English Countryside Embroidery: A Treasury of Over 50 Original Needlepoint Designs. Este artículo no está disponible.English Countryside Embroidery: A Treasury of Over 50 Original Needlepoint Designs

128 pages. This book contains a collection of original designs and motifs inspired by th e English countryside and is charted for needlepoint and canvas-work embroidery. The motifs featured range from rosebuds, pot marigolds, honeysuckle and sweet r osemary to ripe cherries, crab apples and sloes, elderberries and waterlilies. I llustrations showing essential stitching techniques accompany advice on stitchwo rk, textures, how to work wool, cotton and silk yarns and some of the worked pro jects - cushions, chair seats, footstools and rugs, are shown. The accompanying text includes tales, songs and poems of country life. Stafford Whiteaker is the author of The Complete Strawberry and English Garden Embroidery.