One of the rarest books out there. I believe this is the most expensive 2nd hand book I bought so far.This is a project book. There are enough super easy projects to start with, as well as difficult projects.

Her style combines stumpwork and needlepainting techniques. She is a botanical illustrator/painter and her embroideries are detailed. Lots of padded parts.

This marvelous book documented the journey of the commissioned embroideries from the photographs of Ketchum. And presents a catalogue of some of the most treasured masterpieces produced by the master embroiderers of SERI. Here is a website about the Insitute.

Part Two: the Catalogue (this embroidery is called 100 butterflies):

I thought I’d share a little raindrop of inspiration from a woman who surely has been a huge inspiration to me. 

 Meet the very talented Tanja Berlin of Berlin Embroidery.  These images are examples of her Needle Painting.