions , easy to understand and truly inspirational. I have read many cq books and find this the best one.Not only does it give you the basics you need to get started adding wonderful embroidery to your quilting but it inspires you to adventure out and try your own designs. This book is well suited to the beginner and the experienced stitcher who wants to add new techniques and ideas to your quilted pieces.

Every time I start a sewing project for clothing, for gifts or for something for the house I take this book and many ideas come to my mind of how to make it more beautiful,it's also easy to follow the instructions and I think it's a very complete book of reference.

If you have come to expect the best from Judith Montano's books, you will not be disappointed by her latest offering. It is full of ideas for floral stitchery. There are plenty of new designs in this book. If you already own several of Judith's books you will not see a lot of repitition of previously published designs. New stitches and new combinations of old favorites are plentiful.My favorite sections are the Free Form Embroidery samples and the Crazy Quilt Combinations. Every crazy quilter is on the lookout for new ideas for seam decorations and the outline drawings are very simple to follow.Floral alphabets, painted backgrounds and ribbon embroidery stitches are also covered in their own sections.Try this book--you will not be disappointed!