I am a recent convert to embroidery after years as a cross stitcher, so it wasn't too difficult to get into the craft. I love that it's becoming more and more trendy and popular with young people, so it's great to see publications such as this making embroidery fun and approachable.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for letting me access an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest feedback.

I chose to review this book because I wanted to familiarize myself with embroidery again. (I was taught how years ago and haven't done much with it) It's a good how to book and I'm glad I picked it up.

This book had pretty easy to follow instructions and has a great variety of animal choices. Im a beginner and i could easily follow along

Get your needle, thread, and cloth - and start
"How to Embroider Almost Every Animal. A Sourcebook of 400+ Motifs and Beginner Stitch Tutorials" was created by Applemints and published by Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry. The book presents really cute embroideries of animals divided into different areas, e.g., "At the Zoo", "Beautiful Birds", "Dashing Dogs", or "Animal Alphabets", but it also treats topics such as "Tools & Materials" or an "Embroidery Stitch Guide". It is also helpful that the book contains a "Thread Conversion Chart" for Olympus and DMC (but as a German I am missing the conversion charts for Anchor/Mez and Madeira embroidery floss) and the "Stitch Guides and Full-Size Templates" for all the examples that were presented throughout the book.
I really appreciate the wide range of animals and though they are seperated in various areas they can be also combined in bigger embroidery projects. I highly recommend this sourcebook to everybody who wants to be creative in their own embroidery projects. There are over 400 hundret motifs, so there is no limit in the creativity - for beginners and for advanced emboiderers.
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Thanks Netgalley for a review copy. Love how simple these embroidery patterns are. The instructions are clear and the illustrations are simple. Includes a lot of different animals; farm, forest and zoo, Also includes a few different animal alphabets. Very cute designs.

I wouldn't rate this book, but because it's required, I score it based on how helpful was for me.
I want to highlight that I don't have almost any experience with embroidery. When I was very young, I did some Hungarian folk embroideries with my mom, but that technique was very different. I wanted to start it again, and I thought this book can be a good start. because animals are fun to embroider. When I opened the book I was very disappointed. There were a lot of patterns, but I hate each of them. They were so ugly, they looked like a child art. I would recommend this book for children who are starting embroidery, but for adults, I think it's very weak.

How to Embroider Almost Every Animal by Applemints
Sourcebook of 400 motifs and beginner stitch tutorials

Handy book to have if you are one who would like to add a bit of creativity in animal form to clothing, linens, samplers, handbags, hats, book covers or just about anything you can think of. This book is set up with plenty of little illustrations of completed project animals and then at the back of the book there are two diagrams for each animal. One is the pattern that can be traced, and the second details stitches used, number of strands of embroidery floss needed and colors in the example. At the very end stitches are listed with directions on how to create them.

This book reminded me of the jeans that my mother embroidered in the early 70s for my sister and I. There were toadstools, animals, birds, flowers and more. This book would lend itself to putting decorative motifs of a different sort on whatever fabric you might consider embellishing.

I did find the images simple and would have liked the book to include how one could draw their own animal or find an animal in a book and use that to create their own figure and determine what stitches to use for the project.

Did I enjoy this book? Yes

Who do I think would enjoy this book? People who have done some sewing as it is never quite as easy to take on projects like this using a book as it is when you have a teacher to observe. If you have some sewing skills this would be easy to use, though.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars

Easy to follow and so informative! I tried a few of the patterns and they work up really nicely! I’m not much for embroidery I’m more of a crocheter but this was easy enough to follow I was kind of able to do it. I think I need more experience before I can really do embroidery though

I'm not able to embroider but this book motivated me.
Some of the designs are really beautiful,.
There are so many different designs to choose from and instructions are very clear.

This looks like such an great book and I love embroidery. However, I requested it on 2/11 and it was archived on 2/12, so I never was able to view it. I would really like to see it. The cover alone gives me ideas of how to do stitches.

Unfortunately, this was a problem. I look closely at the archive date, but not sure why I was sent a book that was being immediately archived. So, next time a book like this comes out, I will definitely put in for it.

Thank you NetGalkey for trying and offering me a copy of this beautiful book.

Cute book. Has groups of animals shown completed then with instructions. Looks like a lot of fun, simple projects that you could use to personalize stuff like scrunchies, masks, napkins, etc. Had some realistic and some whimsical animals and includes basic embroidery instructions.

How to Embroider Almost Every Animal includes sections such as At the Zoo, Animal Friends, At the Circus, and even Mythological Creatures. The author does a good job of helping beginners get started with stitching, giving a tutorial on different stitches, as well as tools and materials. The step-by-step instruction for the different stitches is first rate, allowing for newcomers to practice before starting any project.

The animals are rudimentary, simple but cute. My favorite part were the animal alphabets, as I could see embroidering a child's name on a tote bag, hat, or even a blanket. The author gives some inspirational ideas on how to use the book, from framing your work to using it on a tee shirt. The negative aspect of the book is that there are too many animals per page, making it very hard to see the numbers that correspond with the different colors for each. This is exceedingly difficult on an e-reader, so I would recommend readers who are truly interested in learning to embroider animals purchase a hard copy.

Disclaimer: I was given an Advanced Reader's Copy of How to Embroider Almost Every Animal by NetGalley and the publisher, Quarry Books. The choice to review this crafting book was my own.

Absolutely loved devouring this book. So many animals to embroider! I think I might need to do them all. The instructions were set out really clearly and all the stitches were included in the handy stitch guide. The colour conversion charts were a bonus and I’m definitely going to buy my own copy on publication.

Wow, wow, there are 500 templates on animals that can be embroidered of all sort so projects. The templates given in the book are original size which are quite small, but no doubt they could be enlarged if wanted.
The categories are amazing including, zoo animal themes, aquarium, mythology, forest, farm, small creatures, zodiac animals, storybook, folk look animals, birds, cats, dogs, birds, emblems and animal alphabets and many more. Instructions are good as is the color thread list and designs are easy and quick to complete.
Good beginners book for children too

If you are wanting to try out embroidering or need new ideas because you have done so much already, then this book is for you!!! The first part of the book shows you all the different types of stitches that you can work on. There is also a part when it tells you how to transfer patterns. I liked how it had real pictures and so you know what it will look like when you are finished with it. Towards the middle of the book, it begins to show you different patters on how to make animals. It also gives references on how to make some flowers as well. Each design shows you which stitch to use and also what colors are needed. Again, I would recommend this to anyone who is wanting to begin or enjoy embroidery even more.

This is such a great book! You really can find pretty much every animal on these pages and I like that there are different ways to do quite a lot of them (for example - there are a lot of different poses for embroidering a cat).
The book not only shows the motifs in colour, but also how to embroider them in a separate diagram. The embroidery techniques are also clearly explained.
The reason that I have not given this book five stars is because some of the pages are rather busy and it makes it a bit difficult to see how to do each motif. I know that it would be hard to get so many into one book (and in a reasonable amount of pages without this but it would still bother me while working).
For that reason, this book might not be ideal for a beginner but I think that an experienced embroiderer shouldn't find it too difficult to read.

I love books by Applemints and this newest is no exception. Even klutzes like me can learn how to embroider an array of animals in this wonder of a book! There are 400+ stitch designs — something for everyone. I especially loved the motifs for birds and for woodland creatures.

You’ll find checklists, step-by-step how-tos, templates and stitch guides, plus photos of stitching on scarves, hats, napkins, purses, and more. Great crafty fun!

5 of 5 Stars

Pub Date 02 Mar 2021  
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This book had easy and clear instructions and also allowed me to create some really cute and adorable animal embroidery! I really appreciated the time and effort put into the beginner instructions and the throuroughness of the details.

What an amazing resource for embroidery! When you first start using the book it can be a little intimidating because it contains so much information. You’ll soon understand how it works and really benefit from all the instructions. The book contains really clear instructions on how to do the different types of stitches so it’s great for beginners as well as experienced stitchers. I think a paper copy of the book would be the easiest to use. Thank you #netgalley

Nothing exciting or new. Very old fashioned and simple, even though a ton of characters are covered. I would not check this out at a library I don't think.
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