Beginner's Guide to Silk Ribbon Embroidery

The art of silk ribbon embroidery and the three dimensional effect it creates is beautifully illustrated in this comprehensive beginner’s guide. Ann shows how to create exquisite delicately embroidered silk ribbon flowers using a surprisingly small number of stitches. Using wonderful colours she has captured the shape of roses, foxgloves, hollyhocks, fuchsias, poppies and much more within these pages.

The three dimensional effect creates a depth in every design and a lifelike quality to flowers quite unlike any other form of embroidery. With over 100 step by step photographs all the techniques are clearly explained. There are projects with easy to follow instructions showing how to paint or stencil a simple pot or vase, or the fabric background to give added depth to a design. Everything is here to ensure success, including templates, stitch guides and step by step photographs, making it suitable for beginners and the more experienced embroiderer.

First Published in Great Britain 1998                                            £6.99

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                                          Silk Ribbon Embroidery Designs and Techniques                 

This engrossing and informative book is a follow on to Ann’s best- selling Beginner’s Guide to Silk Ribbon Embroidery, equally as inspirational and easy to follow. She has developed her ideas and techniques much further, according to Ann, it is the attention to detail that makes your work memorable and this is clearly illustrated here. She creates a delightful assortment of new flowers and delicate life size blooms, flower filled baskets and garden scenes with meandering paths, landscapes and more.

With more than 175 detailed photographs, templates and step by step instructions this book covers an impressive range of flowers including lilies, roses, Chinese lanterns, chrysanthemums, sweat peas and many more. She teaches you how to paint the ribbon before and after it is embroidered, to delicately shade petals and create leaves, stems and branches. This book is packed with inspirational ideas and easy to follow step by step photographs.

First Published in Great Britain 2002                                £8.95

Silk Ribbon Greetings Cards

Once again Ann has created an exciting book filled with new ideas and techniques. The cards are quick to work, embroidered without using an embroidery hoop and with Ann’s attention to detail quite different. With coloured photographs and easy to follow step by step instructions you will be able to embroider not only a wide variety of flowers such as roses and rosebuds, daffodils and a life size fuchsia, but a windowsill of pot plants, a celebration cake, a choirboy and much more.

Card making is a perfect way to use up those odd pieces of beautifully coloured silk ribbon and interesting pieces of fabric and card for pots and vases. This is a must for anyone interested in card making whether experienced or new to silk ribbon embroidery. Every card made will be personal and original.   

First Published in Great Britain 2005                                           £6.99

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