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This design sourcebook for contemporary samplers contains motifs and patterns based on reworked traditional and specially created designs for subjects including animals, birds, buildings, trees, flowers and border patterns. Patterns are included in graph form, and stitched examples are shown in accompanying photographs. A number of the motifs are described in step-by-step format and information about stitching techniques and threads is provided. The book is carefully tailored to be suitable for a variety of skill levels, and includes affordable domestic options as well as more ambitious and specialist techniques and materials for those with the resources, such as schools and established textile artists.
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Caroline Vincent is an embroidery designer maker who has specialised in creative contemporary pictorial samplers for over 20 years. She teaches at West Dean College, runs courses for the Women's Institute and is a member of the Embroiderer's Guild. She is the author of Creative Sampler Embroidery.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
i have a lot of cross stitch books n charts but this 1 is definatly 1 of the best especially 4 people like me who love samplers
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A frustrating book as there are no sampler projects at all to stitch, just different bits to put together & so you MUST have a colour copier or you can't do them at all. Worse there are some where you have to go to the back of the book to access the patterns, which are not in colour so you have to guess the colours. In fact no threads are suggested throughout the book so you have to guess, which is fine for experienced stitches but not helpful for those learning
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
a must have!
27 April 2011
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This book has motif charts that are great for use in creating your own sampler or pynpillows. It's a must have for book collectors and sampler makers. The charts include people, trees, houses and a variety of other motifs.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
almost perfect book
20 Jan 2012
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The author, Carol Vincent, studied at the Royal College of Art in England and so is an expert in this subject. This smallish 128-page book is filled with motifs in the following chapters: Buildings, Figures, Trees, Animals, Border Patterns and Floral Arrangements. The majority of graphs and photos are in color which is nice. I like the discussion at the beginning of each chapter to give the historic perspective of the meaning of the motifs.
I quibble with only providing 16 different alphabets and only one blank page of a graph for designing. I would also have greatly appreciated photos, even in black and white, of historic samplers to get a handle how to incorporate all the individual elements into one sampler. How do I determine placement of the motifs and border, at least one alphabet, and probably a poem or at least "wrought this day by ____"? I have dozens of books on historic samplers (including titles in the bibliography) so I have extra resources here, but if this is your only book to design your own sampler, you'll have to rely on your imagination quite a bit for your overall project. If you're confident to design your own contemporary sampler anyway, this won't be a problem; I guess I prefer a little more direction, even though I've stitched several samplers.
For its specific purpose of being a workbook, despite the statements above, it is a happy little book that inspires stitching which, after all, is what we're all about, right?
I quibble with only providing 16 different alphabets and only one blank page of a graph for designing. I would also have greatly appreciated photos, even in black and white, of historic samplers to get a handle how to incorporate all the individual elements into one sampler. How do I determine placement of the motifs and border, at least one alphabet, and probably a poem or at least "wrought this day by ____"? I have dozens of books on historic samplers (including titles in the bibliography) so I have extra resources here, but if this is your only book to design your own sampler, you'll have to rely on your imagination quite a bit for your overall project. If you're confident to design your own contemporary sampler anyway, this won't be a problem; I guess I prefer a little more direction, even though I've stitched several samplers.
For its specific purpose of being a workbook, despite the statements above, it is a happy little book that inspires stitching which, after all, is what we're all about, right?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Geat book
27 April 2012
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QThis book exceeded my expectations. it is crammed full of charts that I will use.It doesn't teach how to design samplers, it only provides the raw materials.
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