Your Home in Cross Stitch

by Barbara Thompson (Author), Ann Green (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $4.12

  Home is where the heart is , and for cross-stitchers, certainly, the home in all its aspects has provided inspiration and a central theme for samplers and other projects. Take this one step further, and create a picture of your own home -- in cross stitch! Detailed charts and dear step-by-step instructions show you how to capture it in loving detail. For beginners, all the basic techniques in needlework are explained, along with tips on creating space and texture and using sketches and photographs. Then novices and experts alike can move on to recording in cross-stitch the beauty of a cozy bedroom, an elegant living room, quiet street scenes, or a favorite garden. Full-color photos and dozens of drawings provide examples of full landscapes and conservatories, house exteriors, furniture and trimmings, even stitching in tiles and curtains, to guide you. The result: a family heirloom that will be treasured for generations to come.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.30

  The home and its various aspects has traditionally formed the inspiration and central theme for samplers worked with cross-stitch. This book takes both beginners and experienced stitchers alike a stage further, with basic techniques, step-by-step design instructions, complete charts and collections of individual motifs for creating original cross-stitch pictures of their own homes, both inside and out. Various features, such as elegant rooms, gardens and conservatories, street and surroundings, can be translated into a stitched record, full of the detail and finishing touches that can turn each finished piece into a family heirloom. And for those who would like to start with a ready-made design, charts and colour photographs of the finished projects are provided throughout, allowing the more ambitious to adapt a further range of motifs for their own designs.