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Author: Sue Hawkins
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780715304662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom anemone to zinnia, the author provides patterns for an alphabet of flower designs along, with instructions for making pillows, wall hangings, a panel for a mirror, a layette basket, a project folder and many others.
Author: Susan Loy
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780970211316
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis language of flowers book contains original floral art, classic floral poems and texts, and extensive floral dictionaries. Twenty-eight colour Literary Calligraphy paintings by popular artist Susan Loy are included. Each painting incorporates flowers and hand-lettered poems or texts expressing meanings related to love, nature, peace, serenity, friendship, and many more. Each illustration is accompanied by text relating to that flower's origin, name, cultivation, and habitat. Two floral dictionaries (2,900 entries) present an Language of Flowers by flower and by sentiment. Eight poems describe the language of flowers. Appendix includes dictionaries from twelve American, three British, and one French, Victorian-era language of flowers' books.
Author: Rita Weiss
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1974-06-01
Total Pages: 121
ISBN-13: 0486230724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Victorian woman put initials on nearly every piece of linen and clothing she owned ? everything from handkerchiefs and blouses to tablecloths, napkins, and towels. The modern needleworker may not be quite so avid about initialing everything, but initials and monograms are still attractive and popular ways of decorating common items. This book brings you a large selection of alphabets, initials, monograms, and common names from Godey's Lady's Book and Peterson's Magazine, the most popular American women's magazines of the Victorian era. Each is available in a variety of letter forms, so that you may find the most suitable for your sewing needs: scripts, floral, geometric, Old English, block, ornamental, and many more. Although eminently usable for embroidery, there are also a number of alphabets for crochet and needlepoint. You will find these motifs of the highest quality ? both easy to use and productive of professional-looking results. For traditional embroidery and sewing needs, these alphabets, monograms, and names are ideal but you will also find them applicable to a number of modern uses: for decorating blue jeans and hats, for patches, and even a variety of non-sewing needs.
Author: Mary Carolyn Waldrep
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1996-01-10
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 0486288080
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPractical archive of over 700 wonderfully graceful and imaginative designs featuring flowers, leaves, and vines in delicate interlacements.
Author: Better Homes and Gardens
Publisher: Better Homes & Gardens Books
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780696000348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCross-stitcher's guide to letters and alphabets.
Author: Henry Terry
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joan Elliott
Publisher: Leisure Arts
Published: 2009-11
Total Pages: 54
ISBN-13: 1601405545
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf 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.
Author: J. F. Shepard
Publisher: Booksurge
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781439206003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a collection of 130 elegant embroidery alphabets researched from original French publications dating back to 1864. Styles included range from simple and decorative block to fancy script, gothic, oriental, cutwork, bracketed, petite plus several others. An excellent addition to any embroidery library.
Author: Jane Greenoff
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780715302378
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe world is littered with floral designs for decorative stitchers. If this book first appears to be yet another collection to add to the heap, browse again. Greenoff and Hawkins, both savvy authors and business owners, have twisted the convention of pattern-after-pattern-type explanation by showing designs worked in three or sometimes four different techniques. So a brilliantly colored fuchsia becomes a cross-stitch greetings card, a canvaswork pincushion, or a crewelwork picture. Directions for each project include graphs, a finished color photograph, sometimes lengthy written instructions, and, when appropriate, partly worked examples. Also featured are explanations of and patterns for a newly coined technique, 'woolworks,' a combination of simple crewel embroidery and needlepoint. - Barbara Jacobs--BL 04/01/1996.
Author: Karen Azoulay
Publisher:
Published: 2015-08
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 9780985127145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFloriography, the language of flowers, is a form of communication that was popular in Victorian times. Botanical species were assigned sentimental meanings that were collected in exhaustive dictionaries, the blooms' symbolism varying in tone from the sweet (Ivy Geranium conveying the gallant request "Your hand for the next dance?") to the melodramatic (Vibernum declaring "I die if neglected") and the downright combative (a dried white rose indicating "death before dishonor"). A thoughtfully curated bouquet could thus deliver a layered poetic memo, which the recipient would be required to decipher. An added complication, however, was the possibility of mistranslation introduced by widespread inconsistencies between reference works.
