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203 charted designs including 100 motifs in full color for needlepoint, counted thread work, cross-stitch or embroidery. The charted desighns can also be used for filet work, mosiac crochet, quilts made from tiny quares, and weaving designs.
This is a Dover Needlework Series book, a very good series of instruction and design book from well-known Dover Publication.
Quoting (and possibly paraphrasing) from the back cover:
"Few Artists have produced as lasting an impat upon the course of American Needlework Design as Anne Champe orr. Between 1910 and 1945 Mrs. Orr created nearly 100 books of designs for needleworkers-books that combined artistic excellence with a through understanding of a needlworker's needs and goals."
This collection is published in cooperation with The Center for The History of American Needlwork. They are reproduced exactly as they appeared in her original books.
The charts are very good, they are certainly early to mid-century 20th century design. There are some fine alphabets, some sampler design with sayings and slogan and Mrs Orr's famous Peacock design in full-color.
This is a glossy cover paperbound book, Published in 1978. It has 39 pages.
203 charted designs including 100 motifs in full color for needlepoint, counted thread work, cross-stitch or embroidery. The charted desighns can also be used for filet work, mosiac crochet, quilts made from tiny quares, and weaving designs.
This is a Dover Needlework Series book, a very good series of instruction and design book from well-known Dover Publication.
Quoting (and possibly paraphrasing) from the back cover:
"Few Artists have produced as lasting an impat upon the course of American Needlework Design as Anne Champe orr. Between 1910 and 1945 Mrs. Orr created nearly 100 books of designs for needleworkers-books that combined artistic excellence with a through understanding of a needlworker's needs and goals."
This collection is published in cooperation with The Center for The History of American Needlwork. They are reproduced exactly as they appeared in her original books.
The charts are very good, they are certainly early to mid-century 20th century design. There are some fine alphabets, some sampler design with sayings and slogan and Mrs Orr's famous Peacock design in full-color.
This is a glossy cover paperbound book, Published in 1978. It has 39 pages.