ART OF FELTING AND SILK RIBBON EMBROIDERY

In delicate silk and organza ribbon with printed panels for embroidery, integrate crafts such as card making, jewellery making, knitting, crazy quilting, fibre art and dress design into an easy, enjoyable and rewarding hobby. Learn to make flat Nuno felting and felt surfaces using wool, silk and silk paper and adorn these with exquisite silk ribbon designs. The book has four sections covering felted backgrounds explained with step-by-step instructions, making the different flowers like tiny roses or dreamy creatures, adding shadows. Fuchsias on felted wool and silk are 3D and appear to float, wild roses in pale lilac, pansy with silk and organza ribbons and the English rose in small, medium or large petals and how to make the stems trail and look realistic. There is a beautiful sparrow design with little feet, legs and beak, red corn poppies on a small purse bag which fastens with a button, a wild Michaelmas daisy in a floral scene, buttercup, meadow grass and a butterfly, cosmos and a little sunbird and a Nasturtium circle on silk paper for wool art or a hat box cover. There are hot water bottle covers, samplers, handbags, purses, spectacle case, clutch bag, holdall, beaded scarf, bracelets and needle cases and a small throw or blanket, all eye catching, colourful and delicately beautiful. 15 complete projects, gorgeous colour photos, lists of requirements, stitch gallery and patterns to scan or trace. 160 very large glossy pages, colour photos, softback.