OP i-}-e- SUZANN THOMPSON CR®CHET BMUQUET EASY DESIGNS FOR DOZENS OF FLOWERSContents INTRODUCTION Basics. WILD FLOWERS Aster-oids Center-or-Not. Circles within Circles Fancy Five. Millefiori Off-Center Round Oval Center Rose, Petal Arches. Ray Flower Simple Five Small Flowers & Centers. Sunflower on a Gri. Topsy Turvy #1 Psychedelic Blanket Flower Shower Curtain Way Cool Pillows BOTANICAL BEAUTIES Columbine Daffodil and Narcissus. Flower Bell. Gazania Loopy Mumsy. Orchid Plain Pansy. Poppy. Ribbon Rose Rolled Rose Sunflower. Thistle Chic Garcen Hat Blooming Gift Boxes & Bag 49 51 53 54 57 58 61 63 65 67 9 n 3 76 78 STACKED & LAYERED Crazy Eight, Fire Wheel Five Point Pear! Trillium Popcorn in the Middle Primrose Layers Star Flower. Sweetheart Rose Topsy Turvy #2 Traditional Rose: Flower Power Jeans Chenille Scarf & Hat Born to Be Wild Backpack. FANCIFUL FOLIAGE Compound Leaves. Corrugated Leaf. Fern. Palm Leaf Rose Leaf Ruffle Edge Leaf. Scallop Edge Leaf Shamrock. Small One-Row Leaf. Spiky Leaf. Veined Leaf Bistro Curtain Greeting Cards ‘ABOUT THE AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, ‘CROCHET HOOK SIZES CHART INDEX. a1 3 85 87 88 90 92 93 95 97 100 102 104 107 109 110 12 113 us 116 1g 120 121 123 126 128 130 131 131 132Introduction Te been a flower gil foraslongas an remember. My patents planted lsh flower gardens outside our home, and beyond the fence lay the wildflowers ofTenas. Inside the house, we enjoyed flowery chinaware and embroideries from my mother’s natve Germany. remember one quilt in particular, made by my Texan grandmothers red seshing seemed to wind ikea path through gardens of oral fabric. ‘Yeasts, escovered ish crochet ace, with ts ‘anc oral motifs | was “hooked had been roceting since junior igh schol, but nothing captured my imagination ike the wonderful crocheted lowes found in ld sh crochet patter books. nearly wore out thelr pages, ‘Mew crafters still make the time-consuming fine laces and prety dle of days pst, but most of us today caochet not pass the hours, butto show ou love forothes or ‘werpress our indviualy Inaworld ofmass- produced merchandise We have iitedtime to accomplish those things 6 Crochet Bouquet ‘Gocheted flowers tothe rescue! They'equick toma, don't require ch yarn andjustone «an personalize anything from housewares to handkerchiefs couple of flowers ane aleaf con ress up an entire garment One ite spray of flowers juedto a greeting ard cen makea loved cone’ whale week And thy are easy to complete, especially with the pattems inthis book The more flowers, the betey say. Whether they e bright (Poppy, page 65) orsubdued (Simple Five, page 33), whether theyre modem (Crazy Eight, page 81 or retro (Cirles within cles, page 22), you can sew them together ‘to make flower fbricorarange crochet wer bouquets for embellishing larger projets ke Shaws and blankets. often use ceocheted fowersin my val hangings. Beads buttons, and embroidery ad to the variety oftextures andeffectsyoucan achieve, ‘As you brighten your wort with crocheted flowers hope yout joinmeontineat hitpvitextilfuson. com/bookblog tsa blog ‘spell for you, my readers. Youll id tp, sources, and moreideas for using crocheted flowers ad leaves. Youte welcome to comment ‘on what post, oryoucan register and post photos ofthe projects you've made fam this book. I also host“FlowerCrocet-Alongs” Best ofall you'l belong toa community of people who love to make prety things by hand So begin your adventure inthis unique foal cat. Iyoutea new cachet start withthe simpler pattems. s you ain experienc, youl find mre and morecomple patterns and poectsinthe book to kep you earring and exploring. | bet youlsoonbeashooked asl was when! ist Ascovered crocheted flowers.