500 Simply Charming Designs for Embroidery: Easy-To-Stitch Monograms and Motifs

Add a charming textured touch to your wardrobe with this beautiful compendium of classic embroidery designs. 500 Simply Charming Stitches for Embroidery has something for everyone, with simple but lovely motifs presented in clear photographs and illustrations. You'll find plenty of inspiration here for embellishing any fabric project with enchanting stitchery. Easy-to-sew ideas for decorative embroidery are arranged by category, from home, holidays, and food to animals, monograms, and borders. This is the perfect book for beginners-even a rookie can just pick it up and just start stitching! Essential embroidery techniques are clearly illustrated and explained, along with 15 basic stitches from the backstitch to French knots. An inspiring color photo gallery shows some of the many ways you'll use these adorable designs to add hand-stitched flair to hats, slippers, scarves, purses, coasters, baby blankets, and more. Inside 500 Simply Charming Stitches for Embroidery you'll find: " Cute designs for Holidays, Babies, Food, Flowers and more " Borders, Alphabets and Monograms " Clear Photographs and Illustrations " Embroidery Basics and 15 Basic Stitches " Inspiring Photo Gallery of Finished Projects " 500 Simply but Lovely Embroidery Motifs