Perfect for medium-level to experienced embroiderers who want new inspirations.
Book LIFE IN SEASONS - The Embroidered World of Nicola Jarvis, Volume I WINTER/SPRING by Inspirations Studios, Australia
Nicola Jarvis has created a collection of embroidered artworks that capture the changing seasons in the world around her.
Description
Early each morning, Nicola and her beloved golden retriever, Quince, embark on a daily adventure exploring the Warwickshire countryside. This daily ritual has become the inspiration for a collection of stunning embroidered pieces, where Nicola has captured the changing seasons in the world around her in stitch.
In Volume 1, winter and spring are showcased in eight vignettes of local wildlife from a badger, lumbering through frosty undergrowth, a fox pausing beside a misty meadow, sparrows singing in the hedgerows to a moth spreading its delicately ornamented wings in the warm air.
Each design reflects the essential connections of animal and plant life through Nicola’s unique, embroidered ecosystems of flowing lines and intricate patterns, balancing texture and colour with wool, silk, cotton and metallic threads, all worked onto printed panels. A world of wonder and natural beauty awaits as you stitch your way through a Life in Seasons.
Featured Projects
'Life in Seasons | Winter & Spring' features the following projects:
Binswood Honey Bee
by Nicola Jarvis
Honey bee with bead and sequins adorning her glorious wings.
Blackdown Ivy
by Nicola Jarvis
A moth and snail explore an ivy plant in goldwork embroidery.
Cubbington Dormouse
by Nicola Jarvis
Highly textured Dormouse sleeping amongst blossoms and berries.
Edge Hill Hoglet
by Nicola Jarvis
Exquisitely depicted hedgehog emerging from the undergrowth.
Hunningham Hare
by Nicola Jarvis
Hare draped in the foliage of the wild hedge he rests beneath.
Jacobean Magpies
by Nicola Jarvis
Two for joy… A pair of magpies amongst Jacobean-inspired foliage.
Langdon Lane Pheasant
by Nicola Jarvis
Pheasants with bright, gleaming plumage command attention on a late autumn day.
Loveday Orchard
by Nicola Jarvis
Bountiful allotment garden with visiting goldfinch in a tree of life design.
Get this book for your library and feast your eyes every day with inspiration for many-many projects of your own! Happy stitching!
It also makes an amazing gift to a fellow stitcher!