"Capture the Mystery of Egypt with Stunning Cross Stitch Projects *Egypt is a top-rated vacation destination, and its intriguing ancient culture appeals to many *Popular author specializes in converting cultural styles and icons into cross stitch designs *Features 25 dazzling and historically accurate projects From the Great Sphinx to hieroglyphics, from scarabs to the river Nile, Egypt’s ancient culture has long been alluring to the modern world. In this creative guide, Barbara Hammet provides 25 projects featuring these icons and more. Whether it’s a winged goddess cushion, a beaded scarab evening bag, or a wall hanging of the Sphinx, readers will welcome the truly unique projects in this fascinating collection."
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Barbara Hammet runs Wessex Embroidery Collection, designing and selling kits based on historic designs. The author of numerous books, she lives in Winchester in England.
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I was inspired to purchase this book after using the search inside device provided by amazon.com. I am very much interested in the Ancient Egyptian culture. This book is amazing providing quite a few larger projects including the Sphinx, King Tut, and a goddess. It also has quite a large amount of smaller motifs ideal for bookmarks including Osiris, the eye of Horus, Isis, Anubis etc. At the end of the book you can find a few border designs. This book uses quite a lot of color mostly green, red, yellow, and blue. It provides colored charts containing symbols for easy identification. A definite must have for any cross stitcher!
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Modern camels in ancient book,
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Camels weren't introduced until the Persians took control of Egypt around 525 B.C.. In early ancient Egypt donkeys were used at transportation and pack animals. There is no evidence of the camels existence in ancient egypt - no remains mummified or otherwise, no references in paintings or statues or other art from that period (National Geographic says so and doing a search there are tons of other sites, museums and books that say the same thing). If you have studied and loved Ancient Egypt as much as I have you will never have seen any camels in that time period. Other than this huge mix-up (small camel and man on page 8 project and huge touristy looking project on page 50 of arabian camel in front of pyramid) I like the projects in this book and the colors used for those projects. I will definitely be doing quite a few of these projects in the form in which they were made and adapting them to other forms as well. There are iconic images such as Nefertiti and King Tut., typical daily life scenes, common species of the time period and hieroglyphics so there are a wide range of projects in this book.
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Fabulous Charts!,
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I just love the charts in this book. I was getting tired of the same old books. This book is really refreshing. The charts when stitched turn out gorgeous. It is well worth what I paid for it. Even if it hadn't been on sale I would have bought it.
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For centuries, the smothering sands of Egypt preserved one of the most awesome monuments ever to be built-the colossal sculpture of the Great Sphinx at Giza. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
complete remove the guide lines, complete remove guide lines, using evenweave, stranded cotton, one strand for backstitch, stitch count, cross stitch, page ioi, chart key, needle size, bugle beads Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ancient Egypt, Decorative Hieroglyphs, Monument Panel, Ancient Wonders, Mill Hill, The Winged Scarab, Egyptian Queen, New Kingdom, Scarab Bag, Cat Goddess New!
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For centuries, the smothering sands of Egypt preserved one of the most awesome monuments ever to be built-the colossal sculpture of the Great Sphinx at Giza. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
complete remove the guide lines, complete remove guide lines, using evenweave, stranded cotton, one strand for backstitch, stitch count, cross stitch, page ioi, chart key, needle size, bugle beads Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ancient Egypt, Decorative Hieroglyphs, Monument Panel, Ancient Wonders, Mill Hill, The Winged Scarab, Egyptian Queen, New Kingdom, Scarab Bag, Cat Goddess New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Valley of the Kings by Elizabeth E. Carter on page 22
- The Aztecs by Philip Ardagh on page 50
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