I Love My Dog Embroidery: 380 Stitch Motifs for Dog Moms and Dads

Description

Created by embroidery artist MakikoArt and six other amazing embroidery artists, this "dog fanciful" collection of stitch motifs celebrates all things canine. With this lovely embroidery guide, you can create all manner of pups, including: The sweet Labrador retriever, fluffy poodle, noble German shepherd, and many others. Dogs doing what they do best - classic poses, postures, and tricks-like 'roll over,' 'give me your paw,' and the ever-popular 'rub my tummy'. Pooches disguised as people - the farmer, the artist, the businessman - and who can resist the sneaky but lovable mailman? Mutts in different styles and shapes, including borders, frames, and alphabets You'll also find guidance on how to customize a motif to fit your favorite Fido, plus a gallery of project ideas for showcasing your stitches. So grab a needle and floss and take everything in your home and wardrobe from drab to double-dog fabulous! With designs contributed by: Chloe Redfern Embroidery / Chloe Redfern; How Could You? Clothing / Mia Alexi ; Insanitynice / Valentina Castillo Mora; Miho Starling / mipomipo handmade; Solipandi / Anja Lehmann; Stitch People / Elizabeth Dabczynski

Oksana Kokovkina - better known to her fans as MakikoArt - is a textile artist and jewelry designer noted for her naive and whimsical animal embroidery motifs, especially her hand-stitched custom pet portrait brooches. Born in St. Petersburg, she currently lives in Vienna, Austria.

With profusely illustrated and thoroughly 'user friendly' step-by-step instructions, I Love My Dog Embroidery is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal and community library needlecraft instructional reference collections. * Midwest Book Review *