The Meadow in Thread is a two-volume botanical drawing and embroidery reference collection with 80 paired studies, 160 study images and 264 PDF pages. A stem bends, a pod opens and a blade folds. Each study follows a particular botanical relationship from graphite-and-ink drawing to its corresponding textile interpretation.
The collection moves from flowers and seed stories into grasses, roots, stone, dry heads and the architecture of the meadow. Its quiet page rhythm gives both the occupied surfaces and the open ground room to be studied closely.
What Is Included
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Volume I: Flowers and Seed Stories, Studies 01-40, 132 PDF pages.
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Volume II: Grasses and Meadow Architecture, Studies 41-80, 132 PDF pages.
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80 A/B pairs: 80 botanical drawings and 80 corresponding textile interpretations.
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Eight chapter essays and 80 individual reading notes.
- Study indexes, structure and surface indexes, a design-notebook guide and small adaptation exercises.
- Two English-language PDF books with front and back covers. The 264-page total includes covers and endpapers.
Volume I: Flowers and Seed Stories
The first forty studies follow unequal stem rhythms, open branching canopies, seed release and flowers seen from changing positions. Scabious, wild carrot, fennel, milkweed, clematis, poppy, cornflower and mallow introduce broad leaf planes, fine supports, compact heads and delicate filaments.
A fallen petal, an empty calyx or the gap between two independent plants gives the eye a precise place to return. Four essays connect these events through stems and open space, botanical branching, dispersal and the turning surfaces of flowers.
Volume II: Grasses and Meadow Architecture
The second forty studies begin with folded blades and hanging grass units, then move into exposed roots, stone edges, mineral crevices and late-season structures. The final chapter brings separate plants into arches, crescents, towers and unfinished meadow crowns.
A rigid capsule axis can meet a flexible grass. A contracted wild-carrot head can hold an open centre. Yarrow and fennel cross once while keeping their lower supports separate. These small relationships make the larger arrangements readable.
From Botanical Drawing to Textile Surface
A establishes the contour, attachments, folds and open intervals. B presents the corresponding composition through colour, directional marks and contrasting textile surfaces. The paired layout lets you compare a shell lip with its finer silk, a flower cup with its rim, or a broad leaf with the stem passing behind it.
The essays introduce the relationships shared by ten studies. Individual reading notes then identify a specific surface or junction and suggest a focused observation or small material experiment.
Book Details
- Digital PDF book collection, two volumes.
- 132 pages per PDF, 264 pages in total including covers and endpapers.
- US Letter portrait format: 8.5 x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm).
- English-language edition, first edition 2026.
- 80 studies and 160 full-page study artworks.
- Created and edited by Ridvan Yusein. Published by Stitchesly.
Ideal For
- Personal hand-embroidery and textile-art inspiration.
- Botanical drawing, composition and open-space study.
- Comparing leaf turns, petal directions, seed textures and fine supports.
- Developing a design notebook and focused material samples.
- Textile designers, makers and botanical-art readers.
Digital Product Notice
This is a digital visual reference publication. No physical book or materials will be shipped. The collection does not include transfer-ready sewing patterns, step-by-step stitch instructions, DMC colour recipes or digitized machine embroidery files. Plan your own working scale, cloth, palette and stitching methods from the visual studies.
Personal Use License
You may view and print the PDFs for private reference. The files and illustrations may not be shared, resold, redistributed, publicly uploaded or reproduced as products for sale.
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Selected artworks can be reviewed for a separate custom adaptation and manual digitizing service. Submit the study number with your preferred size, hoop and machine format. Detailed botanical surfaces may require simplification for clean stitching, so each request is assessed and quoted individually.
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