"The Embroidery of Boutis" is a direct translation of the term, "la Broderie de Boutis". As a quilter, I have thought more in quilt related terms when it comes to boutis, however, as it's name suggests, the French consider boutis more in terms of embroidery. So how very appropriate that a group of embroiderers would be interested in learning more about this French technique. For about the last 6 months, my attention has been focused on writing a basic instruction manual for boutis and creating kits for a few of my designs. After I had finished my first cicada needlebook , I wrote some basic instructions for it and asked my friend Karen, (averyclaire.org) , to "test drive" the pattern and instructions. Karen and I had met on-line a number of years prior to this through our mutual interest in boutis. Not only has she done a beautiful job in recreating the pattern herself, her feedback on the instructions has been extremely helpful for the rewrite and