This inspirational collection of Helen M. Stevens' work celebrates the diverse beauty of nature from around the globe, from the polar caps to the tropics through flora, fauna, birds and insects. Even fantasy worlds come vividly to life. 
Beautiful color photographs showcase Stevens' extraordinary talent, capturing everything from the iridescent glow of a hummingbird and the flash of a tiger's eye to the light glinting off of a sea otter's fur. 
Stevens' original workbook sketches, diagrams and detailed instructions appear for all stitches, combining modern materials with traditional techniques. It's all the inspiration stitchers need to create incredible works of embroidery art! 
Helen M. Stevens is a talented embroidery artist whose pictures are held in collections all over the world. She is the author of The Embroiderer's Country Album, The Embroiderer's Countryside, The Timeless Art of Embroidery, and The Myth &amp; Magic of Embroidery. She is also a member of the Society of Women Artists, and in 1990 received a commission from the House of Commons; Stevens remains the only artist ever to have a textile piece become part of the Palace of Westminster collection. She lives in Suffolk, England.

World of Embroidery

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Stevens, Helen

Crafts & Hobbies

David&Charles

This third title in renowned textile artist Helen M Stevens' Masterclass Embroidery Series concentrates on birds of all kinds seen, as always, in their natural setting and brilliantly portrayed through the medium of Helen's own silk embroideries. Clear advice is provided to help you create your own bird portraits, with step-by-step colour photography capturing the development of each picture.

Helen Stevens Embroidered Birds

CatCopyII "*The fifth title in the popular Masterclass Embroidery series 
 *Over 50,000 copies sold of previous series titles: Flowers, Birds, Butterflies and Animals 
This new title in Helen Stevens’ popular Masterclass Embroidery Series explores a range of beautiful garden settings, from the intimate and personal cottage garden, to the stately splendor of the formal country park, using pure silk embroidery threads to achieve astonishingly realistic effects. Each of the five chapters builds toward an in-depth project including landscape templates and close-up detailed color templates of garden wildlife, as well as color keys and step-by-step stitching instructions. Easy-to-follow color photographs illustrate the working stages, ensuring that perfect results can be achieved when recreating the picturesque designs."

Helen M Stevens Embroidered Gardens

Arts & Photography

*Helen M. Stevens' Masterclass Embroidery Series books have sold over 50,000 copies to date *Beautiful illustrations and gorgeous projects will inspire novice and advanced embroiderers Drawing inspiration from different cultures and countries, Helen M. Stevens presents a collection of simply stunning embroidery projects that celebrate the beauty of nature around the world. From the polar caps to the tropics, through flora, fauna, birds, and insects, this guide shows readers how to translate images in nature into finished projects, and inspires them to blend traditional and modern techniques--such as using real gold and silver, and incorporating materials gathered from nature--for surprisingly lifelike results.

Helen M. Stevens' World of Embroidery

Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils invites you and your students to discover where food comes from, how our bodies use food, and what happens to food waste. You'll participate in the ecological cycle of food production -- compost formation -- recycling back to the soil, while helping children understand how their food choices affect not only their own health, but farmers, the environment, and your local community. Suggested resources encourage you to adapt the program to your needs, small scale or large, urban or rural. Handy extension activities demonstrate ways that students can help effect change in their own lives and communities. Background information, suggested readily available materials, and clear instructions give you enough guidance to integrate these hands-on activities into your classroom right away.

Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils

Lyons, Kathy

Patten, Elizabeth

Science & Math

Tilbury House, Publishers

Connect to Sleep: Theory and Neuroscience of Gentle Bedtimes 0-12 months

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Parent Infant Consultants

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