A fantastic selection of cross stitch patterns for alphabets for kids, from leading designers and authors. Featuring strong designs across a range of styles, with clear, full-colour cross stitch charts and easy-to-follow sewing instructions for each project.
Features over 50 cross stitch patterns, accompanied by practical full-colour charts. Projects vary from classic samplers, pictures and alphabet designs to bags, cushions, hanging signs, pencil cases and notebook covers. Includes popular seaside motifs, such as flags, boats, beach huts, lighthouses, shells and fish. Many of the projects also feature fun phrases and alphabets.
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.
Old-fashioned ABC samplers are nowhere to be found in this collection of 26 stylish and witty designs that give cross-stitch a forceful new look. Unconventional wall hangings fill the first section of the book and dazzle with their bold colors, unusual lettering, and offbeat quotes from songs, books, movie dialogue, and even truck stop bathrooms. A second group of patterns features intriguing, small designs called "tattoos" to sew on T-shirts, jean jackets, bracelets, and handbags, and a final section shifts to the decoration of household items such as pillows, dish towels, and a cloth-wrapped money jar. Each project is accompanied by commentary explaining the inspiration behind the design, and sidebars offer tips for personalizing the final product by adding beads, dyed fabric backgrounds, or frames made from hardware and found objects. Basic technique demos teach beginners how to form cross-stitches, mix cross-stitch with other embroidery, choose and use embroidery thread, stitch on linen, and work out designs on blank graphs.
Introduce your young crafters to embroidery with the quick and easy cross-stitch sewing projects you'll find in Stitching with Jane Foster. They'll be pros in no time! Stitching with Jane Foster offers 37 quick and easy cross-stitch sewing cards with punched holes for easy stitching. You will also receive a 32-page project book featuring instructions for designing your own unique stitching patterns and color combinations. Gather up your tool and, with some help from Jane, you'll get started on learning the basics of stitching, including the straight stitch, cross-stitch, back stitch, and many others. Once you're confident in your stitching ability, enjoy the project gallery which shows off examples of how to use your stitched cards: everything from bookmarks and journals to greeting cards and ornaments. The stitching patterns taught in Stitching with Jane Foster are simple enough for children to work with and promote growth and development, hand-eye coordination, and creativity and imagination.
Piece together fabric strips in a whole new way. Pixelated imagery is part of our pop culture - and now quilters can bring it to their family with these cheerful quilt designs using their favourite solid colours. Use this unique style of strip piecing to make 15 quilt projects for kids, family, and home.