Enchanting Embroidery Designs WHIMSICAL ANIMAL AND PLANT MOTIFS TO STITCH MiW MORITA
A World of Color The world around us is filled with color. It truly is a colorful world! I think that being conscious of all those colors as we live our lives makes life that much more interesting and joyful. This book is all about playing with those colors through the medium of hand embroidery. Each of the dozen motifs in this book have stories about color, and those colors are woven into the designs. I hope you can take some time out of your busy days to play with the glossy embroidery thread, the soft feel of the fabric, the colorful textures created by the embroidery itselfas well as the relaxed process of creating the designs, one slow stitch at a time. MiW Morita
Chapter 1 Embroidery Motifs for a Dozen Tales The Alligator is Beautiful on a Moonlit Night Once upon a time, on a quiet night, an alligator was hiding in the dark waters of a marsh.
For some reason, on this night, he felt uneasiness in his heart. Reluctantly, because he had to, he decided to slowly, slowly, slowly come up to the waters surface. First, he climbed up on a small rock and heaved a deep, mournful sigh. His body was green, like the moss of the marsh. It was a dark green, like a sigh. Next, the alligator climbed onto a larger rock and stuck his eyes and nose up from the water.
His body turned into the clear blue color of a clear mist. It turned into a fun color, like the color of curiosity. Diagrams and instructions on
How to make a brooch on Eventually, he climbed up on the biggest rock there and was bathed in the silver moonlight. His body shone with the same silver color as that moonlight. He was beautiful, and he felt that way too. Gradually, the uneasiness in the alligators heart eased.
Eventually, he no longer cared about it. As time passed, he wrapped all that surrounded him with silver and blue and green and the songs he hummed to himself. Hoi hoi la la la, I am gorgeous. Hoi hoi la la la, I am beautiful. Tra la la la la. Hoi hoi la la la, I am gorgeous.
Hoi hoi la la la, I am beautiful. Tra la la la la. A World that is White The pure white northern foxes walked along the pure white snow on the plain. They walked, and walked, and walked some more. But no matter how far they went an all-white world spread as far as they could see. Eventually, the foxes learned something.
There were warm whites, cold whites, soft whites. And there were also sharp whites too. They looked back at their big fluffy tails and swished them slowly from side to side as if to say, I dont quite understand. Diagrams and instructions on The Colorful Herd of Sheep The colorful sheep play in the pasture. So noisy, so cheerful. Which one do you like best? Theyre sure to cheer you up.
Please, go ahead, choose a sheep. Please take it home with you. Diagrams and instructions on
How to make a brooch on Carrying Clouds That day. When I opened the window, everything was covered with rain clouds. Such a dark sky, despite it being daytime. Wellhum As I gazed at that sky I realized that it was surprisingly beautiful.
That part, over there, and that part, way over there. On a whim, I tried ripping off little bits of those clouds and putting them in my hair. Realizing the beauty of that transparent gray, mixed with purples and emeralds and blues, was like that day when I realized that slightly bitter beverages are so delicious. Diagrams and instructions on
How to make a decorative hair pin on Ever since then, I occasionally carry those rain clouds around with me. I ask my hair if this is what it means to be a grown-up. The Pointy Trees Its springtime. The Pointy Trees Its springtime.
From the hard, hard tips of the tree branches the translucent, emerald-colored baby leaves emerge. Hello, World they say. Its summertime. The mature, dark blue-green leaves rustle, rustle, rustle as they sway in the breeze. Tra la la la, World they sing. Its fall.
The leaves embrace the slightly chill air and their hearts turn red, or yellow. I am fulfilled, World they sigh. Diagrams and instructions on
How to make this into a sachet on And its wintertime. The pointy trees close their eyes and their mouths as if the world has come to an end. Goodbye, World. Goodbye? Oh no.
The pointy trees are just calmly getting ready to be new and green and greet the World again. Multi Purpose Cat Pockets This cat pocket is filled with carefree-ness and pools of sunlight. The kitties come in different colors and patterns but they can all hold something inside them. Carefree-ness and pools of sunlight. Diagrams and instructions on
How to make the pocket on Moss Stones on the Side of the Road If youve ever gone down that narrow road over there youll have seen lots of little stones. The little stones were covered with cute green moss and they were breathing in, and out, with tiny puffs of air.