In Bloom: Needlepoint Techniques for Flowers, Paperback/Janet M. Perry

Description Flowers are always a popular subject in needlepoint. No matter what your taste may be, from traditional to modern, you'll find great ideas to stitch flowers, leaves, and vases in this Art & Needlepoint book. With over two dozen techniques, each shown on an actual needlepoint canvas, you'll turn to this book again and again. Also included are detailed instructions, an introductory essay of flowers in art, and clear stitch diagrams. Make your needlepoint bloom with this great book. About the author Janet M. Perry is the Internet's expert on needlepoint & counted thread. Her books, stitch guides, ebooks, and on-line classes explore exciting new uses for this new old craft. She puts into practice her motto to make needlepoint fast, fun and affordable. Janet is constantly stretching the bounds of needlepoint and then applying these ideas and techniques to projects which are for beginning and intermediate level stitchers. She has also written a beginning needlepoint class, taken via email, which has been given to over 2000 people. You can view her products and sites through Napa Needlepoint (http: //www.napaneedlepoint.com) Change, improvement, creativity and beauty are at the cornerstone of the Art Needlepoint company, http: //www.artneedlepoint.com. The company has a simple premise: art speaks to everyone. Needlepoint as an art form has unlimited beauty and opportunity for creativity. Their collaboration on books focusing on needlepoint techniques is designed to help you, as a stitcher, unlock your creativity through needlepoint.