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Kate Greenaway's Cross-Stitch Designs
Over 30 superb gift projects!
Kate Greenaway's illustrations captivated the Victorians with their innocence and charm and her books sold in their thousands around the world.
Here, Julie Hasler has selected an enchanting pot-pourri of designs from the original books and adapted them into cross stitch designs to decorate a wide variety of projects: a set of lace-trimmed cushions, a patchwork quilt for a baby's cot, pictures for the nursery, a child's dress, a tablecloth, greeting cards -- beautiful gifts that are a pleasure to make and to receive.
It is not surprising that counted cross stitch is one of today's most popular needlecrafts, being inexpensive and easy to learn. The exceptional variety of projects in KATE GREENAWAY Cross Stitch Designs has something for both the experienced embroiderer, who will be delighted by the traditional charm of these antique designs, and the complete beginner, for whom the clear charts and accompanying photographs and diagrams ensure perfect results every time!
Let Julie Hasler accompany you on a voyage back in time to rediscover Kate Greenaway's world of old-fashioned simplicity and charm -- a world you can recreate again and again through the magic of needlecraft.
Kate Greenaway's illustrations captivated the Victorians with their innocence and charm and her books sold in their thousands around the world.
Here, Julie Hasler has selected an enchanting pot-pourri of designs from the original books and adapted them into cross stitch designs to decorate a wide variety of projects: a set of lace-trimmed cushions, a patchwork quilt for a baby's cot, pictures for the nursery, a child's dress, a tablecloth, greeting cards -- beautiful gifts that are a pleasure to make and to receive.
It is not surprising that counted cross stitch is one of today's most popular needlecrafts, being inexpensive and easy to learn. The exceptional variety of projects in KATE GREENAWAY Cross Stitch Designs has something for both the experienced embroiderer, who will be delighted by the traditional charm of these antique designs, and the complete beginner, for whom the clear charts and accompanying photographs and diagrams ensure perfect results every time!
Let Julie Hasler accompany you on a voyage back in time to rediscover Kate Greenaway's world of old-fashioned simplicity and charm -- a world you can recreate again and again through the magic of needlecraft.
- GenresCraftsNonfiction
128 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1990
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