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Tote bags and brooches, handkerchiefs and other accessories, hugely popular for decorating the perfect school things and birthday wishes. Full of ideas for adding color to your favorite things and inspirations for using thread to put your thoughts into words. Letters, numbers and characters are the star of this design-filled embroidery book. I will be delighted if this book can help you make a variety of projects, from monogrammed accessories and other small items to making gifts.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Various Fonts
Alice Font / Tote Bag / Brooch / Scandinavian Font / Handkerchief / Hats & Rompers / Citrus Font / The Alphabet / Numbers & Minimalist Font / Butterfly Font / Hiragana & Katakana / School Things / Pin Font

Chapter 2 Characters & Stories
Thumbelina / The Red Shoes / Hansel & Gretel / Snack Time / The Little Mermaid / Cinderella /
How to Create Letters & Characters

Chapter 3 Words for Gifts
Wedding Board / Ring Bearer Pillow / Memorial Board / Thank-You Note / Welcome Board /
New Year Card

Author’s Information

Embroidery Artist
Since leaving her career as a kindergarten teacher to become an embroidery artist, Anna Kawabata has authored numerous books, including annas Small Embroidery Designs (New Edition), annas Japanese Embroidery (both from Kobunsha), annas Animal Embroidery (East Press) and others. Kawabata’s subscription website, annas Monthly Embroidery, is updated each month with embroidery designs. Kawabata also creates embroidered illustrations for advertisements, etc., and produces video embroidery tutorials on YouTube.
Official Website: http://twutea.web.fc2.com/