Stumpwork Embroidery for Beginners: How to Create Stunning Three-dimensional Raised Embroidery, Wired Petals, and Garden Florals at Home

Flat embroidery is beautiful — but stumpwork gets up off the fabric. Wired petals that cast real shadows, padded shapes that lift away from the ground cloth, beetle wings that catch the light: this is what makes stumpwork the most theatrical of all needlework traditions. Clara Moss breaks down every core technique into manageable steps, starting with your first wired leaf and building to a complete raised garden flower — no prior stumpwork experience required.