This collection details more than 35 needlepoint designs of a variety of cats. All the designs use tent stitch over a range of canvas sizes, and include all the instructions for completing them. Projects include: a spectacle case, silver tabby key holder, celestial cat rug and a bell pull.
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Calling all cat lovers! Prolific needlework designer Julie Hasler combines two of her favorite obsessions to produce a gallery of gorgeous needlepoint patterns depicting cats of many breeds in all their glory. Tabbies, Persians, Siamese, Angoras, and Oriental shorthairs cavort over cushions, door stops, wall hangings, bell pulls, greeting cards, trinket boxes, place mats--even a rug and a Christmas stocking. The beautiful full-color charts and accompanying photos capture the many moods of the feline persuasion at play and at rest, with well-chosen backgrounds to set off their colors, markings, and personalities. All the designs are worked in basic tent stitch, though the high level of detail necessitates some degree of needlework experience. All the grace and charm that makes cats so endearing shines through these striking designs. --Amy Handy
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Julie Hasler is a popular cross stitch designer and author of many books on the subject. She first became interested in cross stitch while recovering in hospital from a motorbike accident, and soon turned to creating her own designs. Since then her work has appeared in exhibitions, books, magazines and newspapers. Julie lives in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Cat Lovers' Needlepoint,
By HouseDragon (Hawai'i) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Needlepoint Cats (Paperback)
If you have at least intermediate needlepointing experience, you won't have any problems. However, beginners beware! The instructions for working the tent stitch on page 11 are appallingly incorrect. That aside, the charts are easy to read with a combination of color and symbols. Most of the backgrounds are repeats and would be easy to substitute for each other. The cats themselves are beautiful. Recommended for experienced needleworkers.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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a must have for the cat lover who needlepoints,
By A Customer
This review is from: Needlepoint Cats (Hardcover)
Julie Hasler has captured the heart of the cat lover. When I look at needlepoint books the first thing I look for is a design of a cat, and to think here is a book with no cutesy cats. Each design reminds one of some cat one has known. The only problem is deciding which to make first. Keep doing more books, Julie Hasler!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful Designs for Cat Lovers everywhere,
This review is from: Needlepoint Cats (Hardcover)
A range of cat designs with a difference. Each cat has character and the backgrounds are superb. If you are a cat lover you will love it although you may be like me and find it hard to decide which one to create first.
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Needlepoint is worked with wool or thread over canvas and the stitches cover the whole area, including the background. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unworked canvas, wool skeins, design centrally, finished needlepoint, stranded cotton, excess canvas, embroidery face, tapestry wool, needlepoint embroidery, finished embroidery, stitching techniques, mounting board, decorative edging, backing fabric, needle size, appropriate chart, frame following Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Needlepoint is worked with wool or thread over canvas and the stitches cover the whole area, including the background. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unworked canvas, wool skeins, design centrally, finished needlepoint, stranded cotton, excess canvas, embroidery face, tapestry wool, needlepoint embroidery, finished embroidery, stitching techniques, mounting board, decorative edging, backing fabric, needle size, appropriate chart, frame following Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Tabby, William Morris New!
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