Cross-stitch garden projects - Joanne Sanderson

Joanne Sanderson's new collection of delightful cross-stitch projects, inspired by her love of gardening and nature, offers a fresh approach to the popular technique of cross stitch. Included are a wealth of charming projects featuring colourful flowers and attractive fruit and vegetable designs. Featuring over 70 colour charts - from simple small motifs to larger pictures and samplers, both modern and traditional in style - there are projects to suit everyone's tastes and skill level. Many of the motifs can be used in a variety of ways, from adorning clothes to presenting them in small cards and other gifts. Projects include: - Anemone trinket pot - Vegetable garden sampler - Leaves photograph album - Butterfly oven-mitt - Beaded rose handbag mirror - Strawberry jam-jar cover - Variety of stitches and complementary techniques are covered, such as stitching with beads, to take your skills to a new dimension. Practical advice is given on materials and tools, with suggestions for mounting the designs to get the best results from each project.