Customer Reviews

Danish Floral Charted Designs (Dover Embroidery, Needlepoint)

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This book of exquisite small projects is just right for the counted cross stitcher who wants to create something for the person who has everything.

The designs are small and need to be enlarged on a copier before they can be used (I enlarged at 159 percent). Most designs are square, about 65 stitches in each direction. Three or four designs grouped in the same frame would make a nice presentation.

Thread colors for both DMC and Danish Flower Thread are given.

This book is very reasonable, yet contains about 45 charts mostly wild flowers and berries. If you like simple scandinavian designs, you must love this. I recommend to stitch them on linen using danish flower thread to make your piece more elegant. I stitched a rosehip design on natural linen and turned out to be a beautiful pin-cushion.

Gerda Bengtsson is Denmark's greatest fiber-artist and created more than 1000 designs. She achieves the essence of botanicals using just a few, well-placed stitches. Most of her botanicals are large, stunning pieces. This is a collection of tiny, exquisite plants. (No, you won't find anything cute in here; no teddybears or santas).

Over the past thirty years, I have made many of these, framed them for my home or given them as gifts. They are best when stitched on pure linen with Danish Flower Thread. [Still available from the Haandarbejdets Fremme]

I was delighted to see this gem of a book for sale and bought up 5 copies! Mine is so worn!

This book has the most CHARMING small florals which would be delightful in a European or "cottage" decor! I'm going to make some sachet pouches with these designs on them to place throughout my home or give as gifts. They add a delightful touch to any small project.

I thought the suggestion to enlarge the charts on a copier was a good idea. To make the charts even easier to follow, and more interesting to look at, I would suggest coloring the enlarged charts in with colored pencils that resemble the floss colors.

I see that DMC has come out with "linen" floss in soft floral colors . . . I bet they would produce an especially lovely effect. I saw them at A.C. Moore in the cross stitch section. I do not know how these "linen" floss colors are numbered, but I suppose this could be checked out at a DMC website?

This book was not what I expected. The designs were too simple and quite frankly boring.

This book is a good book for the cross stitcher or the emboidery it is wonderful.