Tiny Friends: A Guide to Mosaic Embroidery
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Tiny Friends: A Guide to Mosaic Embroidery

Tomomi Mimura

Tiny Friends: A Guide to Mosaic Embroidery is a book on making colourful toys using mosaic embroidery, a technique developed by the Japanese artist Tomomi Mimura. In this book, she introduces the reader to 13 animal characters.

$31.00
Version Softcover
Language English
Description

A flock of sheep that fit in the palm of your hand, a tiger smaller than a teacup and a miniature kangaroo and her even tinier baby — all conjured up in a characterful patchwork of yarn scraps. 
 
Tiny Friends: A Guide to Mosaic Embroidery is a book on making colourful toys using mosaic embroidery, a technique developed by the Japanese artist Tomomi Mimura. In this book, she introduces the reader to 13 animal characters. Through detailed photography, illustrations and step-by-step instructions, Tomomi shows how to stitch and assemble whimsical stuffed toys and finger puppets that bring joy and inspiration to anyone around them. 
 
Mosaic embroidery is a technique based on simple darning stitches — all you need to get started is an embroidery hoop and some fabric, yarn, a needle and a pair of scissors! It is perfect for using even the tiniest bits of leftover yarn.  

Tomomi Mimura is a Japanese embroidery artist most renowned for mosaic embroidery, a technique she developed from basic darning stitches. Tomomi has previously published three highly popular books in Japanese, which have sold nearly 100,000 copies in total. Tiny Friends: A Guide to Mosaic Embroidery is her first book to be published in English. 

Learn more:

Project Previews for Tiny Friends
Tomomi Mimura & The Magic of Mosaic Embroidery
Workshop: Mosaic Embroidery with Tomomi Mimura (November 15 in Finland)

144 pages
patterns for 13 toy animals: 5 finger puppets and 8 stuffed toys
Softcover
Print only, no digital download code available (Note: A separate digital book will be available through Laine's online shop on 27 September.)
Language: English
ISBN: 978-952-7580-08-0
Weight: Approx. 450 g / 1 lb
Dimensions: 189 x 240 x 11 mm
Printed in Latvia.

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Tomomi Mimura

Tomomi Mimura

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Curious about embroidery? All you need to get started are an embroidery hoop, some fabric, yarn, a needle and a pair of scissors! It is perfect for using even the tiniest bits of leftover yarn.
The book includes instructions on working mosaic embroidery and other embroidery stitches, as well as assembling the animals and creating their details.
Every toy in this book is one of a kind. Each has a different expression, character and appearance, but they are all equally adorable and precious, just like people with their unique personalities.

This book is my love letter to three-dimensional mosaic embroidery. I hope you will fall for it as much as I have.

Tomomi Mimura

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