This embroidery sourcebook teaches you to turn a few basic stitches into endless creative designs-from alligators and bicycles to yucca plants and zebras. In How to Embroider Almost Everything embroidery designer Wendi Gratz shares more than five hundred inspiring, fun, and sophisticated stitch motifs that offers a fresh take on embroidery. Gratz offers fully illustrated instruction for each design, plus step-by-step tutorials in each of the easy stitch techniques you'll need. You can re-create the motifs exactly as shown using the accompanying templates and stitch guides, or give them your own creative spin by changing details and colors to suit your own style. This giant reference volume includes: - A detailed checklist of everything you'll need to embark on your stitch journey: threads, needles, fabric, and more. - Step-by-step tutorials for essential stitches and other techniques for creating the motifs - Answers to common questions and invaluable tips and tricks. - 500+ modern motifs for almost everything, including people and pets, trees and flowers, everyday objects, food, home, and more. Each book in the Almost Everything series offers a fun, comprehensive, and charmingly illustrated visual directory of ideas to inspire skill.