Folk Embroidered Felt Birds

Popular author Corinne Lapierre creates a charming range of 20 exquisite folk embroidered felt birds, including a swan, a hen, a goose, a partridge, an owl, a dove, a peacock and a flamingo. Beautifully made in lovely, soft colours, the birds are filled with toy stuffing and embellished with folk-style surface embroidery in different-coloured threads. The stitches include chain, feather, fly running, blanket, French knots and satin stitch. There are also bead and sequin embellishments on some birds.

The book includes pretty hand-drawn step-by-step illustrations and there are same-size templates at the back of the book for all the designs. The birds all have optional ribbon hangers for display.

Book Contents

Introduction 6
Materials & tools 8
Techniques 10
Embroidery stitches 17
Projects 24
Robin 26
Blue Tit 30
Goldfinch 34
Chaffinch 36
Swan 38
Hen 42
Pigeon 46
Goose 48
Flamingo 50
Peacock 54
Owl 58
Pheasant 60
Thrush 64
Dove 66
Stork 68
Parrot 72
Heron 76
Toucan 78
Puffin 80
Seagull 84
Templates 88