Yumiko Higuchi: Embroidery and Applique Artist and Her Books

Wow, wow, wow. This book and this artist are both equal parts amazing! Yumiko Higuchi is a world-acclaimed Japanese embroidery artist renowned for her exquisite needlework masterpieces. Her unique work balances modern and traditional aspects of the art form. Most of her books delve into designs from the natural world, which is true of this one as well, but here in addition to embroidery, she is adding felt and applique as well and the effect is beautiful.

She was initially a handbag designer, and her designs translate well to garments, tea towels, and various flavors of bags. In the past I have made bags, but only in the context of a class, and it would be really cool to pre-embroider and applique material that would then be cut out and sewn into a bag. I got this book out of the library but knew immediately that I had to add it to my own library, and she has quite a few additional books published that I suspect are worthy of hunting down.