DI VAN NIEKERK Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies

Fairy designs inspired by Cicely Mary Barker, stitched using ribbon embroidery and stumpwork. Five complete deisgns to choose from.

Cicely Mary Barker's beloved Flower Fairies are an enduring vision of elegance and beauty. They have captivated children and adults alike for more than 85 years and now, for the first time, five of her beautful fairies are translated into exquisite ribbon and stumpwork embroideries. With numerous new ideas and techniques, this book will appeal to both beginners and advanced embroiderers. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions wil show you how to:

• Embroider the pretty flowers and leaves in silk and organza ribbon
• Use organza and silky threads to make the fairies delicate stumpwork wings
• Make applique leaves and petals using organaza silk ribbon
• Create charming stumpwork insects
• Dress the fairies clothing using long and short stitch
• Create three-dimensional designs using colour, texture and shapes

The five Flower Fairies taught in this book are the Periwinkle Fairy, Black Medick Fairies, White Clover Fairy, Stork's Bill Fairy and the Red Clover Fairy.

Di Van Niekerk is passionate about all embroidery. She has taught all types of needlecraft for many years, training self-help groups in candlewicking, quilting and ribbon embroidery. She has developed her own mail-order business, with orders for ribbons, books and designs dispatched all over the world. In addition to hand-painted silk and organza ribbons to retail outlets worldwide, she runs two busy embroidery shops in Cape Town.