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Book Review: The Stitched Landscape by Anna Hultin 🪡📚
Rating: 5 Stars
Five stars, no question. The Stitched Landscape by Anna Hultin is one of those craft books that feels like a warm, inspiring conversation with an artist friend who gently hands you everything you need to begin making something beautiful. 🌿✨
At its heart, this is a guide to turning your observations of the natural world into stitched artwork. Hultin walks you through creating embroidered landscapes by combining clear, approachable stitch tutorials with experimental methods that push embroidery beyond the hoop. You’ll learn how to render flowers, trees, and plant textures using a handful of basic stitches, but the book doesn’t stop there — it also introduces ways to work with nontraditional materials and mixed media. Think painting on fabric with watercolors to build subtle backgrounds, layering fabric collages for depth, and even stitching with raw wool to get that lovely tactile dimension. The projects are designed so you can translate your own walks and field notes into original compositions rather than copying pictures, which is what makes the whole concept feel alive and personal. 🎨🧵🍂
I have to mention the book’s visuals — that cover is absolutely delightful and really sets the mood before you turn the first page. Inside, the photography and layouts celebrate Hultin’s obvious love of nature and make you want to go outside, look closely, and start sketching. Her background as a practicing artist elevates this beyond a simple stitch manual: she takes time to discuss color choices and the fundamentals of composing a landscape. That was a breath of fresh air for me — whether you’re working in thread or paint, the book gives you the essentials for building convincing scenes, not just pretty motifs. 📷🌸🖌️
For beginners, the stitch instructions are detailed and friendly, so you won’t feel lost. For more adventurous makers, the mixed-media techniques are a real delight. Hultin shows how to combine watercolor washes, fabric collage, and various threads and materials to evoke different seasons and atmospheres. The projects range from quietly simple to wonderfully experimental, so the book grows with you as your confidence and curiosity expand. 🪡🌦️🧶
All told, The Stitched Landscape is gorgeously realized, inspiring, and genuinely useful. I loved it enough that I’m buying my own copy for my shelf. If you enjoy embroidery, nature journaling, or just making tactile art that comes from observation and place, this book belongs in your collection. 📚❤️
⚠️This review was written based on personal opinions and experiences with the book. Individual preferences may vary⚠️
Originally posted at tinyurl.com.
Book Review: The Stitched Landscape by Anna Hultin 🪡📚
Rating: 5 Stars
Five stars, no question. The Stitched Landscape by Anna Hultin is one of those craft books that feels like a warm, inspiring conversation with an artist friend who gently hands you everything you need to begin making something beautiful. 🌿✨
At its heart, this is a guide to turning your observations of the natural world into stitched artwork. Hultin walks you through creating embroidered landscapes by combining clear, approachable stitch tutorials with experimental methods that push embroidery beyond the hoop. You’ll learn how to render flowers, trees, and plant textures using a handful of basic stitches, but the book doesn’t stop there — it also introduces ways to work with nontraditional materials and mixed media. Think painting on fabric with watercolors to build subtle backgrounds, layering fabric collages for depth, and even stitching with raw wool to get that lovely tactile dimension. The projects are designed so you can translate your own walks and field notes into original compositions rather than copying pictures, which is what makes the whole concept feel alive and personal. 🎨🧵🍂
I have to mention the book’s visuals — that cover is absolutely delightful and really sets the mood before you turn the first page. Inside, the photography and layouts celebrate Hultin’s obvious love of nature and make you want to go outside, look closely, and start sketching. Her background as a practicing artist elevates this beyond a simple stitch manual: she takes time to discuss color choices and the fundamentals of composing a landscape. That was a breath of fresh air for me — whether you’re working in thread or paint, the book gives you the essentials for building convincing scenes, not just pretty motifs. 📷🌸🖌️
For beginners, the stitch instructions are detailed and friendly, so you won’t feel lost. For more adventurous makers, the mixed-media techniques are a real delight. Hultin shows how to combine watercolor washes, fabric collage, and various threads and materials to evoke different seasons and atmospheres. The projects range from quietly simple to wonderfully experimental, so the book grows with you as your confidence and curiosity expand. 🪡🌦️🧶
All told, The Stitched Landscape is gorgeously realized, inspiring, and genuinely useful. I loved it enough that I’m buying my own copy for my shelf. If you enjoy embroidery, nature journaling, or just making tactile art that comes from observation and place, this book belongs in your collection. 📚❤️
⚠️This review was written based on personal opinions and experiences with the book. Individual preferences may vary⚠️
Originally posted at tinyurl.com.