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Summary: An Inspiration
Review: Filled with large color plates, most with a detail added to show stitching on a particularly lovely band. These are remarkable samplers, mostly English, all very old and THE GOOD STUFF. The examples of whitework, especially, just don't seem like anything human hands could do. What a great book to dream through!
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Summary: Woof!
Review: Filled with large color plates, most with a detail added to show stitching on a particularly lovely band. These are remarkable samplers, mostly English, all very old and THE GOOD STUFF. The examples of whitework, especially, just don't seem like anything human hands could do. What a great book to dream through!
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Summary: An Inspiration
Review: Having gotten back into embroidery after a lapse of more years than I care to admit I borrowed this book from the Libary and immediately purchased the book from Amazon. The very clear pictures and the detailed close ups are exactly what you need and after a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum has inspiried me to start a personal sampler.
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Summary: Absolutely stunning!
Review: If you have an interest in samplers this book is a MUST! The photography is incredible. There are over 100 color plates of a wide range of samplers from the museum. Every plate has a picture of the sampler in its entirety and many have a close-up of a section of the work which allows you to see the individual stitches in great detail.There are samplers from a wide range of techniques and subject matter. Techniques include cross stitch, blackwork, drawn thread, cutwork, crewel, specialty stitches, and Berlin work. There are band samplers, spot samplers, and darning samplers. There are samplers depicting maps, almanacks, and the solar system. There are samplers from England, Germany, Turkey, Morocco, America, Scandinavia, and West Africa. This is a book you will come back to again and again.
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