Folk Embroidered Felt Birds

20 beautiful folk embroidered felt birds to make and display. Create 20 beautiful felt birds inspired by modern folk art design. Corinne Lapierre has created 20 gorgeous birds for you to make using felt and folk-inspired embellishment, including a flamboyant peacock, a vibrant flamingo and an elegant, fairytale swan. Full-size templates for all of the birds are included, and there are easy, step-by-step instructions for sewing the birds, filling them with toy stuffing and decorating them with embroidery. Create legs for your birds or add a ribbon hanger and transform your creations into colourful, quirky adornments for your home. The book features pretty, hand-drawn illustrations throughout and gorgeous photographs, including all the embroidery stitches used in the book. Popular author Corinne Lapierre creates a charming range of 20 exquisite folk embroidered felt birds, including a swan, a hen, a goose, a partridge, an owl, a dove, a peacock and a flamingo. Beautifully made in lovely, soft colours, the birds are filled with toy stuffing and embellished with folk-style surface embroidery in different-coloured threads. The stitches include chain, feather, fly running, blanket, French knots and satin stitch. There are also bead and sequin embellishments on some birds. The book includes pretty hand-drawn step-by-step illustrations and there are same-size templates at the back of the book for all the designs. The birds all have optional ribbon hangers for display.

Pages: 96, Edition: Geïllustreerd, Paperback, Search Press