Splendid Samplers To Cross-Stitch: 35 Original Projects (Hardcover)

by Chris Rankin (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
"Well-designed projects, some contemporary and some traditional...using 18th- and 19th-century motifs....All are charted in black-and-white with DMC and Anchor thread keys, lists of materials, and good color photographs of the finished samplers. They are embroidered in traditional cross stitch with very little backstitch outlining...a good example of American sampler design in an area of craft books that is usually dominated by European imports."--LJ. 144 pages (73 in color), 67 b/w illus., 8 1/2 x 11.


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Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (December 31, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806931647
• ISBN-13: 978-0806931647
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,596,200 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Big Variety of Samplers, March 31, 2002

By	Shaptyl "shaptyl" (Amman Jordan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Splendid Samplers To Cross-Stitch: 35 Original Projects (Paperback)

A wide choice of samplers is presented in this book, even though most of the charts are difficult to read and follow, some of them might really be worth the effort. The samplers are listed as follows with my own ratings which range from a beginner to an advanced cross stitcher:
1. Country Garden -advanced
2. Alphabets in Blue-intermediate
3. Plum Vine- definitely for a beginner
4. Christmas-advanced
5. Nautical-beginner
6. Flower baskets(2)-intermediate
7. Memorial- advanced
8. Circus- beginner
9. Blue Birth- intermediate
10.Paper Dolls(2)-intermediate
11.Bow Birth-beginner
12.Nursery-beginner
13.Mama and Papa bears-beginner
14.Carnival-intermediate
15.Butterfly Birth-beginner
16.Schoolroom-intermediate
17.Pastel Birth-beginner
18.Home sweet home-beginner
19.Carribbean(shown on the cover)-advanced
20.Pastry-intermediate
21.Home Celebration-intermediate
22.Louis XVI Chairs-beginner
23.Tea party-beginner
24.Lilies of the valley-beginner
25.Brownstone house-intermediate
26.Alpine Flowers- beginner
27.Iris-beginner
28.Field Flowers-beginner *My favorite*
29.Spring Birds(2)-beginner
30.Wildfowers-intermediate
31.Garden Trio-intermediate
32.Sunflowers-intermediate
33.Romantic age-beginner
34.Roses-beginner
35.Cottage Garden-advanced
36.Winter picture-beginner
These are rough ratings, of course the colors used are many and the fabric used for each design also plays a role in the complexity of the work. Most of these samplers are big, parts of them can also be used alone for smaller projects.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars colorful designs, December 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Splendid Samplers To Cross-Stitch: 35 Original Projects (Paperback)

This book has some bold colors, something that a lot of sampler designs miss. Also, since this is a sampler book, and mostly not of the old alphabet type, you can do portions of most of the graphs and have a good smaller project. A good variety of subjects, too, including some for children's rooms.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Splendid Samplers to Cross Stitch : 35 Original Projects, December 10, 1999

By A Customer

I would like to say that this book contains wonderful photographs of each sampler and when I first opened it up to look at it, some of the samplers were truly different and breathtaking. I stitched the Pastry Sampler and entered it in the State Fair and won "Best of Category". Although the graph I worked from was extremely difficult to decipher. I think this book contains some beautiful, whimsical and intricate needlework.