Create beautiful embroidery designs while relieving stress and improving your mental health.
Embroidery has become one of the most popular creative pursuits as more people discover the enjoyable process of creating beautiful designs with floss. With Satisfying Stitches, crafters will discover the creative satisfaction and stress -relieving benefits of embroidery while stitching fun, modern, vibrant designs such as flowers, plants, animals, landscapes, and celestial scenes. Beginning a new creative pursuit can be intimidating, but author Hope Brasfield takes all the guesswork and fear out of getting started. She covers the basic and inexpensive supplies needed to get started, foundational techniques, and step-by-step instructions for creating a variety of stitches.
As their skills and confidence grow, readers will learn that stitches that may look advanced are quite simple and can be used to add dimension and texture to their designs. They will learn easy stitch techniques designed to not only boost confidence but also benefit their mental health and provide relaxation.