Flowers are among nature's most beautiful creations, infinitely varied in form and texture, strikingly vivid in color. Now you can bring the freshness of a whole garden of exquisite flowers to your needlework and art projects with this versatile collection of original floral designs. Noted illustrator and fabric designer Charlene Tarbox brings sophisticated pen and ink techniques and design ingenuity to 136 floral motifs presented here for copyright-free use. A wide variety of plants and flowers are represented, spanning the seasons from early spring crocuses to autumn chrysanthemums. You'll find popular flowers in a number of horticultural varieties, native wildflowers, houseplants, and shrubs. Included in the selection are the Aztec Lily, African Violet, Bog Rosemary, Camellia, Dogwood, Evening Primrose, Forget-me-not, Gloxinia, Holly, Sacred Lotus, Magnolia, Oak, Orchid, Wild Strawberry, Parrot Tulip, and dozens of other floral motifs. These crisply rendered designs lend themselves to a myriad of decorative applications: needlework and craft projects, illustrations, borders, frames, and corner cuts for advertisements, stationery, book covers, menus, invitations, almost anything that would be enhanced by an elegant floral touch.Needleworkers, craftspeople, graphic artists, illustrators, and anyone needing floral illustrations will find this volume a handy source of exceptional, ready-to-use designs . . . costing only pennies apiece.

Floral Designs and Motifs for Artists, Needleworkers and Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive)

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Floral Stencil Designs

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Here are clear, accurate illustrations of 163 wildflowers, boldly rendered for easy use in graphic projects, needlework designs, and other applications in the arts and crafts. The flowers are depicted in many different configurations as individual blossoms, and in borders, corners, wreaths, and garlands. Many are arranged in a variety of useful basic shapes — circles, squares, rectangles, and more. The wildflowers depicted include a number of best-known varieties found in North America — tiger lily and water lily, snowdrop, ox-eye daisy, thistle, wild strawberry, primrose, and pasqueflower among them. Some are shown in handsome frames. With most appearing in generous full-page and half-page sizes, they make up a superb sourcebook of authentic wildflower designs — a must for graphic designers, artists, and crafts enthusiasts.

Wildflower Designs and Motifs for Artists and Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive)

History & Criticism

Over 190 all-new stencil patterns perfect for wallpaper and embroidery design, ornamental borders, furniture decoration and a host of graphic art projects. Flower and leaf designs, birds and animals, Pennsylvania Dutch, historic and patriotic motifs, much more. Easily reduced or enlarged to suit any decorative purpose.

Early American Stencil Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

Elegant, finely detailed floral illustrations reproduce extremely well, lending themselves to a host of arts and crafts applications. Now artists and craftspeople can choose just the floral design they need from this practical archive of decorative and accurately rendered motifs. You'll find a rich bouquet of single blooms, clusters, sprays, wreaths, and borders, as well as mortised cuts and other configurations.This assortment includes 81 depictions of wild and garden flowers: sunflowers, columbine, peonies, delphinium, lilies, orchids, roses, and other natural beauties. A number are shown in circular, square, rectangular, and hexagonal frames while others are seen attracting butterflies, enhancing vases, and embellishing borders and corners.Delicate and graceful, these delightful images are ready to serve as a handy source of design inspiration or to be used in textile and wallpaper design, needlecraft, and other design projects.

Flower Designs (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Dazzle friends and acquaintances with the beautiful, expertly rendered floral designs in this eye-catching collection of easy-to-apply tattoos. Select from ten popular blossoms, among them the daffodil, lily, iris, peony, and — of course — the elegant rose. Simply press the design on the skin, then moisten and peel away the paper backing. The tattoo will remain bright and colorful for days, even after washing with soap and water, but can be quickly and easily removed with alcohol or baby oil. Application and removal instructions included.

Flower Tattoos (Dover Tattoos)

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Versatile collection of 58 reusable transfer patterns featuring finely detailed outlines of roses in full bloom, stately lilies, tulips, daisies and many other flowers — some single blossoms, others gathered into sprays, bouquets, nosegays, garlands, and other popular floral arrangements. Use on any surface that absorbs ink.

Flowers and Bouquets Iron-on Transfer Patterns

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Add Native American flavor to almost any communication with this collection of 40 full-page, 16 half-page borders adapted from authentic Indian motifs. Simply choose a border, write or type message within, run off copies on any copier. Great for signs, posters, newsletters, etc.

Easy-To-Duplicate North American Indian Borders: 56 Copyright-Free Forms (Clip Art Series)

Ten beautiful tattoos depict favorite flower — full-blown roses, dainty buds, long-stemmed beauties, more.

Roses Tattoos (Dover Tattoos)

Tattoos

Gargoyles and Other Medieval Creatures Iron-On Transfers

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