Learn how to embroider all the elements of a typical English country garden and then apply your knowledge to create twelve exciting projects to keep or give as gifts.

Can you tell your lupins from your foxgloves; your leaf stitch from your feather stitch? Or do you just love flowers and want to try your hand at embroidering them? For beginners and accomplished embroiderers alike, this charming book will capture your imagination.

Learn from experienced teacher, Lorna Bateman, how to stitch a quintessential English country garden. For the nature enthusiast, there is plenty to get excited about: an A–Z of stitches including raised and textured stitches; an A–Z of flowers and how to stitch them; a section on insects; and how to embroider iconic images such as herbaceous borders, wisteria, the robin redbreast and romantic arches.

As well as techniques and 12 step-by-step projects, there are outlines for tracing and a pull-out pattern sheet for a sewing bag in which to keep your stitched items. Start with the small pincushion or thread catcher and as you grow in confidence, try the scissor keeper or needle case.

If you have green fingers and a love of embroidery, this is the book you’ve been waiting for.

Be inspired to embroider all the elements of an idyllic English country garden. Suitable for beginners as well as accomplished embroiderers, Lorna Bateman’s beautiful book includes 12 practical projects for you to make and adorn with exquisite floral motifs.

Lorna walks you through a variety of stitches including raised and textured stitches, teaching you to embroider individual flowers with them and how to incorporate these into an original garden motif. For the nature enthusiast, there is plenty to get excited about: an A–Z of English garden flowers and how to stitch them; a section on stitching common garden insects; and how to embroider iconic garden imagery such as birdbaths and garden ornaments.

Roses are the archetypal cottage flower and Lorna describes how to incorporate a climbing rose, rose spray and standard rose in your designs.

Embroidered Country Gardens is peppered throughout with seeds of wisdom: invaluable hints and tips from the author to help you develop your own skills and unique style. As well as step-by-step instructions, there are also detailed photographs, outline template drawings and a fully illustrated A–Z of stitches.