Enchanted Garden Cross-Stitch: 20 Designs Celebrating Birds, Blossoms, and the Beauty in Our Own Backyards

by Gail Bussi

Overview

Find your cross-stitch bliss in the enchanted garden!

Beloved cross-stitch designer Gail Bussi is back with a new collection of designs inspired by the imagery of a discovered garden full of secret delights. Designs feature favorite flowers such as roses and sunflowers; birds, bees, and butterflies; herbs and tea; the changing seasons and glorious sunshine. The thoughts and meditations in her designs are meant to uplift and bring peace as you stitch them. Gail also includes a few recipes made from fresh garden herbs and flowers. Try her suggestions to make a cup of chamomile tea sweetened with an herb-infused honey while you stitch—a lovely experience for all of your senses!

Each design is created in Gail's signature chalk art style and includes chart, finished photo, a materials list, and full instructions. If you are new to cross-stitch or need a refresher, turn to the introductory section to get started. There are only a few simple techniques to know, and you'll be on your way to creating a garden of delights!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811771412
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2023
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,139,971
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Gail Bussi is well known as a cross-stitch designer, starting her work in the early 1990s, and has had her work published in all of the major needlework magazines in the US, UK, and France, and is the author of several needlework books, including Inspired Cross-Stitch. Her unique images and artwork are also featured on greeting cards and other items.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Introduction/About This Book Basic Instructions & Stitches used in this book The Projects: 1.The Secret Garden 2.In Sunshine 3.Herbs of Grace 4.Flowers are Happy Things 5.Song of the Birds 6.Ladybug Cottage 7.Heart of a Rose 8.Love is the Honey… 9.Cathy’s Garden Quilt 10.Earth is a Garden 11.Sweet Petals 12.Plant Your Garden 13.Where Flowers Bloom 14.Tea in my Garden 15.A Butterfly Blessing 16.How to be a Sunflower 17.To Everything a Season 18.Walk Gently…. 19.In My Mother’s Garden 20.Deep Roots Bunny Sampler

Editorial Reviews

06/05/2023

“My dearest wish is that in stitching these projects, you will find some garden peace and serenity growing in your heart,” writes cross-stitch designer Bussi (Inspired Cross-Stitch) in this whimsical offering. An illustrated guide explains the basic techniques—full cross-stitches, half cross-stitches, backstitches, and petite stitches­—required to make these garden-themed projects. Several designs are inspired by classic literature, such as the wall hanging featuring a quote from Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden above a country landscape with birds and flowers, as well as the “Love Is the Honey” sampler that includes a Victor Hugo quote alongside a beehive and bees. The pieces have a cozy, cottagecore feel, especially the “Heart of a Rose” pillowcase bearing an arched trellis decorated with roses, and the “Tea in My Garden” wall hanging depicting a teapot, teacup, and cake bordered by vines. The easy-to-follow charts and straightforward color keys ensure the projects are, as Bussi promises, “relatively simple and quick to stitch,” and the supplementary recipes for carrot cupcake and herb-infused honey are an additional treat. This will please novice stitchers. (July)

Publishers Weekly

Crafting and gardening seem to go together, and a lot of designers use flowers in their designs because they also enjoy growing them.

Gail Bussi is a cross stitch designer and an avid gardener, and she combined her two loves for a collection of outdoors-inspired patterns called Enchanted Garden Cross-Stitch.

The book includes 20 patterns featuring flowers, bird, butterflies and other images from backyard gardens, complete with words or quotes related to gardens, flowers and the outdoors.

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