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Book Sampler Motifs and Symbolism

Download or read book Sampler Motifs and Symbolism written by Patricia Andrle and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Sampler Motif Book

Download or read book The Sampler Motif Book written by Brenda Keyes and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Samplers   Samplermakers

Download or read book Samplers Samplermakers written by Mary Jaene Edmonds and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1991 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "American classrooms have gone largely unrecorded, these astonishing embroideries which are usually signed, dated, and even sometimes inscribed with the names of the towns in which they were worked and the names of the embroiderers' teachers serve as historic documents, attesting to the existence of colonial education for women. There is a story behind each of the nearly eighty samplers illustrated in this book"--Insleaves.

Book Historic Samplers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia Ryan
  • Publisher : Bulfinch Press
  • Release : 1992-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780821219317
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Historic Samplers written by Patricia Ryan and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents thirty American samplers and their patterns from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

Book The Sampler Motif Book

Download or read book The Sampler Motif Book written by Brenda Keyes and published by Booksales. This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Brenda Keyes  Traditional Samplers

Download or read book Brenda Keyes Traditional Samplers written by Brenda Keyes and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 1999-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduce a wealth of historic antique samplers -- simple schoolroom motifs, intricate band samplers, and charmingly personalized handwork to commemorate every occasion. Embroider samplers with alphabets and homey sayings, and "sign" them with your name. Stitch a Little Girl's Birth Sampler in pink-and-white or an Edwardian Boy's Birth Sampler. Give others at weddings, housewarmings, christenings, and anniversaries. Bonus projects include pillows, bookmarks, and bags. Every one is a classic!

Book New Cross Stitch Sampler Book

Download or read book New Cross Stitch Sampler Book written by Helen Philipps and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 72 projects; gift tags and mini pictures.

Book Sampler   Antique Needlework

    Book Details:
  • Author : Darlene O'Steen
  • Publisher : Symbol of Excellence Publishers, Incorporated
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9780932437044
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Sampler Antique Needlework written by Darlene O'Steen and published by Symbol of Excellence Publishers, Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Materiality of Color

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrea Feeser
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2017-07-05
  • ISBN : 1351542737
  • Pages : 460 pages

Download or read book The Materiality of Color written by Andrea Feeser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although much has been written on the aesthetic value of color, there are other values that adhere to it with economic and social values among them. Through case studies of particular colors and colored objects, this volume demonstrates just how complex the history of color is by focusing on the diverse social and cultural meanings of color; the trouble, pain, and suffering behind the production and application of these colors; the difficult technical processes for making and applying color; and the intricacy of commercial exchanges and knowledge transfers as commodities and techniques moved from one region to another. By emphasizing color's materiality, the way in which it was produced, exchanged, and used by artisans, artists, and craftspersons, contributors draw attention to the disjuncture between the beauty of color and the blood, sweat, and tears that went into its production, circulation, and application as well as to the complicated and varied social meanings attached to color within specific historical and social contexts. This book captures color's global history with chapters on indigo plantations in India and the American South, cochineal production in colonial Oaxaca, the taste for brightly colored Chinese objects in Europe, and the thriving trade in vermilion between Europeans and Native Americans. To underscore the complexity of the technical knowledge behind color production, there are chapters on the 'discovery' of Prussian blue, Brazilian feather techn?and wallpaper production. To sound the depths of color's capacity for social and cultural meaning-making, there are chapters that explore the significance of black ink in Shakespeare's sonnets, red threads in women's needlework samplers, blues in Mayan sacred statuary, and greens and yellows in colored glass bracelets that were traded across the Arabian desert in the late Middle Ages. The purpose of this book is to recover color's complex-and sometimes morally troubling-past, and in doing so,

Book Sampler Workbook  Motifs and Patterns

Download or read book Sampler Workbook Motifs and Patterns written by Caroline Vincent and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-08-30 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mønstre til korsstingsbroderi og andre broderiteknikker, hvor motiverne er bygninger, mennesker, træer, dyr, borter, blomsterarrangementer, tal og bogstaver

Book Sampler   Antique Needlework Quarterly Collection 1991 2015

Download or read book Sampler Antique Needlework Quarterly Collection 1991 2015 written by Annie's and published by Annie's. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing unique reproductions of samplers and smalls from private collectors and museum collections, this DVD edition features one-of-a-kind antique needlework projects from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, as well as antique-inspired designs. Also featured are well-researched articles profiling sampler makers, sampler-producing schools, needlework tools, museums and the various historical events that have shaped needlework. Some of the articles and projects cannot be found anywhere else, making this DVD essential to any collection. The DVD incudes full-color photography, easy-to-read charts and complete instructions.

Book One hour Cross Stitch

Download or read book One hour Cross Stitch written by and published by Orbit Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In just one hour you can create one of over 150 cross-stitch projects designed for your home, the holidays, and all those special people in your life. You'll find projects for both beginners and experienced stitchers, with emphasis given to stitching on ready-made garments and household items. 117 color photos.

Book Celtic Cross Stitch Samplers

Download or read book Celtic Cross Stitch Samplers written by Angela Wainwright and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1996 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the materials and techniques used for such needlework projects as eyeglass cases, pincushions, tea cosies, book covers, evening bags, wall hangings, and napkins

Book The Emotion Thesaurus  A Writer s Guide to Character Expression  2nd Edition

Download or read book The Emotion Thesaurus A Writer s Guide to Character Expression 2nd Edition written by Becca Puglisi and published by JADD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling Emotion Thesaurus, often hailed as “the gold standard for writers” and credited with transforming how writers craft emotion, has now been expanded to include 56 new entries! One of the biggest struggles for writers is how to convey emotion to readers in a unique and compelling way. When showing our characters’ feelings, we often use the first idea that comes to mind, and they end up smiling, nodding, and frowning too much. If you need inspiration for creating characters’ emotional responses that are personalized and evocative, this ultimate show-don’t-tell guide for emotion can help. It includes: • Body language cues, thoughts, and visceral responses for over 130 emotions that cover a range of intensity from mild to severe, providing innumerable options for individualizing a character’s reactions • A breakdown of the biggest emotion-related writing problems and how to overcome them • Advice on what should be done before drafting to make sure your characters’ emotions will be realistic and consistent • Instruction for how to show hidden feelings and emotional subtext through dialogue and nonverbal cues • And much more! The Emotion Thesaurus, in its easy-to-navigate list format, will inspire you to create stronger, fresher character expressions and engage readers from your first page to your last.

Book Beginner s Guide to Blackwork

Download or read book Beginner s Guide to Blackwork written by Lesley Wilkins and published by SearchPress+ORM. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the sixteenth century embroidery technique in which beautiful patterns are created by stitching geometric designs onto evenweave fabric. Inspired by the past, Lesley Wilkins illustrates her techniques with a whole host of wonderful designs flowers, plants, birds, animals and figures. She covers everything from the materials to use and working with a chart, to getting started and how to stitch. Patterns are created by small stitched units which are combined in many different ways some heavily textured, some delicate and light. Borders can be built up by repeating and joining motifs. Clear step-by-step photographs accompany the author’s comprehensive instructions, and the motifs, borders, fill-in patterns and images are all charted, with inspirational pictures of embroideries showing how to build up finished designs. “The designs in this book are amazing. Some are very simple and others have a look of intricacy in them. There are figures, flowers, borders and much much more, this gives a lot of inspiration if you want to design your own piece.” —Postcard Reviews “A comprehensive book about the blackwork technique, covering the materials to use, how to use a chart, getting started and what designs we could do.” —Mr X Stitch

Book Stitching Pretty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol Dahlstrom
  • Publisher : Better Homes & Gardens Books
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780696214271
  • Pages : 170 pages

Download or read book Stitching Pretty written by Carol Dahlstrom and published by Better Homes & Gardens Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of cross-stitch patterns featuring step-by-step instructions.

Book Irish Needlework Samplers

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. C. O'Callaghan
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-10-19
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 93 pages

Download or read book Irish Needlework Samplers written by M. C. O'Callaghan and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young girl in 18th or 19th century Ireland would have expected to live a quiet, useful life, but not one that was going to involve something that people would be praising her for centuries later. If her family was not well off, she would have been lucky to get any education before the introduction of the National Schools in 1831. After that, she would probably have got a basic primary education. Still, about two-fifths of women in their fifties in the 1901 Irish Census could not both read and write. If the girl's family was well-off, she would generally have got a reasonably good, but still fairly basic, education, perhaps from a governess or in a private school. Whether from a wealthy background or not, the girl would probably have been very religious. If the girl was from a well-to-do family, she wasn't supposed to work. The only fairly respectable job for a girl or woman from the upper or middle classes, who had fallen on hard times, was that of governess. If the girl was from a lower middle class or working class background, her options were still pretty limited. She could generally just go into service or work in a shop or a factory, though some also became teachers in the 19th century.There were lots of jobs which, no matter what her background, there was no way the girl was going to be allowed do them, as she was female. She wasn't going to get to be a lawyer, a politician, an engineer or a priest. Nor would she get a job as a postman, a carpenter or a miner.The girl wouldn't be getting a vote, so she couldn't make her mark that way.If she married, she would probably marry young. Her husband would then own everything, and she would be seen under law as being his property. She was likely to have many children, and some of them would probably die young. There was a strong chance that she wouldn't live very long herself.Hence, apart from through family life, that young girl heading into adulthood was unlikely to really be able to make her mark on the world. The idea that she would create items that would be on display in museums 200 years later would have seemed pretty far-fetched. And yet this is just what happened, in the case of some young girls. These girls left beautiful gifts for posterity. They left the needlework samplers that they made during childhood and their teenage years. They left samplers which were framed and displayed by families, and which were passed down through families, sometimes being recorded in wills. A family also often passed down the history of the young girl who made the sampler. The presence of the sampler meant that she would have been discussed through the generations. The samplers are still valued and some are displayed in museums and in grand houses. Usually museum items are created by master craftsmen and, occasionally, craftswomen, who have had many years of training and many years of experience. It is very, very rare for museum artefacts, which generally need to be of very high quality, to be made by children and teenagers. And yet this is the case with samplers.There is another unusual feature of these artefacts. Samplers are folk art and little remains of folk art. As Maureen Wlodarczyk notes, "Those things, often called "folk art" in the antiques trade, are scarce due to their fragile nature or purely utilitarian purpose". Yet we still have some samplers. Moreover folk art very rarely has the name, age, location and perhaps school of the creator. Again, samplers are the exception.In this eBook, the author looks at the nature of samplers, particularly Irish ones, and what we can learn from them. She looks too at why girls made samplers, and at the contents of the samplers, including motifs and texts.Please note that the small number of images in this book are in black and white.