{"product_id":"embroidered-gardens-a-studio-book-9780670292608","title":"Embroidered Gardens (A Studio book)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Viking Press Published date: 1979. Hard cover  143 pp. Excerpt from front flap) The arts of needlework and gardening have existed side by side for centuries  drawing a unique and special inspiration from each other. Embroidered Gardens looks at needlework in a new and exciting way. It shows how embroidery has reflected contemporary gardens through the centuries  and gardens in turn have been inspired by the embroiderers needle. This fascinating parallel  as it has existed from Elizabethan times to the present day  is illustrated with engravings  woodcuts and paintings together with a wealth of embroideries and patterns and photographs of gardens. Embroidered Gardens is an enchanting book to look at and makes lively reading for anyone with an interest in gardens or needlework. But above all  it is a book intended to be used. The final chapter  \"Ideas for Embroidering Gardens\"  shows how to create beautiful embroideries in a variety of techniques including blackwork  knotting  Berlin. woolwork  and stumpwork using original motifs drawn from the gardens of history. Embroidered Gardens will instruct and inspire the embroiderer and delight the gardener with its story of the charming vanished gardens of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651579535413,"sku":"ByrdShop_0670292605","price":144.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780670292608.jpg?v=1781835959","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/embroidered-gardens-a-studio-book-9780670292608","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}