Beginner's Guide to Embroidery and Needle Painting

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Beginner's Guide to Embroidery and Needle Painting by Sarah Godfrey is a must-have book for embroidery artists looking for inspiration. The book features step-by-step project guides that help capture the beauty of nature in stunning hand embroidery patterns and realistic thread portraits that you can design yourself.

The 104-page resource provides complete overviews on tools, materials, and various skills and techniques required for embroidery. The book includes 18 realistic embroidery projects featuring birds, flowers, mushrooms, and much more. Not only does this book teach you how to make gorgeous works of realistic embroidery art, but it also helps you learn how to design and embroider your very own original patterns.

As someone who recently took up embroidery as a hobby, I found this book well laid out with easy-to-follow instructions for the included projects. There is plenty of basic information to get started in embroidery in general. Also, the colorful photographs used throughout the book make it visually appealing.

Overall, Beginner's Guide to Embroidery and Needle Painting by Sarah Godfrey is an excellent resource for both beginners and experienced embroiderers looking to create their own nature-inspired designs from start to finish. It is an inspiring and skill-building guide that makes your embroidery bloom!

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