Winter Solstice

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Take your creative stitching to a new level.

Create the textural beauty of Winter Solstice. Do you long for the peacefulness of an early winter snow?  Remember those cold, snowy days…when you sipped hot chocolate and watched the snow, whisper down on your windowpane? With this book and CD-ROM combination, you will be able to create beautiful winter landscapes, resplendent with trees, snow and lots of embroidery and decorative work.  Use cords, and some upside down work to create the trunk of the trees, laden with snow. New methods for texturizing and pointers for giving your work that three-dimensional look.  The CD-ROM contains the printable patterns for the scene construction with many, hand painted motifs of mountains, barns, lighthouses in winter and some quaint cottages, ready for you to print onto printer fabric.   There are large trees that are sectioned into three pieces so that the small machines can sew them in three hoopings and the mega hoops can sew them all at one time.   Lots of choices for letting the embroidery machine do it all or add some decorative stitches with heavy thread in the bobbin for texture. You will be excited by the beauty you can make with your embroidery / sewing machine. Just a little thread and fabric and a bit of help from Cindy will have you brushing snowflakes off your nose.

The CD includes: 127 embroidery designs, many in multiple sizes, multiformatted for all machines. Seven sets of printable patterns, including placement patterns for each scene Full color printable fabric selection guide. Incredible detailed, full color picture of each scene. Hand painted motifs, to print on printer fabric to make each scene unique. Three hand painted skys to use with computer printer fabric for a beautiful touch. Click Here to view all the designs included on the CD.  Scroll down the page for a full Table of Contets of the book.

The 7 different scenes you can create.

A Little about Cindy and Winter Solstice  I have always loved winter.  Growing up in Yuma, Arizona...where it hardly ever rains, and never, ever snows...one would think I hated winter. On the contrary...I have always felt it to be the most peaceful and inviting time of year. I know there are others out there who are closet winter lovers. When people around us are bemoaning the cold and the wind and the SNOW...we are secretly saying to ourselves…“Well, I love winter.” I know this because I have always said how much I loved winter...even out loud and guess what? Others have chimed in and echoed my feelings.  Several of you winter lovers have mentioned to me that I have totally ignored this beautiful time of year. So...here it is, our book.  Full of serene scenes that will take you back to a simpler time of life. When life wasn’t so full of schedules, mortgages, grumpy bosses and stressed out lives. Probably the first thing those of you who have purchased my other books will notice about this book is the unusual amount of scenes it contains. It has seven...why seven? When I started out to create this book, I had my mind set on six beautiful scenes...as I began the creating process, more and more ideas came to mind and I kept saying to myself, “Remember, only six.” Well, as you can see, we ended up with one more than planned.  Another thing you will notice is the amount of beautiful designs included on the CD Rom. There are lots of trees, various forms of wildlife, shrubs and most amazingly, six huge trees that are created in segments so that even the small hoop machines can create beautiful, large trees. There are tips for hooping, ideas for texturing, suggestions for interesting thread usage...more ideas on using the scenes creatively, better directions for printing on fabric...lots more of everything to help you create beautiful landscape art. As a teacher, I often hear the word can’t. Can’t is the most debilitating word in our vocabulary. It squelches creativity and progress.  I hope that you, when presented with a new set of challenges...will say, instead of using that four letter word, can’t...you’ll use an almost forgotten phrase...I’ll try.  You just never know how far you will go, how high you can climb, or how far you can reach by just saying, I’ll try. Since developing my first book of scenes using the printer fabric and specially digitized embroidery designs, I have been witness to many of you who have watched and learned how to create with this fabulous technique.  It has been wonderful to see you stepping out of your comfort zone and trying something new.  I have seen your work and shared your excitement!  It is my hope that with these new winter scenes, you will continue to spread your creative wings and fly. I hope Winter Solstice will excite you and keep you creatively involved for many years to come.  I know I have thoroughly enjoyed creating it, writing about it and living with it for the last six months.  Now I turn it over to you...create with it, play with it and enjoy it.

Winter Solstice Book Table of Contents