The Kew Book of Nature Samplers (Folder edition)
10 Embroidery Projects with Reusable Iron-on Transfers
By: Trish Burr
Hardcover | 30 June 2023
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“It’s one of those books that is eminently suitable for absolute beginners all the way to experienced stitchers…” Mary Corbet, Needlenthread.com
This exquisite follow-up to the hugely successful Kew Book of Embroidered Flowers in the same series, is written by needlework expert Trish Burr in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It features:
- 9 full projects
- The projects in the book are arranged by skill level
- Reusable iron-on transfer papers offering a fast and accurate method of transferring the designs onto fabric
- Full-size templates
- A starter project that introduces the reader to the most commonly used stitches in the samplers to follow, including long and short stitch, split stitch, satin stitch, bullions and French knots.
- The samplers feature a vast array of fauna and flora, including butterflies, bugs, birds, a rabbit and a hedgehog, lotuses, foxgloves, poppies, toadstools, and numerous wildflowers.
- Explanation of all the stitches needed
- Gives thorough advice on preparation and choosing fabrics and threads – including a handy thread conversion chart.
- All the projects are shown step-by-step, with an order of work diagram given where appropriate.
This stunning and practical book is a must-have for anyone interested in capturing the intricacy of nature in thread.
About the Author
Trish Burr is a self-taught and highly-renowned embroiderer. Through research and practice she has developed this individual technique of surface embroidery. She is the author of several highly successful books including The Kew Book of Embroidered Flowers and Trish Burr's Embroidery Transfers, with a total of 55k copies sold. Trish lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.
For more information on Trish and her work visit www.trishbembroidery.com
Industry Reviews
Whether you are a beginner or experienced embroiderer, this book will guide you through the various stages of creating beautiful samplers. It has certainly encouraged me to take up embroidery again after many years. Not only are there photos of the various stages to creating a beautiful piece of work, but also samplers to trace and there are also iron-on samplers included. What a treat for anyone who loves to embroider.
-- Sally Bunyan * Customer Review *This book is absolutely stunning and bigger and much more extensive than I was expecting. I have a number of embroidery books now and although some are really good, I've never found one that had everything in that a beginner needs to know. I think my search for that is over as I'm yet to think of a single thing that Trish hasn't covered in this amazing book. It really is a one-stop-shop and while it assumes you know nothing, it's also not patronising or over detailed and so I'm sure it would suit any skill or experience level because there's always something new you can learn.
The book itself is a hardback folder design with an elastic strap closure which keeps the whole thing together or can be used as a make-shift bookmark to mark your place. On opening the folder the left sleeve contains the iron-on transfers. I've not yet had a chance to use the iron-on transfers but having used them in the previous title in this series, there's a bit of an art to using them but they work really well if you follow the included instructions and don't move the iron whilst pressing them as this causes blurring. There are detailed instructions in the book and on Trish's website which explain two different methods to get a good transfer. These aren't single-use and Trish says that they can be used 2 or 3 times each which is ideal when practising. The back of the paperback book is tucked into the sleeve on the right side of the folder so it can either remain where it is or be removed to use loose.
The book contains absolutely heaps of photos, information, tutorials, tips and so much more. It covers everything from how to naturally dye fabric, what fabrics and threads to use, to step-by-step stitch instructions, how to mount, frame and display your pieces as well as loads of information about what to do and not to do and crucially, why. Often in techniques books it feels like a lot of rules and they're not really explained and I've been left feeling silly wondering why it has to be done that specific way. Trish has explained a lot of these things as well as showing where things are preference rather than a better or worse way of doing something. It contains such a wealth of information, experience and knowledge, it's just jam-packed and so well curated!
The designs themselves are absolute works of art. They look so real and lifelike and while they look very overwhelming to attempt, the step-by-step instructions accompanied by thread lists, stitching details and loads of in progress colour photos of the work, mean that you can't go wrong stitching along. The book contains 10 projects which doesn't sound like a great deal but one of them actually consists of 11 different elements. The patterns include lots of different flowers and seed pods, a bee, some butterflies, an owl, a hedgehog, a rabbit, a wren and some insects so individually it's actually more like 54 projects (plus 9 aspects of the stitch sampler to practice) when you break it down. They're arranged into 3 different difficulty levels and they range from simpler projects to large, advanced samplers that are packed with detail and technique. It would be an amazing project to work your way through all of the tutorials and I'm sure it would massively improve your technique.
Overall, I can't speak highly enough of this book. If you only want one book on the subject, this is most definitely the one to get as it tells you everything you could possibly need to know, I love it!
-- Lucy Fyles * Customer Review *This stunning book is for anyone interested in capturing nature in thread. The starter project introduces all commonly used stitches. Reusable iron-on transfers are in a hardback folder, along with full-size templates.
* Machine Knitting Monthly, October 2023 *ISBN: 9781782219491
ISBN-10: 1782219498
Published: 30th June 2023
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 176
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Search Press Ltd
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 29 x 22 x 2.5
Weight (kg): 1.02
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