Designs and Patterns for Embroiderers and Craftspeople

by William Briggs & Co.

Book Overview

Have you ever wanted to create your own embroidery and crewel designs but given up the idea just because you can't draw? Here is a book containing over 500 patterns and designs from the finest Victorian source. Just transfer the designs to cloth, select a color scheme, use your favorite stitches, and soon your very own personal "noodle painting" will begin to form.
These designs are classified according to type so that they are easier for you...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486230309
• ISBN13: 9780486230306
• Release Date: June 1974
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

An album of traceable transfer patterns

This book is filled with 512 different patterns to trace and embroider to your hearts content. Designs with sizes in inches and suggested uses for the patterns. A fantastic collection!

Designs for stitchers

Although I did not get the book to use for hand stitching designs, it would be great for the person who does embroidery by hand. The designs are classic and simple. Books like these are great for those of us that cannot draw great designs outselves. I got the book for inspiration for designs for machine embroidery. Some of the designs are quite large for machine embroidery but can be reduced easily enough for that purpose. It is a good book.

Great!

If you think this is what you're looking for, trust me, it is. Just superb - lots of great, clean, perfect designs - clear instructions.

So much to choose from!

I bought this book several days ago and was not disappointed. There is so much to choose from. I haven't been able to decide what to do first. The illustrations are basic line drawings. They are ready to go for tracing right out of the book or scanning into your computer to reduce wear and tear on the book. The front of the book displays a whole bunch of embroidery stitches and the directions on how to do them. The majority of the book illustrates hundreds of flowers in many different patterns and the rest consists of creatures, quilt squares and many beautiful intricate medallion patterns. The only thing that will hold you back is your own imagination. I recommend this book highly.