Cross-Stitch Florals [Paperback]

Marie Barber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 28, 2002

From lush African foliage to bright Dutch tulips, cultivate cross-stitch gardens of flowers around the world. Color photographs display the designs on cushions, bolsters, wall hangings, samplers, and other beautiful items. “You’ll love the thrill of armchair travel with needle and floss.”—Just Cross Stitch.

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"...you'll love the thrill of armchair travel with needle and floss."--Just Cross Stitch

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle (May 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806980982
• ISBN-13: 978-0806980980
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,825,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, but oh so disappointing!, October 23, 2001

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Elizabeth Langerak "Afrikitty" (Saint Louis, Missouri. USA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cross-Stitch Florals (Hardcover)

I saw this book on this website and as I am an avid cross stitcher and a Marie Barber fan to boot, I decided to buy it after looking at a picture of the front cover and reading the synopsis on the book. However, when it arrived at my doorstep, I was terribly disappointed to see that 90% of the patterns in the book were not shown as completed projects. The book is jam packed full of, what seem to be, lovely patterns, but only about 10% of the patterns are shown as finished. This was a great disappointment to me as I like to look and see what the finished item looks like before I start to stitch it. This helps me to decide whether I am going to use the recommended fabric, or try one in a colour of my own. As far as I am concerned, the author spent so much time packing the book full of patterns that she never took the time to get all the projects stitched and photographed for display. Because of this, I find myself staring endlessly at a pattern that I think I might like to stitch, only to put the book down in disgust, not wanting to waste my time starting a project that I might turn out to dislike. All lovers of the art of Cross Stitching will know what I am talking about when I say this. Finally, and this is the greatest frustration to me, but there is no dialogue in the book....just pages and pages and pages of patterns that may or may not stitch up to the satisfaction of the stitcher. So, the book spends more time on my shelf than it does in use and I regret the wasted money. Having said all this, I still rate the book 3 stars as I don't think I would be too disappointed should I try out one of the patterns as Marie Barber's work is usually a delight to me. However, for those of you who like to see the finished result before you start stitching, this book will be a great source of frustration. It certainly is that to me.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice collection; not destined to be a favorite., December 20, 2001

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"mezipp" (Williamsville, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cross-Stitch Florals (Hardcover)

This book falls short of my favorite Marie Barber book: Gifts of Nature: An American Sampler. The qualities that I liked most about that book are missing from this one. There, Marie had large samplers that were photographed in finished form as well as including ideas of how to pull out portions of the designs for smaller projects. This book is loaded with small patterns but few are shown combined or photographed finished. I would like some suggestions on how to use these patterns individually or combined. I also miss the size charts that tell me how big the finished design will be based on thread count of fabric used; call me lazy.
I have worked a few of these designs, and they are easy to follow as are all of Marie's patterns. So I would say that this is nice book for someone who is looking for a collection of small, simple floral patterns.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple designs, but very good., April 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Cross-Stitch Florals (Hardcover)

I really like that the designs are printed in color. They are simple but beautiful. This is my favorite of Marie Barber's books.