Japanese craft book (1) Flower Embroidery

I have been attracted by embroidery recently. (That's why I listed my constellation clutch.)  I'd love to learn some more techniques and bought a how-to book written by Ayako OTSUKA, a famous Japanese craftsman.

Flower Embroidery by Ayako OTSUKA

This is the book I bought ; Flower Embroidery by Ayako OTSUKA.
I bought this book because I wanted to learn how to make the flower petals on the cover. I found out she uses the method "raised fishbone stitch". She uses a sewing pin to make it easier and it's like enlightenment. I cannot show how she does it due to copyrights, but I found an online tutorial of raised fishbone stitch (they don't use a sewing pin, though). Here's the site.

This book has 38 different flower patterns. She uses very basic techniques like outline stitch, back stitch and french knot etc and still makes very beautiful embroidered flowers. It is written in Japanese, but if you have experienced embroidery, you will be able to understand it easily (I think).

It costs only 11 US dollars and really worth it. Recommended!