Applemints

Cat Lady Embroidery 380 Ways to Stitch a Cat by Applemints is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary.
This is a very handy embroidery book to have, especially if you like cats. It has all kings of cat patterns! Silly ones, realistic, playful, outlines, completely filled and detailed, letters with cats on them, cats for borders, small dainty cats, large cats, and everything in between. Then it goes through and shows the reader how to do the many different stiches! I had show more done some embroidery 20 years ago and I was just a beginner then and I was so glad to see how detailed this was. It showed and described the steps!. Then for each cat, there was a pattern with color, stitch, and every thing you would need! I was amazed! Now that I am not working, I might give this a try, at the end it showed the patterns on real items and they looked so good! Great ideas for gifts. show less

Lovely book! I love flowers but haven't done embroidery in years. As it says, there are 300 motifs and designs in this book. I can't pick a favorite. First I saw the violets (!), then the lily of the valley, then little wreaths and as I kept going I realized that all of these designs suit me. What I found unique were the succulents and cacti. The flowers are in many different categories. There are color pictures of the finished work, then patterns to trace and detailed instructions on how to show more do the stitches. Now I have to think of where I'll put them. Oh yeah, there are inspirations for that in the book too. This is a good book for beginners or experienced embroidery artists.

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I’ve always wanted to learn the art of embroidery. I loved the illustrations in this book. I also liked the templates of the awesome cats.
I learned some fundamental stitches, I’ve bought several other books but this one really made them seem easier.
I remember my grandmother embroidering on my jeans and denim jackets back in the 70’s and they were works of art. I’m so glad that it’s coming back in vogue. Yes, you can buy sewing machines to do it but thanks to artist like Sarah show more Benning and others hand embroidery is back!

Disclosure: I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with this e-galley in exchange for my honest opinion. The opinions expressed above are my own. show less