Charted Folk Designs for Cross-Stitch Embroidery: 278 Charts of Ancient Folk Embroideries from the Countries Along the Danube (Dover Needlework) [Paperback]

Maria Foris (Author), Andreas Foris (Editor), Heinz Edgar Kiewe (Introduction)

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Text: English, German (translation)

Product Details

• Paperback: 77 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (July 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486231917
• ISBN-13: 978-0486231914
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Resource for Traditional European Cross Stitch, February 17, 2005

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Lori Cyr "BookLoverBookSeller" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Charted Folk Designs for Cross-Stitch Embroidery: 278 Charts of Ancient Folk Embroideries from the Countries Along the Danube (Dover Needlework) (Paperback)

The designs in this book are absolutely stunning, beautiful, and versatile. There is also a great variety of designs one could use for many projects and gifts. The designs are special because they are indeed a kind of historical record of the peoples who stitched them. Some of them had even been stitched with human hair! The only thing that disappointed me is there wasn't much history presented about the designs. I would have also liked to know a little bit about the families who had them as family heirlooms. There was a brief introduction about some of the styles, but it wasn't very organized. I found myself spending some time on writing what I could find about the designs next to the plates so I had some kind of reference to where they came from. However, the authors put a lot of research into presenting as many designs as accurately as possible. According to the book, they had to view some of the finished pieces under a magnifying glass to graph them accurately. If you are of European ancestry and love traditional cross stitch/embroidery desings, and if you want something authentic, special, and creative, then you will love this book. The designs are presented in black and white, and the charts are clear,large, and easy to follow. Also there are LOTS of them. If you worked out of this book alone, you could spend years stitching. In my opinion, this book is worth much more than I paid for it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars great designs, but poorly printed, August 8, 2011

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This review is from: Charted Folk Designs for Cross-Stitch Embroidery: 278 Charts of Ancient Folk Embroideries from the Countries Along the Danube (Dover Needlework) (Paperback)

I was really looking forward to getting this book. I was born and raised in Europe and used to do traditional cross stitch embroidery as a child and teen. The book has many wonderful designs that I recognize, as far as I can tell. Unfortunately in about 70% of them red colored squares are off the grid, a full square off, or even worse, with the grid running down the middle of red squares. Black color is all in place, which makes pattern reading even more confusing. I'll either have to transfer all the charts to graph paper by hand, or buy another copy, hopefully correctly printed one...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book, September 11, 2009

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Lillian Howard Potter "Lillian" (Silver Spring, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charted Folk Designs for Cross-Stitch Embroidery: 278 Charts of Ancient Folk Embroideries from the Countries Along the Danube (Dover Needlework) (Paperback)

this is an older book and everything is charted in a single color or in two colors (red and black) -- it's not fancy in that way -- but it is just as solid as can be -- there are wonderful patterns small, medium, and large -- lots of borders. great for handtowels, mats/napkins, tablecloths. highly recommend.