Festive Elizabethan Creations

Festive Elizabethan Creations by Shirley Holdaway

This is the third title in the popular Elizabethan Needlework Series. This book is a celebration of the Elizabethan needlewomen's pleasure in the world of flowers and plants. Colorful and detailed, this is embroidery for the needlewoman who loves to stitch and wishes to extend her skills. The book is divided into sections: Necessities covers fabrics and threads used and needles recommended; The stitch section covers in detail the new stitches and techniques introduced in the book; The shape section gives detailed instructions on the threads and techniques used for embroidering the flowers, leaves, insects and birds used in the various embroidered projects in this book; The final section covers the embroidery of the six different projects in the book.

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