500 Cross-Stitch Blocks [Hardcover]

Anna Davidson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 2006

Bright, versatile, and simple to sew, these 500 embroidered designs fit together beautifully to form an array of fabulous patterns. Choose from a wide variety of themes and then have fun arranging them. Some have beads and sizzling colors. Others are small and enchanting, perfect for giving novices enough confidence to move on to more ambitious stitchery. The creative possibilities are limitless.

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Anna Davidson lives in Half Moon Bay, California. She arrived in the United States from Britain 14 years ago with her husband and ten week old son. In her luggage along with nappies and bottles were embroidery silks and fabric. She had fallen in love with the colourful simplicity of cross-stitch a few months before her departure from Britain. All through the lonely months of settling in a foreign country, her embroidery was a great source of comfort and a wonderful outlet for creativity. The difficulty of finding cross-stitch designs that she wanted to stitch spurred Anna into designing her own pieces. She has achieved a finalist's place in two DMC competitions and has had her work featured regularly in stitching magazines. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle (February 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402738277
• ISBN-13: 978-1402738272
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #744,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 500 interesting cross stitch blocks, April 14, 2002

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"jrbintx" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 500 Cross-Stitch Blocks (Hardcover)

This book will send your cross stitching mind awhirl with ideas. The book is based loosely on mosaic tiles. For experienced stitchers, it has some designs I've not seen in other books. For beginning stitchers, the designs aren't difficult to stitch, but not enough color pictures of finished work to show how to put blocks together into a design. You will need some graph paper to make the best use of this book. The layout of this book is beautifully done with each two page spread color themed. My current favorites are the fleur-de-lis pillow and English garden designs. Happy Stitching!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too few finished pieces pictured, April 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: 500 Cross-Stitch Blocks (Hardcover)

Not being one of those who can visualize a finished piece from a chart, this book was a disappointment to me. Only a handful of the charts are made up, but what projects are stitched, are very nice, indeed. I just would have preferred to see more finished pieces.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wealth of ideas, May 1, 2003

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DaZinner "zinfan" (Everett, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 500 Cross-Stitch Blocks (Hardcover)

This book has something for everyone. There is a wide range of themes and since the designs are generally small they have a number of uses alone (keyfobs, bookmarks, placemats, ornaments, etc) or they can be combined with other designs for larger works.

The charts are very easy to read - they are large and are charted using both symbols and colored squares so you can get a sense of the color of the finished piece while still being able to easily tell which thread you should use for each stitch.

I do agree with another reviewer that the lack of pictures of the finished pieces is unfortunate but it does not prevent me from recommending this book (but it did 'knock off' one star).