Download or read book Sue Cook s Wonderful Cross Stitch Collection written by Sue Cook and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sue Cook has produced seven wonderful chapters brimming with delightful images to suit all modds and occasions. Home Thoughts has a cosy Aga and a steaming bubble bath; while miniature cribs, rattles and nursery toys fill the pages of Childhood Days. Birdhouses and topiaries provide Gardening Pleasures, and funfairs and seaside chalets evoke Holiday Memories. Fairytale characters and friendly dragons abound in Land of Dreams; teddy bears and kittens are everyone's Favourite Things; and Special Days has celebratory wishes for Christmas, Easter, Weddings and Birthdays to name just a few. Ideas are included on how to make up the finished embroidery into beautiful profjects, from commercially available products to making simple-to-stitch projects of your own. There's also a whole chapter on how to combine the motifs to create popular sampler-style pictures to commemorate life's special moments. Eye-catching colour charts and an abundance of individual motifs combine to make this the perfect inspirational book to generate stitching ideas.
Download or read book Cross Stitch Inspirations written by Sue Cook and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a collection of cross-stitch designs celebrating the beauty of the world and the joy of living. Drawing inspiration from the seasons and using verses, hymns, scriptures and popular sayings, the designs include christening samplers, wedding gifts and anniversary cards, together with banners and pictures, a Bible cover and cushion designs.
Download or read book Cross Stitch for the Soul written by Emma Congdon and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craft your own comfort with these uplifting cross stitch projects featuring spirit-boosting quotes. Cross Stitch for the Soul is a collection of beautifully designed motivational and inspirational quotes rendered in easy cross-stitching techniques that will raise the spirits, both during the making process and beyond, as gifts for loved ones or as treasured pictures on the wall. Cross stitch is a wonderfully calming and mindful occupation, a chance to slow down, embrace the process, and create something beautiful. The twenty designs in this collection feature quotes that will resonate with anyone in need of a little boost. Designed by leading cross stitch designer Emma Congdon, aka Stitchrovia, whose modern styling appeals to crafters of all ages and abilities, these inspiring quotes will provide comfort, motivation, and an all-around positive spin on life, reminding us that we are brave, we are strong, and we have the power to make our own futures—one stitch at a time!
Download or read book Crafting Cross Stitch Cards written by Sue Cook and published by David & Charles Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection features over 200 card designs to celebrate all of life's special occasions.
Download or read book Christmas Blessings written by and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collectible series of cross-stitch chart books on all cross stitchers' favourite subjects. This series offers high-quality at a value-for-money price for all the most popular stitching themes. This brand-new series of cross-stitch chart books brings together the work of David and Charles' favourite and most talented designers, and presents their charts in a wide range of themed chart books. Offering 10 pages of charted designs, each title in the series contains cross-stitch charts on one popular subject. Every chart includes an easy-to-use key, and an inspirational colour photograph of each finished piece shows the fantastic results to be achieved. Each chart book also provides handy stitching tips and advice, stitch diagrams, guidance on techniques and materials, and a thread conversion chart to ensure you have all the information required to complete every design featured.
Download or read book The Embroidered Garden written by Kazuko Aoki and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whimsical, beautiful embroidery motifs created by an avid gardener—stitch roses, bees, or whole garden scenes. Kazuko Aoki has a unique talent for translating the beauty of the garden with needle and thread. By offering forty motifs, Aoki invites us to explore her gardens through embroidery. The forty motifs explore the roses and wildflowers that appear season to season, as well as the bees and butterflies that enjoy their nectar. The designs here are exquisite, detailed, and artfullly rendered. Beyond the motifs themselves, Aoki also presents projects that feature the embroidery: brooches, notebook covers, pin cushions, and pouches. For those new to embroidery, detailed how-to illustrations are included.
Download or read book Spell It Out written by Joan Elliott and published by Leisure Arts. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If it's worth saying, say it with cross stitch! Why not let the author's alphabets inspire you to stitch whimsical pirates and teddy bears, or elegant creations like art nouveau and redwork stylings? This title features alphabets that set the mood for stitching any thought you'd like to convey.
Download or read book The Secret History of Home Economics How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live written by Danielle Dreilinger and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term “home economics” may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or sunken muffins. But common conception obscures the story of the revolutionary science of better living. The field exploded opportunities for women in the twentieth century by reducing domestic work and providing jobs as professors, engineers, chemists, and businesspeople. And it has something to teach us today. In the surprising, often fiercely feminist and always fascinating The Secret History of Home Economics, Danielle Dreilinger traces the field’s history from Black colleges to Eleanor Roosevelt to Okinawa, from a Betty Crocker brigade to DIY techies. These women—and they were mostly women—became chemists and marketers, studied nutrition, health, and exercise, tested parachutes, created astronaut food, and took bold steps in childhood development and education. Home economics followed the currents of American culture even as it shaped them. Dreilinger brings forward the racism within the movement along with the strides taken by women of color who were influential leaders and innovators. She also looks at the personal lives of home economics’ women, as they chose to be single, share lives with other women, or try for egalitarian marriages. This groundbreaking and engaging history restores a denigrated subject to its rightful importance, as it reminds us that everyone should learn how to cook a meal, balance their account, and fight for a better world.
Download or read book Not Your Mary Sue written by Rebecca Frost and published by Aesthetic Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A not so classic girl meets boy story begins when a televangelist’s adult daughter, Marcy, journeys to a secluded island resort where she awakens a captive of a handsome, charming, notorious serial killer who requests she pen his autobiography explaining all of his intentions and crimes in detail. She finds herself horrified that she is intrigued by him and maybe even...infatuated by him. He has more control than she realizes as he slowly begins to brainwash her just as the autobiography is completed. Once she is rescued and he is arrested, Marcy begins to pull her life back together only for her captor to escape and her brother becomes a new suspect in a murder. Author Rebecca Frost is a True Crime author. This is her first fiction novel.
Download or read book Crafting Cross Stitch Cards written by Sue Cook and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2007-02-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection for those who love to create a cross stitched card or keepsake to mark life's important celebrations. It features over 200 charted designs, which offer variety both in subject matter and project choice. It provides instructions for making the cards and tags, as well as keepsakes such as a photo album, ring pillow and gift bag.|This is a must-have collection for anyone who loves to create a cross stitched card or keepsake to mark life's important celebrations.Over 200 charted designs offer tremendous variety both in subject matter and project choice.When you have time, stitch one of the many cards or a memorable keepsake; make a quick-to-stitch card or tag when you need something now!Full instructions are given for making the cards and tags, as well as keepsakes such as a photo album, ring pillow and gift bag.
Download or read book Modern Plus Sign Quilts written by Cheryl Brickey and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add to your quilting repertoire with the universally popular plus sign! These 16 bold, graphic designs range from modern to traditional, with something for every skill level and style. Detailed instructions and illustrations walk confident beginners and intermediate quilters through traditional piecing, paper piecing, and fusible machine appliqué to create baby quilts, throw quilts, bed quilts, and more. Use your favorite types of fabric—solids, prints, precuts, or scraps—to make the projects your own.
Download or read book Wool Needle Thread written by Lisa Bongean and published by Martingale. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to wool applique and embroidery! Welcome to beloved designer Lisa Bongean's private classroom! Toss the trial-and-error and learn from Lisa's decades of experience how she creates her exquisite stitcheries step by step: wool applique, embroidery, and more. Filled with close-up photos of Lisa's hands working her magic, this book will help you master each technique down to the tiniest detail. Start with Lisa's fabric tips; then move on to her favorite tools, templates, threads, and needles. How does she create her slim vines, pretty pennies, and flower appliques? It's all here, along with a dozen embroidery stitches in photos so clear, you'll know exactly how to re-create them. Lisa also shares five sweet projects to make yourself, rounding out this jam-packed volume that will teach you how to start, stitch, and finish your projects more accurately, more confidently, and more beautifully than ever before.
Download or read book Cross Stitch Angels written by Sue Cook and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2006 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angels are universal symbols of innocence, love, hope and joy. This collection features the work of six talented designers and includes a wealth of angelic designs from graceful guardians to charming cherubs.
Download or read book Crewel Twists written by Hazel Blomkamp and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you refer to it as crewel or Jacobean, this free form of surface embroidery has been around for centuries and is still popular amongst needle artists today. Because of the nature of the fanciful objects and the tradition of using a large variety of stitches in one project, it lends itself to endless creative expression. In this book Hazel Blomkamp uses a wide selection of materials to update techniques and inspire embroiderers to explore whilst working loosely within the confines of crewel work styles. She shows needle artists how to be creative with fabric, threads, beads and alternative stitches, borrowing techniques from other forms of needlework, and still producing a product that is typical of the crewel or Jacobean style of embroidery.The original designs include: Projects including beads and metal threads to add sparkle and texture to your work. Monochrome embroidery making use of a variety of threads and beads, all within the same colour range. Techniques employed in needle-made laces with designs defined by means of texture. More traditional embroidery including shading and satin stitch and the many variations of trellis couching to provide texture and interest. The completed embroideries are displayed in ways that are not only decorative, but are useful in the home.
Download or read book Feels Like Home written by Marian Parsons and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how to achieve your dream home on an affordable budget using these inspiring pictures, practical tips, and easy-to-implement tutorials. Most of us don’t live in a dream home that was custom built to suit our tastes. We have to work with a house that brings its own style, quirks, and personality to the table. But imagine walking into this house, but it’s perfectly designed and decorated with your style in mind—a home that fits you like a well-tailored outfit and yet is as comfy as your favorite pair of pajamas. What would that home look like exactly? How would it feel to live in a home styled specifically for you? The truth is, every home should feel like a custom home and not have to break the bank. In Feels Like Home, DIY makeover queen Marian Parsons (a.k.a. Miss Mustard Seed) teaches you what she’s learned over the years, sharing budget-friendly practical tips that will inspire you to change your space from “blah” to beautiful, from a builder-grade to character-rich home. Each chapter will guide you through detailed, easy-to-implement tutorials for projects, makeovers, decorating ideas, and tips for handling common challenges. Special note-taking spaces are also included for recording your own design ideas. Room by room, you will be empowered to transform your house into the home of your dreams!
Download or read book In Fine Style written by Anna Reynolds and published by Hodder Christian Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace in 2013.
Download or read book Sam Hawkins Celebrates Cross Stitch written by Sam Hawkins and published by David & Charles. This book was released on 2000-09-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year brings special, not-to-be-forgotten days, from birthdays and anniversaries to weddings and the arrival of new babies. Celebrate these moments and commemorate them for eternity in personal cross-stitch projects by an internationally known designer. On each page, a beautiful surprise tempts the embroiderer-samplers and pictures, some large enough to provide a wonderful challenge and to make fabulous displays when completed. Other, smaller motifs offer year-round cross-stitch fun. For an heirloom or a family gift, this is the place to look!
