JANE NICHOLAS Shakespeare's Flowers

Jane takes readers further along the path she explored in Stumpwork Medieval Flora in 2009.

The projects in this book worked in stumpwork and surface embroidery, feature many of the flowers found in gardens fields and hedgegrows of the time.

In 1598, Lady Anne Clifford wrote a letter to her father that featured a beautifully painted border. Inspired by that Shakespearian-era design, Jane Nicholas has created her own embroidery, stitched on ivory silk satin in stumpwork. It showcases 14 assorted flowers and fruits popular at the time, from the Apothecary rose, borage, heartsease and periwinkle to redcurrants, barberries, plums and strawberries.

The book is lavishly illustrated in colour, with detailed step-by-step instructions making it a prized addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in textured and dimensional embroidery.

Hardback, 272 pages

Published by Sally Milner Publishing, 2015