Redout's Finest Flowers in Embroidery

There are several good reviews of this book, but I want to add my delight in buying it. 1. Every flower on the cover, and all flowers inside the book, have complete project instructions: photograph of complete flower, line pattern, exact thread color, and stitching instructions. 2. The stitches which make up the flowers are simple and demonstrated in large clear line drawings. Even though there are only a few stitches Trish Burr combines them to make densely textured embroidery. 3. Each completed flower is about 5 or 6 inches. The flowers can be used singly or in combination. I embroidered a single magnolia in the corner of a throw pillow for my youngest daughter's college room, an A for amaryllis on the corner of a baby blanket for my only grandbaby, and I'm getting brave and I'm going to make a wreath of them on a comforter for my own bed. 4. Probably not so important in the area of needlework, but still important to me, these patterns have a neat history. Each project is headed with the plate number and the Redoute book from which is was taken. I loved browsing through the Redoute botanicals which I would never have looked for in the library had not Trish Burr taken paintings from the book and turned them into patterns clear enough even for me to follow. Needless to say, I would recommend this book of patterns to anyone whether experienced or just beginning in embroidery.

The book provides all of the information anyone would need to teach themselves to embroider at home. The results are terrific. The author has done a superb job of recreating Redoute's elegant flower portraits. There is a great deal of value packed into this small book. Worth the price

I bought this sight unseen which is unlike me but this surely would cause me to try that again !!! It is a needlework book of a higher level. By that I mean the novice and the expert can do it; only skill improves the work appearance. It is fully creative embroidery. I am making all 17 project designs and developing them into a moire quilt or cushions. The designs are smallish (5" or so ) but can then be incorporated into whatever your heart desires. They are very fast to do with any fabric of your choice for any textile idea you might hae in botanicals.

Until now my only stitching has been Cross Stitch, but having seen this publication it just makes me want to try to re-create just a fraction of the wonderful work Trish Burr has put into this book.She makes it seem so easy, which I am sure it is not; it isall very well explained, colourful, easy to follow and anyoneinterested in stitching should have a copy.My recommendation to all those stitchers out there "Buy a copy".