The patterns in this book enable the construction of your own personal record of contemporary life - including your family and family events, your home, your family tree, and your pets. All the patterns are designed on a "mix and match" basis.
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This useful book offers eminently stitchable images and sound advice to start the reader off on the proverbial right foot toward original needlework. Embroidered pieces, portrayed in photographs, run the gamut from monogrammed gifts (e.g., napkin rings) to documentary samplers, and are accompanied by cut and sew directions, when needed. After offering instruction in the stitches, Versoa prizewinning Irish craftswoman and teacherproceeds to the process of designing. She demonstrates the "squaring up" of images so they can be rendered in full cross-stitch, cross-stitch, backstitch and French knot. She goes on to discuss composing a piece on graph paper within a framing border. Numerous bands, borders and alphabets are charted to this end, as well as framed texts, family trees, birth records and a christening announcement. Small gifts (e.g., framed initials) are not neglected. And a "pattern library" introduces 30-odd colored charts of animals, people, objects and symbolsfrom coffeepots to ballerinasfor the reader's easy reference and application.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Design your own samplers and keepsakes,
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This review is from: Picture It in Cross-Stitch (Paperback)
Every cross-stitcher should have this! It's a collection of small bits that can be combined, along with ideas on design.Any hobbies your friends or family members have, you can find examples of here. I have made several wedding samplers by combining interests of the bride and groom. Any kind of pet at all - including snakes, goldfish, guinea pigs, and parakeets. Gilbert and Sullivan characters, and other drama motifs. People in general - examples of males and females, boys and girls, elderly people, people in wheelchairs, people with every kind of professional equipment you can think of. Classical music motifs, musical instruments. Different kinds of windows, doors, walls, and roofs so you can do a house that looks like yours, or the person's you are making the sampler for. Every kind of flower and vegetable commonly grown in home gardens. All the woodland creatures, trees, etc. for surrounding scenery. Flags for many nationalities. An astronaut. Are you getting an idea of the variety in this book? I haven't mentioned a tenth of it!! Some of the examples of samplers include ones she made for Prince Charles' and Diana's wedding; one for an elaborate garden with the appropriate quote from "Candide," several house-based samplers, and sample birthday and anniversary cards. Grandfather clocks, peach-faced lovebirds, bee hives, violins, and oak leaves are among my favorites, that I have used in more than one piece. Warning: once you buy this book, you will have so many ideas, you won't get anything else done for a while. If you get started right this very minute, you might even finish them all before the NEXT century!!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Fun and humorous designs!,
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This review is from: Picture It in Cross-Stitch (Paperback)
Jo Verso has patterns for a variety of modern-life figures in a distinctive and quirky style. The people look like cheerful little Lego people, and they can be put together in any combination.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent for both beginner and intermediate stitchers,
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This review is from: Picture It in Cross-Stitch (Paperback)
This book is a wonderful reference. It will help anyone wanting to learn how to design and stitch cross-stitch. It goes from basic reference and teaching to relatively advanced design ideas. Jo Verso writes in a friendly, accessible style, as if you had a good friend sitting at your elbow, helping you along. The illustrations are clear and will help you see the mistakes in your stitching, to correct them and become better. The design ideas will encourage you even further than you thought you could go! I have designed several personalized samplers and designs for family and friends based on this book. Along with Erica Wilson's books, this is indispensible for any needleworker; unfortunately, many of Miss Wilson's books are out of print, but this one's not!
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