Master teacher Janice Vaine fashions a needlework garden filled with exquisite, floral-themed blocks to instruct and inspire today's needle artists. Full-color photos, step-by-step instructions and accurate illustrations show how to create needleart flowers that will bloom for years to come. Over 100 6 inch & 8 inch applique blocks 16 medallion blocks - Embellished corner swag - 6 Needleturn appliqué techniques - Over 60 Embroidery stitches - 20 Ribbonwork techniques - 8 Stumpwork techniques - 10 Fabric manipulation techniques - Includes supply resources, suggested reading, and index This award winning book has over 60 embroidery stitches, with techniques for ribbonry, stumpwork, fabric, and needleturn appliqué on exquisite floral-based blocks. The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery offers a blend of hardcover with lay-flat binding and spine lettering for easy location and over two hundred pages of ribbonwork, embroidery and stumpwork stitches and techniques, and is perfect for any needlework collection. Color photos of each stitch accompany good-sized step-by-step illustrations and provide color and easy instruction to a book that includes appliqué and features all patterns on a DVD. Any interested in artistic needlework applications will find this a winner. -- Diane Donovan, Editor , The Midwest Book Review, California Bookwatch Embroidery is adding something special to your project without changing it. The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery, Embellishment and Appliqué is a guide to the uses of embroidery in one's work, as Janice Vaine educates readers on how to get started and comes at them with no shortage of exquisite techniques in many shapes, sizes, and complexity, with plenty of examples. Complete with a DVD with even more patterns, The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery is a must for any crafts driven person who wants to add something special to their work. -- Library Bookwatch This award-winning book carefully illustrates 62 embroidery stitches and dozens of techniques for ribbonry, stumpwork, fabric, and needle turn appliqué. With over a hundred block design patterns, create your own needle art flowers by completing 4 step-by-step sampler quilt projects with full-color diagrams and illustrations! Also included is a DVD with 124 printable patterns. Janice Vaine —seamstress, quilter, Appliqué enthusiast, pattern designer, and teacher—enjoys sharing her love of needlearts with her students. Her teaching credentials include The Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué Academy, the International Quilt Festival, and quilt and sewing shops for over 20 years. Jan finds joy studying the methods used by needle artists of antique quilts and vintage embroidery and how they interpreted their designs with elements of embroidery, stumpwork, and ribbonwork. The exquisite handwork of treasured vintage pieces is the inspiration for her fresh new designs. Jan lives in Jacksonville, FL. (grahamcrackercollection.com) Used Book in Good Condition