Connecting with Nature

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Step into the creative world of Tilly Rose and be inspired by nature to create and craft all year round.

Bursting from every page are ideas for unique and meaningful textile artworks, each with a story to tell.

From eco-dyeing, cyanotype and weaving to collage, embroidery and slow stitching, Tilly harnesses many crafts to help her connect with Mother Earth.

She showcases beautiful keepsakes that capture memories and encourage creativity with wild and natural ingredients.

Learn how to

• arrange nature mandalas
• make your own paint 
• create botanical journals
• preserve and display your work. 

Brimming with inspiration, this is a treasure trove of seasonal projects that will draw you closer to nature and improve your well-being whatever your age or ability.Tilly Rose is a creative mixed media textile artist, designer, tutor and avid journaler based in the beautiful Cambridgeshire Fens, UK. An area that influences her designs amid her whole ethos of crafting for well-being. She feels deeply connected to Mother Earth and uses her walks within the landscape to inspire her.

Tilly combines traditional sewing techniques with a love of layering cloth, adding textures through surface stitching and embellishing to capture the everyday snippets of life, giving her designs a modern twist but always with a beautiful vintage flavour. She holds workshops throughout the UK and online, and is a guest presenter on craft TV channels, showcasing her products and needlecraft skills. Tilly hosts textile tours in India and plans to extend this to other countries. She also regularly exhibits at craft shows. This is her fourth book with Search Press.CN

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