Needlepainted Plants and Pollinators - An Insect Lover's Guide to Silk Shading Embroidery

"If you love the idea of needlepainting natural subjects in realistic ways, I think you’ll really love this book. There’s much to learn from it, and it’s a good guide in observation and in building “nature journaling” skills with needle and thread." - Mary Corbet

Exquisitely detailed and worked in silk floss thread with tiny size 12 needles, Victoria Matthewson''s embroideries are a masterclass in thread painting, and shine with vibrant color and life.

Starting with key stitches and techniques, this inspiring and practical book contains 9 step-by-step embroidery projects. Choose from 9 key plant and pollinator combinations including the dogrose and greenbottle fly, ox-eye daisy and hoverfly, and fennel and seven-spot ladybird. Many people think of bees as being the only pollinators but, in fact, a wide variety of insects help with the pollination of plants, including butterflies, moths, wasps and beetles - all of which make wonderful