A Love of Cloth & Thread: Among the Wildflowers

Hello my lovelies! 6
A brief history of embroidery 8
The origins of embroidery transfers 10
My own story of a love of cloth & thread 12
What you need to get started 14

Wildflower stitch designs 18

Winter - Holly 20, Primrose 22, Sweet violet 24, Celandine 26

Spring - Forget-me-nots 28, Wild pansy 30, Blossoms 32, Lilac 34

Summer - Wild rose 36, Cow parsley 38, Daisy chains 40, Hollyhocks 42

Autumn - Sunflower 44, Fenland poppy 46, Fenland seedheads 48, Meandering leaves 50

Make it your own 52
Wildflower moodboard 54
‘Among the Wildflowers’ patchwork quilt 58
Using the transfers 64
The transfers 65

About Tilly Rose

Tilly Rose is a creative mixed-media textile artist, designer, tutor and avid journaller. She is based in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens, UK, an area that influences her designs amid her whole ethos of crafting for well-being. She feels deeply connected to Mother Earth and uses her walks within the landscape to inspire her.

Tilly combines traditional sewing techniques with a love of layering cloth, adding textures through surface stitching and embellishing to capture the everyday snippets of life, giving her designs a modern twist but always with a beautiful vintage flavour.

She holds workshops throughout the UK and online, and is a guest presenter on craft TV channels, showcasing her products and needlecraft skills. Tilly hosts textile tours in India and plans to extend this to other countries. She also regularly exhibits at craft shows. This is her fourth book with Search Press.

Visit her website: www.tilly-rose.co.uk
Facebook: @Tilly Rose - Textile Artist
Instagram: @tillyrosevintage
YouTube: Tilly Rose Vintage @DiaryofaFenGal
Pinterest: @tilly rose

Customer Review

I have been waiting for this book for a while, it was on my birthday wish list, so I was very happy to find it didn't disappoint.

Lots of interesting snippets as well as clear instructions. I would say it would be as easy for a beginner to use as for someone with more experience. A real joy.

I have had the book for less than 48 hours and have already finished my first piece. Very happy with how it turned out!

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Customer Review

Among the wildflowers is the first book in Tilly Roses series A Love of Cloth and Thread. This book is simply beautiful with a sturdy cover and wonderful illustrations of the embroidered flowers. The cover even has examples of the basic embroidery stitches on a fold out inside.

I love Tillys introduction explaining her passion for textile art and stitching and the history of embroidery which is great for the beginner to understand more about the art. The 16 different seasonal wildflower designs are shown as made up pieces with information about the flowers, where they are found and the inspiration for the design. Each design helpfully shows you the stitches you need to use so perfect for beginners.

All of the flower designs are included in the pages of iron on transfers that can be cut out and reused with a handy storage pouch to keep them in at the back. This is a book to treasure and take your time to enjoy and experiment with so that you can add beautiful flowers to clothing and home accessories. Tilly has also shown some examples and ideas for adding the embroidery to quilts, bags, fabric book covers and wonderful textile art. Excellent value at £14.99 will give endless projects and interest.

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Craft Focus

Wildflowers provide endless inspiration, and this first book in Tilly Roses new A Love of Cloth & Thread series draws on the beautiful outdoors, with a gorgeous collection of nature-inspired embroidery transfers showcasing Tillys most loved seasonal wildflowers.

Tilly unveils the historic background to each of her designs, before putting her own modern spin on her stitched designs, each of which are sumptuously photographed in detail. Take inspiration from her stitched designs and use the variety of transfers in the book to create your own floral arrangements to stitch using your own choice of fabrics and threads.

The transfer designs are printed on iron-on paper, which can be cut out, stored in the pocket at the back of the book, and used multiple times each, allowing you to create an array of beautiful designs over and over.

We say: A beautiful package demonstrating inspirational stitched embroideries from popular textile artist Tilly Rose.

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Author of 'Dressmaking: The Easy Guide'

Tilly Rose's new book is a gentle walk through embroidery and the beauty of wildflowers.  I love the wildflower transfer designs in the back of the book, as that allows you to recreate the ideas in the book and then create your own design, without worrying about sizing and proportions.  It is the perfect book to indulge in with a warm cuppa to hand, and needle and thread in the other.  It is another beautiful Tilly Rose book to add to my collection.

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Half Yard Club Reviewer

This is a beautiful book.  It has so many lovely touches, including a very personalised tone from the author, Tilly Rose.

The book contains beautiful photographs, clear instructions and ideas to personalise any embroidery projects you might undertake.

There is a very useful, detachable 'Stitch Guide' for 'sewing on-the-go' which is perfect for beginners to embroidery or as a reminder for more experienced sewers!

There is also a very handy pocket at the back of the book to store the re-useable, iron-on transfer templates.

 

The book has a very relaxed, helpful tone throughout, with the emphasis very much on enjoying the embroidery process.  

As someone who is very new to embroidery, I feel inspired by this book to start my journey,  filled with confidence that I will succeed.  The photographs are clear, combined with many useful ideas and suggestions.

It is a good value for money book that would be ideal as a present or an inspiration for personal use.

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Half Yard Sewing Club Reviewer

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Half Yard Sewing Club Reviewer

Inspirational and Encouraging

This book is a beauty. It starts with stitch types, followed by many historical facts about wildflowers. Tilly talks you through the patterns, her reasons for using them, colour and stitch ideas, and the dos and donts within embroidery. The book is beautifully illustrated and to cap it all off there are lots of templates to use too.

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Half Yard Sewing Club Reviewer

This book [...] is a must for your craft library. I get the feeling that this book is going to be very well used.

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Half Yard Sewing Club Reviewer

Tilly Rose has provided all the information one would need to tackle the projects - threads, fabric, stitches, tools and inspiration in the form of a seasonal patchwork quilt amongst other ideas. The photos are beautiful and the designs, all flower themed (hence the title of the book), are stunning.

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Issue 146

The first book in Tilly Rose's new series, where you can enjoy 16 original designs, with variations and extras, inspired by nature and the seasons. Tilly shares her historical inspirations and how she then puts her own modern spin on her truly unique stitched designs, each of which is photographed beautifully and in detail. 

The transfer designs are printed on iron-on paper, which can be cut out, stored in the pocket at the back of the book, and used multiple times. 

As a bonus, there's a detachable illustrated stitch guide, covering the 14 stitches used in the main designs - perfect for refreshing your technique or to simply use as a handy reference. The designs include holly and primrose for winter, forget-me-nots and wild pansy for spring, daisies for summer and leaves for autumn.

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Issue 317

Here's a collection of vintage-inspired floral transfer designs to embroider. They're printed on iron-on paper, to be stored and each used multiple times. A detachable illustrated stitch guide, covering the 14 stitches used in the main designs, is included.