Product Description

Erica Fortgens has written many books about embroidery on paper. Here she combines her latest designs with new techniques and materials to create cards based on stylish floral designs, animal motifs, mandalas, geometrical shapes and more, all charmingly decorated with sparkles, beads and patterned ribbons. Embroidery patterns are included for all of the cards, along with detailed, easy-to-follow instructions and lists of the materials you need.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #136372 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

Review
This small, compact 48-page book is full of embroidery projects on paper. The author creates cards. Here you will find all the patterns, as well as easy-to-follow instructions to enable you to make these professional, outstanding cards. These hand-embroidered cards are just a starting point - think of the potential of those stitches for your own projects. You will need to copy the designs onto your paper stock and Erica recommends her own piercing tools and so on, but alternatives can be found. The projects are really good, from snowflakes and flowers to dogs and mandalas, you will find that you soon become an addict of embroidered cards for friends and family. Well photographed with beautiful line drawings of the patterns, this is another way to stitch.-Karenplatt.co.uk Erica Fortgens shows us how to take our needle and thread and apply our sewing skills to create beautiful cards. Combining the latest techniques with new materials, she shows how to create stylish and elegant cards featuring sewn flowers, animals, mandalas, geometric shapes and more. Each card is accompanied by an embroidery pattern, along with detailed step-by-steps and materials.-Simply Cards & Papercraft Embroidery guru Erica Fortgens has come up with another great book of ideas for stitching on paper! With intricate florals and stunning geometic designs, Erica's projects are aimed at crafters with some sewing skills already, although beginners will be able to follow her designs with a little practice. All you need is some threads, a needle and a piercing tool and you'll soon be amazing your friends with embroidered greetings.-Papercraft Inspirations Card makers will be delighted with Erica Fortgen's new book with step-by-step instructions. Erica explains, in a straightforward manner, the techniques of embroidery on paper, with metallic threads, ribbons and beads. The results are fresh and original.-West Country Embroiderers

Customer Reviews

Lovely simple designs
I recieved this book for my birthday (at my request) and was not disappointed, true - there weren't a lot of designs, but they were all very versatile and adaptable... It's already getting dog-eared!

The reason I asked for it for my birthday is I saw it in a catalogue, showing some of the examples & the mandalas hooked me. Not seeing some of the contents/examples of a craft book always makes me wary of buying a book unseen! I would like to buy Erica Fortgens other book "101 ways with Paper Embroidery" ..but I need to see some examples of the projects. Can anybody who has this do a review?

Soo

USEFUL LITTLE BOOK
Great if you are into stitching cards. Not a huge number of designs, but those included are up to Erica Fortgens usual high standard. Some nice patterns of dogs!

Card embroidery
Excellent designs and ideas for all levels of ability. Clear instructions for how to proceed with the projects. Just one critisism - not so easy to copy the templates that are close to the book's spine.