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Floral Stitches :
An Illustrated Guide to Floral Stitchery
by Judith Baker Montano
ISBN 1-57120-107-6, Hard cover with
a wire spiral binding, 176 pages, $26.95, C
& T Publishing. Inc., P. O. 1456, Lafayette, California 94549, phone 800-284-1114, email ctinfo@ctpub.com,
website www.ctpub.com
C&T Publishing has produced another work of art featuring Judith
Montano’s work.
I buy her books
for the glimpses into her sketchbook. I like to use them because they have wonderful and
easy to understand directions.
This new one is a
Sister to “Elegant Stitches.” Being a strong family person I just had to
have it. Sister’s should always be friends and stay together! This book is the
same size, format and has all the wonderful photography and instructions that we have come
to expect. The difference is that “Floral Stitches” concentrates on flowers, not
just a couple either! Judith in her usual, thorough manner shows you all the differences
in petal shapes, leaf shapes, berry shapes and how to achieve them with your needle,
ribbon and threads.
The book begins with
conversations about other needle designs, preparing the background for the needlework,
color theory and finishing the piece. The next section separates flowers and their parts
into shapes and lists different stitches that you might want to use to achieve spectacular
results!
The body of the book is
devoted to wonderful photos, color drawings and the easy to follow text necessary to
stitch out your bouquet or garden. There is even a floral alphabet included.
The last 25 pages or so
are devoted to the eye candy that Judith Baker Montano is known for. This glimpse
into her life and thoughts is a wonder to me. She is so inspirational. Would that she
could be my sister and I could perch myself on the shelf next to her!
Whether you embroidery
with silk ribbon or not this is a beautiful book. It belongs in the library of
anyone who does handwork of any kind.
Review by Teresa
Barrett |
