Product Description

-From the bestselling author of The Cross Stitcher's Bible

-Each project chapter focuses on a historic sampler style

-Provides ideas for personalizing the sampler designs With this unique guide, crafters will discover how to draw upon historically authentic samplers to create embroidered heirlooms of their own. Each of the more than thirty unique designs is based on the author's own historical sampler collection and is inspired by a popular sampler style from darning, alphabet, and map samplers, to Victorian sayings, band, and spot motif samplers.

Many of the classic designs are complemented by additional counted thread stitches, including drawn and pulled thread techniques, to encourage readers to extend their stitching repertoires. Motifs in each project can also be used for a range of small, quick-to-stitch project for added creative inspiration.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #408770 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

About the Author
Jane Greenoff, managing director of the Cross Stitch Guild, is one of the most successful and popular cross stitch designers in the world. Her knowledge and advice is so sought after that Jane Greenoff's Cross Stitch magazine was launched specifically to provide readers with unique designs and interviews with Jane. She is the author of 15 books. Jane lives with her family in a converted barn in Fairford, Gloucestershire.

Customer Reviews

Great for Antique Cross-Stitch lovers
Overall a great book that would be perfect for any fellow antique cross-stitch lovers. Also, nice history sections and examples.

Great for old time sampler lovers
If you love the old samplers from the 1700s and 1800s, then you will like this book. It has enough projects to keep you busy a long time.

Beautiful Book
I am a cross stich freak and I absolutely love this book. Very well done with lots of ideas.