English Crewel Designs: 16th to 18th Centuries

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Summary: Stunning Designs ready for you to stitch
Review: I was thrilled to receive this book - I love crewel embroidery and this slim book is jam-packed with designs for crewel embroidery.

Frances Bradbury is a talented artist and embroiderer, and she has done some beautiful designs ready for you to adapt to your own projects.

All are fully scaleable, and she has even done up some that just need to be scaled up to be full-sized and wearable (the Stomacher is a beautiful example that several of my friends have said that they want done!). All designs are stand alone, or capable of being put together to make a larger piece.

A short history of crewel embroidery is given, but other than that, the book is an embroidery book in medieval style, and has no stitch instructions or thread recommendations.

This is definitely not a book of designs for the beginner to use, but for one who has mastered some crewel stitches, and is confident about using them to best effect.

I will freely admit that for my next crewel embroidery project (an Elizabethan ladies embroidered jacket), I will be using and adapting designs from this book.).

This book truly is a wealth of inspiration for the Embroiderer who wants to do crewel embroidery.