Applemints

I’ve always wanted to learn the art of embroidery. I loved the illustrations in this book. I also liked the templates of the awesome cats.
I learned some fundamental stitches, I’ve bought several other books but this one really made them seem easier.
I remember my grandmother embroidering on my jeans and denim jackets back in the 70’s and they were works of art. I’m so glad that it’s coming back in vogue. Yes, you can buy sewing machines to do it but thanks to artist like Sarah Benning and others hand embroidery is back!

Disclosure: I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with this e-galley in exchange for my honest opinion. The opinions expressed above are my own.… (mehr)

Cat Lady Embroidery 380 Ways to Stitch a Cat by Applemints is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary.
This is a very handy embroidery book to have, especially if you like cats. It has all kings of cat patterns! Silly ones, realistic, playful, outlines, completely filled and detailed, letters with cats on them, cats for borders, small dainty cats, large cats, and everything in between. Then it goes through and shows the reader how to do the many different stiches! I had done some embroidery 20 years ago and I was just a beginner then and I was so glad to see how detailed this was. It showed and described the steps!. Then for each cat, there was a pattern with color, stitch, and every thing you would need! I was amazed! Now that I am not working, I might give this a try, at the end it showed the patterns on real items and they looked so good! Great ideas for gifts.… (mehr)