Crewel Embroidery

A magical collection of modern crewelwork embroidery designs inspired by fairy tales. In this beautiful book, Tatiana Popova shows you how to create exquisite crewelwork embroideries inspired by her favourite fairy tales, including The Wizard of Oz, Karolcia, The Wild Swans and Cinderella. This magical collection takes as its central theme a magnificent embroidery entitled The Tree of Happiness - a stunning piece composed of several parts, each of which is a gorgeous embroidery in its own right. More experienced needleworkers will be inspired to create the entire piece, but those new to embroidery may prefer to start with the smaller projects. Each one is explored in detail with guidance on stitches, threads and colours, and Tatiana provides alternative ways of working each design. All the embroideries are worked using stranded cotton and cotton pearl thread to give them a light, fresh, modern appeal, and the comprehensive stitch index containing over 90 stitches makes this beautiful book one you will turn to again and again for inspiration and guidance. In this beautiful book, Tatiana Popova shows the reader how to create stunning crewelwork embroideries inspired by traditional fairy tales, including The Wizard of Oz, Karolcia, the Wild Swans and Cinderella. This magical collection takes as its central theme a magnificent embroidery depicting the ‘Tree of Happiness’. Each part of the embroidery is then explored in detail through stitch diagrams, explanations of the threads used, and alternative ways of working. There are seven wonderful designs in total, each dedicated to one of Tatiana’s favourite fairy tales, and all illustrated with gorgeous photographs and informative diagrams. Over 90 stitches are described in the book, all worked using stranded cotton and cotton pearl thread rather than traditional crewel wool, which gives the embroideries a fresh, modern appeal. Whether you are new to embroidery or an experienced embroiderer looking for inspiration and expert guidance, Tatiana’s beautiful book is one you will turn to again and again.