Have you ever wanted to create your own embroidery and crewel designs but given up the idea just because you cant draw? Here is a book containing over 500 patterns and designs from the finest Victorian source. Just transfer the designs to cloth; select a color scheme; use your favorite stitches; and soon your very own personal "noodle painting" will begin to form.These designs are classified according to type so that they are easier for you to use. You will find large motifs for big areas and dainty motifs for smaller projects; borders (narrow; medium; and wide) for pillows; sheets; and anything wanting a decorative edge; centers and corners for tablecloths and upholstery; insects; birds; and flowers for adding color to shirts and jeans; and even scenes perfect for sewing and framing.A wide variety of flowers; sprays; and greenery is included in this book; usually in various combinations: daisies; tulips; peonies; dahlias; cornflowers; lilies; rosebuds; poppies; violets; and forget-me-nots; plus shamrocks; heather; and flowers with ribbons; in baskets; etc. There are also butterflies; bluebirds; bumblebees; owls; dragonflies; and insects of all sorts. For those whose tastes are more unconventional or avant-garde; there are geometric designs; dramatic sunbursts; and unusual beasts.Complete instructions explain how to transfer these designs to cloth; and imaginative crafters will find this book suitable to a variety of other media; including metalwork; woodwork leather craft; and more.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Peek a booBy Tom DiazBought this for research for a stop action film I am making. For my purposes; it was quite good.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful and understandably creepy...By camaysarNigel Llewellyn; who is now Head of Research for all 4 branches of the Tate Galleries in England; has done a fine job of describing the stages associated with the death experience and their representations in post-Reformation English art between the 16th and early 19th centuries. The book is associated with an exhibit shown at the Victoria and Albert museum in 1991.The 101 illustrations depict many levels of a mindset strange; poignant; and more than a bit unsettling; from memorial portraits; to memento mori rings (some incorporating beautifully-formed knots of hair from the deceased); statuary; funerary objects; "dances of death" prints; funeral biscuits and invitations; and much more. Llewellyns writing is well-organized; lucid and thought-provoking. If the book whets your appetite for more; a good bibliography is appended.One only wishes that the format was a bit larger; so more of the often magnificent detail were clearer. The illustrations are mostly black-and-white; but a good number are in color. If you are looking for a massive change of pace in your reading; try this book!