Bouquet Letters

Hurrah, hurrah!!

They’ve delivered boxes and boxes and boxes… Of my new booklet, 𝐋e𝐭t𝐞r𝐞 𝐁o𝐮q𝐮e𝐭! I’ll go into more detail later about what it does and doesn’t contain, but now I’ll just stick to the announcement (because I couldn’t wait to make it) and my thanks!
To the legendary 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐢, the loyal and irreplaceable image consultant for my printed books, who manages to take my drafts and photos and turn them into real books, I send a heartfelt hug, because putting up with my fussiness is no mean feat. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and… Mind you, I’ve already got a few ideas for the next one!

I would like to thank 𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐞 -𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜, with special thanks to Enrico and Martina, but also acknowledging the whole team, who worked tirelessly to ensure the book arrived in time for the Mantua event Le Dame del L’AGO

Notice to 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗺, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 and MBE San Bonifacio – Mail Boxes Etc. that I am already preparing some parcels and that, as always, it will be a relief and a great pleasure to rely on you!
As tradition dictates, a special thank you goes to 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢 𝐯𝐨𝐢 𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 , because without your 𝘞𝘖𝘞 I don’t know if I’d find the courage to do things!
Yeah… You’re right, 𝗠𝗮𝘅.. Even without the beers I wouldn’t manage it!

𝐋e𝐭t𝐞r𝐞 𝐁o𝐮q𝐮e𝐭 is an album of designs, so it is NOT an embroidery manual, unlike the one on padded stitch. It is a collection of drawings: a complete alphabet 17 cm high and a few decorative motifs, plus designs for the border of a placemat, based on the quote by Walt Whitman “Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturb’d“, decorated with flowers and available in Italian and English. Naturally, I have included instructions for embroidering the drawings: which colours I used, what I embroidered first and what I embroidered next, and which stitches I used. I’ve also added a tutorial showing the progress of the work, with the colours needed, but… As this isn’t an embroidery manual, it does NOT contain detailed explanations of the techniques. If anyone wants to learn long and short stitch, this book does NOT explain it with beginners in mind: it shows the movements, but doesn’t suggest a path to gain experience. It assumes you already know the technique, and I show how I’ve interpreted it. If anyone would like to learn the long and short stitch, I can recommend Trish Burr’s manuals, or my online course ‘Il punto pittura e i colori nel ricamo’.

For those who are already familiar with long and short stitch, or who still want to give it a go with my tutorials… I’d like to let you know that it’s on its way and is reaching its usual destinations!