Secluded Serenity

Secluded Serenity with CD includes 23 embroidery designs, printable patterns, printable motifs for the 12 scenes such as Grist Mills, Lighthouses and Cottages to print on printer fabric.

In Secluded Serenity, you will find lovely, romantic scenes to create.  I am definitely a romantic at heart.  Throughout my life, I have had daydreams about Cottages, Sea Shores, Misty Mornings and Country Gardens.  So it’s no surprise that I have a love of one of today’s most popular artists, Thomas Kinkade.  His work is an inspiration to me.  I can sit and look at his paintings for hours, imagining where the scene is, who is home in the cottages, what the people are like who live there...you know...just like you used to do when you daydreamed as a kid.

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In today’s troubled times I think we all need a little time to reflect and to daydream about simpler, quieter times when we didn’t have quite so much to do.  So it is with Secluded Serenity...Look through the book, peruse the CD, and decide which scene will help you sooth the trials of today by helping you create the beauty of tomorrow.

Come along with me while I explain and detail the uses for the information contained herein.

In Secluded Serenity, 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 twenty-three exciting embroidery designs in two sizes to get you started right away with creating your masterpieces.  And you will find special, printable motifs to make your creations come to life. 

View & Print the Design Pages
 

A Little About Me and Secluded Serenity	3 – 4
Acknowledgments	5
A Little about Secluded Serenity	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 Thoughts About Scenery Ingredients	18
The Scenes – Color Pictures	19 – 22
The Designs – Color Pictures	23 – 24
The Designs – Stitching Information	25 – 27
The Read Me Text from the CD ROM	28 – 30
Let’s Talk About Copyright Issues and the CD-ROM	31
Using the CD-ROM	32
Printing the Patterns	33 – 35
What About This Miracle Printer Fabric?	36 – 38
Making Your Own Printer Fabric	38
Using the Printer	39 – 40
Creating Skies	41 – 42
Using the Printed Motifs	43
A Word About the Individual Scene Directions	44 –  45
Stitches You Can Use For Covering What’s Left	46
Scene 1	47 – 48
Scene 2	49 – 50
Scene 3	51 – 52
Scene 4	53 – 54
Scene 5	55 – 56
Scene 6	57 – 58
Scene 7	59 – 60
Scene 8	61 – 62
Scene 9	63 – 64
Scene 10	65 – 66
Scene 11	67 – 68
Scene 12	69 – 70
Finishing Up	71 – 72
Suppliers Section	73
A Message from Me	74
Other Products and Publications	74
Pattern for Water	76

 

There are Cottages, Arbors, Grist Mills, Lighthouses, a Covered Bridge and several skies for that special touch and many more things that will make working and designing with this book, an exciting, creative journey.  All of the images are hand painted by me.  They are there in a pre-sized PDF format and also in 300 dpi jpegs for those of you who want to step out of the box and create your own scenes. 

You will also find basic instructions for working with your computer to get the best quality when printing on fabric sheets…creating your own fabric sheets with Bubble Jet Set 2000, using the CD-ROM, creative ideas for using your embroidery designs, also, lots of great hooping and stabilizing directions.
-Cindy