Wild Embroidery : 16 Botanical Designs Inspired by the Beauty of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Stitch your way into the Arts and Crafts movement’s beautiful, timeless aesthetic with 16 embroidery designs that sing of nature in all its beauty. “A beautiful and approachable way to create modern designs inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement.” —Melissa Galbraith, MCreativeJ, author of 3D Botanical Embroidery and Stumpwork How can the aspects of Arts and Crafts style light up your embroidering? Why do we feel so drawn to it? Embroidery artist Noriko Livingstone is the perfect guide to enjoying this aesthetic with your stitching. Noriko’s expertise in channeling the era’s beauty into embroidery has been featured by Inspirations Studios, Selvedge, and others, and she is a brand sponsor for DMC. Here, with 16 lovely designs to stitch, she invites makers to better understand Arts and Crafts values, such as simplicity, nature, and handcrafting. With Noriko’s designs, modeled after museum pieces, William and May Morris’s patterns, and her own encounters in nature, embroidery lovers can savor the Arts and Crafts style as described by William Morris: “Have nothing in your house you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” 16 designs cover all skill levels, featuring charming robins, roses, hummingbirds, rabbits, alpine plants, and other natural inspirations. Every design also includes a project idea. From simple wall hoops to larger wall art, a child’s dress to a floral handbag, the projects inspire ways to live with the designs in everyday life.