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Graphic artists, designers, and crafters will welcome this treasure chest of 95 versatile floral stencils? attractive straight border elements and corresponding corner motifs? in a variety of sizes and styles. You'll find scores of garden-fresh patterns to meet a multitude of design needs: tulip, carnation, rose, daffodil, impatiens, and other floral favorites, some incorporating stars, hearts, and even a butterfly. Use stencils singly for eye-catching spot effects, in repeating patterns to create a design of any length, or mix them in any combination? the design possibilities are limitless. Placement dots on each stencil make alignment simple; illustrations on the covers provide examples of attractive color patterns. Printed on heavy manila paper, these durable stencils can be used over and over to ornament walls, floors, furniture, fabrics, tin, leather, posters? virtually any flat surface. Complete instructions and a list of the easily obtainable, inexpensive materials you'll need are included in the Introduction. With this practical, reasonably priced volume, needleworkers, quilters, woodburners, and other crafters can add a decorative floral border wherever needed. The stenciling method is easily mastered and projects are quickly and beautifully accomplished.