Beaded Cross-Stitch Treasures: Designs From Mill Hill [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Gay Bowles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1999

Give your cross stitch a brilliant new dimension! Combine easy embroidery techniques with beautiful beads and shimmering glass ornaments to make the most unusual treasures and special gifts. Mill Hill is the recognized leader in craft designs, and they know just how to come up with striking ideas unlike anything you'll find anywhere else. General instructions get you started on stitches and embroidery styles, even pointing out where beginners often go wrong. Among the magnificent patterns to choose from are a pretty floral Victorian pillow; large-size traditional samplers with alphabets and attractive borders; Halloween hangings with black cats, ghosts, flying witches, and grinning pumpkins; beaded boxes, including sparkling "crystal fantasies"; Christmas ornaments, and hearts for Valentine's day. The author lives in Janesville, WI. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11. NEW IN PAPERBACK.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Readers starting with the general instructions here are bound to be confused. The issue is that the nearly 100 patterns all include some sort of 3-D object--glass and bugle beads and representations of, say, animals and natural items--but the author tries to distinguish between the two by labeling the former as beads and the latter as, treasures. Forget the nomenclature and even the oh-so-obvious commercial promotion of Mill Hill craftables, because each design--mostly middle-market-pleasing motifs for holiday ornaments, wedding and anniversary sentiments, and the like--can easily be adopted to two dimensions. Included are charts, lists of materials and supplies needed, graphs, and color photographs. Barbara Jacobs

About the Author

The author resides in Jamesville, WI.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling; illustrated edition edition (December 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806955279
• ISBN-13: 978-0806955278
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #643,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for beginners, March 15, 2000

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Wendy (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beaded Cross-Stitch Treasures: Designs From Mill Hill (Hardcover)

This book contains detailed instruction for beading on fabric or perforated paper. Many of the projects shown were available in kit form in years past. Projects range in size from 1.5 inches to detailed samplers. Colorful photos and clear charts make these projects easy to follow. The designs are beautiful and many can be completed in a few hours.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars easy&beautiful beaded small designs, September 5, 2001

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HBeano (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beaded Cross-Stitch Treasures: Designs from Mill Hill (Paperback)

Beads add a beautiful new dimension to cross-stitch and this book makes it easy to do. It has around 100 very small designs: lots of hearts,flowers and baskets,cute little houses,angels,halloween and christmas ornaments. There are also around ten (a little bit larger)beautiful samplers. The charts are well defined with clear instructions. The designs are small but very charming and cute. I also used some of the designs for x-stitching without beads and the results were very pretty.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute beaded x-stitch patterns, March 15, 2001

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Stitch Beeyatch (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beaded Cross-Stitch Treasures: Designs from Mill Hill (Paperback)

This book has many patterns (wish I had the book here to count!). Almost all are small--ranging from pin size to ornaments--with only one larger sampler piece. (That pillow on the cover is not as big as it seems.) All patterns are suitable for beginners but more advanced stitchers will find these patterns work up quickly enough for presents. There are a number of patterns that could be used to represent months (like an umbrella for March and flowers for May) if you are into that new seasonal craze. Great book if you like the Mill Hill beaded stitchery kits.