Oriental Reflections

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This is a totally new concept in creativity. Take your creative stitching to a new level. Directions for using hoop embroidery in new ways. Simple and easy instructions for printing on fabric. The CD Rom contains: 10 embroidery designs in two sizes multiformated for all machines. Click Here to view a .pdf of all the designs included on this CD. 12 sets of printable patterns including placement patterns for each scene. Full color printable fabric selection guide. Incredibly detailed, full color picture of each scene. Over 100 hand painted motifs to print on fabric paper to make each scene unique. Six hand painted skys to use with printer fabric for a beautiful touch. Scroll down the page for more information and a full Table of Contents of the book.

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Cindy Talks About Oriental Reflections Since I was a child, I remember being enamored of the Oriental influence in architecture, home décor, and especially gardens. Growing up in the desert of Arizona, there weren’t many Oriental gardens around, but there were books and paintings. I was always drawn to the simple, clean, asymmetrical lines of anything Oriental. My first introduction to a real Oriental Garden was Anderson Gardens in Rockford, Illinois.  I know, you wouldn’t think that there could possibly be something this authentic and beautiful in the Midwest.  I didn’t either until I went there.  It was then that I decided that I had to do a book about Oriental gardens and the peacefulness that they invoke. For some of you, an Oriental garden brings to mind the dragons and the bright colors of a movie epic...I hope you won’t be disappointed.  For me, the Oriental garden is a place of peace and solitude one goes to collect their thoughts and get re-centered on what keeps us balanced and able to go on in our busy and often surreal existence on this planet. A Japanese garden is designed to allow the visitor to reflect upon the tranquil beauty of nature.  In doing so, one is led away from the stresses of everyday life.  The serenity one feels in the garden instills a sense of calm and enables the visitor to commune with nature and thus one’s self.  In the pages of this book and on the enclosed CD, you will find a new way to recreate the serenity and beauty of an Oriental garden. It is my hope that these methods and designs will assist you in your pursuit of inner peace. Come along with me while I explain and detail the uses for the information contained herein. In Oriental Reflections, we have a new concept of creativity.  You will find on the enclosed CD-ROM twelve sets of patterns that are printable on your ink jet printer.  You will find printable placement guides to make assembling your scenes much easier.  You will find pictures of the fabric layouts for guidance in picking fabrics. You will find ten exciting embroidery designs to get you started right away with creating your masterpieces.  And you will find over one hundred, printable motifs to make your creations come to life.  There are pagodas, cranes, tea houses, Oriental ladies, Koi ponds, waterfalls, Mount Fuji, stone bridges, arched bridges, gates, several skies for that special touch and many more things that will make working and designing with this book, an exciting, creative journey. In the book itself, you will find beginner instructions for learning how to print on fabric sheets, how to create your own fabric sheets using Bubble Jet Set 2000…ideas for creating your own fabric sections using clip art and some of the hand painted backgrounds, methods for creating small ferns, shrubs and trees using your built in stitches, suggestions for hooping and stabilizing your fabrics and a whole lot more. I know once you start, it will be hard to stop creating with Oriental Reflections.

Oriental Reflections Table of Contents

A Little About Me and Oriental Reflections	3 & 4
Acknowledgments	5
Let’s Talk about Oriental Reflections	6
Getting Started with Computer Printer Fabric	7
Getting Started with Supplies – Needles and Bobbin Thread	8
Getting Started with Supplies – Machine Feet	9
Getting Started with Supplies – Snips, Thread, and Pressing Sheets	10
Getting Started with Supplies – Stabilizers	11 & 12
Fabric Selection	13
Shopping List	14
Let’s Get Started – General Directions	15 & 16
Getting Ready to Stitch – Machine Setup	17
A Few Words About Scenery Ingredients	18
The Designs – Color Pictures and Stitching Information	19 & 20
The Scenes – Color Pictures	21 – 24
Let’s Talk About Copyright Issues and the CD-ROM	25
Using the CD-ROM	26
Printing the Patterns	27 & 28
What About This Miracle Printer Fabric?	29 & 30
Making Your Own Printer Fabric	31
How do you Select your Printable Motifs	32
Using the Printer	33 & 34
Creating Skies	35 & 36
Using the Printed Motifs	37
The Designs	37
A Word About These Directions & Creating the Fences	39
Scene 1	40 & 41
Scene 2	42 - 44
Scene 3	45 & 46
Scene 4	47 & 48
Scene 5	49 7 50
Scene 6	51 & 52
Scene 7	53 & 54
Scene 8	55 & 56
Scene 9	57 & 58
Scene 10	59 & 60
Scene 11	61 & 62
Scene 12	63 & 64
Putting It All Together	65 – 68
Suppliers Sections	69
A Message from Me	70
Other Products and Publications	71
Patterns for Fences and Water	72 – 74