Jane Greenoff is a well known and popular designer, author and businesswoman.
After giving up nursing to start a family, she took up cross-stitch as a hobby and within a year had designed her first commercial kit. This led to the formation of the Inglestone Collection, which has developed into a highly successful international business.
She has authored several cross stitch books on her own and in collaboration with other designers.
Jane Greenoff has produced and enchanting collection of cross stitched gifts, all with a celebratory theme.
The 50 projects in this excellent value book will help you to commemorate any and every special occasion in stitches, from a family wedding or christening to a festive holiday such as Easter or Christmas.
The delightful designs include a colourful birth sampler, a wedding ring pillow, a Christmas Afghan shawl, an Easter Egg cushion, a Mother's Day pincushion, a Father's Day pencil box and several birthday card designs. There is even a perpetual almanac to stitch to ensure that you never lose track of time again.
Each project is graded according to the level of skill required, from level 1, deal for beginners, to level 5 for the more experienced stitcher. For those looking for something new, many of the designs combine cross stitch with a range of different techniques including drawn thread and cut work, and Hardanger embroidery.
Clear step by step instructions and computer generated colour charts for every project show you how to create a range of beautiful gifts, sure to be treasured by family and friends.
The 136 page book as well as the projects, has a section on basic techniques, several charted alphabets and number sets, making up and finishing techniques and a conversion chart from DMC to Anchor.
This first edition book and dust cover are in excellent condition with only some wear on the edges of the dust cover.
In this book, Jo Verso presents over 1000 brand new patterns to enable the cross stitch enthusiasts to design their very own stunning embroideries.
All the motifs, borders and patterns have been produced on a mix and match basis allowing the embroiderer to choose and combine those applicable to their projects, thus achieving a uniquely personal result.
Here you will find patterns covering home and family life, chuch and school activities, sporting achievements, life on the farm and at sea, and much more. Jo then looks further afield providing hundreds of designs from all corners of the globe, so that souvenirs of holidays can be stitched together with gifts for family and friends abroad.
Among the special projects on which there are detailed instructions are:- Birth announcement, favourite texts, photograph album cover, christening record, religious life, county map, honeymoon memento and display box.
Advice is given on design materials, preparing the chart, sewing materials and stitching the design. Full instructions for finishing and mounting are included together with a variety of suggestions for complete gift items. Jo's lively colour charts are provided throughout, making the designs easy to copy and stitch, whilst superb colour photographs show the enduring charm of the finished results.
This hardback reprint of the book first published in 1990 is in excellent condition. The dust cover has only a little rubbing to the spine and the 128 pages are clean and unmarked.
Inspired by the colours and shapes of well known and well loved wild flowers, from the daintiest wild strawberry to the handsome kingcup, Jane Iles has created a fresh look at cross stitch to create around 25 projects for this imaginative book.
In ten full and varied chapters, each focusing on a different plant, Jane shows you how to bring the beauty of the garden and countryside into every room in your home.
There are table napkins adorned with forget-me-nots, a sewing basket covered in daisies, several cornflower studded jam pot covers, plump cushions decoratied with bold red poppies, fresh primroses and wild cyclamen, and bath linen embroidered with the soft purple periwinkle.
From the smallest design of a gift card to largest of cushions, there are detailed instructions in working and making up including cutting plans. The designs are worked on evenweave fabric or canvas with DMC stranded cottons.
The final chapter on tips and techniques gives many useful instructions.
This first edition with dust cover is in excellent condition with only minor marking to dust jacket.
Successful designer and author Jane Greenoff presents a superb collection of cross stitch projects - all on a Victorian theme. Inspired by original handpainted charts from Berlin and a lifelong passion for Victoriana, she has created exquisite projects decorated with the recognisable opulence of Victorian flowers, lace and beads.
There are samplers, bookmarks, Christmas ornaments and table linen, scented rose sachets, stylish evening bags and brooches - and many more ideas for enjoyable stitching. All would make delightful gifts.
The designs are cross stitch and tent stitch with additional finishing techniques such as hemstitch and decorative four sided stitch. Beginners are well provided for with clear step by step instructions, colour charts and stunning colour photographs.
The 128 page first edition hardback book is in excellent condition and the dust cover is only slightly rubbed along the edges.
This book will appeal to a wide circle of needlewomen not only for the enchanting photographs but also the fresh historical information it gives about this traditional household craft.
The book's chief aim is the essentially practical one of helping the reader design and make their own patchwork. Averil Colby has supplied full and easily understood working instructions on the practical aspects of Patchwork: on materials, tools and equipment, templates, colour and design, lining and finishing, and applied work; and about the patches themselves whether diamond, hexagonal, shell or other shapes.
These instructions are expanded and clarified by more than 200 photographs, drawings and diagrams.
This fifth edition hardback book of a 1958 book is in excellent condition. The dust cover has only a little rubbing to the top of the spine. The 200 pages and clean and unmarked.
Don't just send a card, send a delightful personalised design worked in cross stitch.
While the commercially produced cards sent in their millions each year are soon discarded, hand made cards showing our affection and regard for others will be treasured as keepsakes.
Here is a card for every occasion together with a generous helping of small gifts - a sumptuous Valentine heart, a ring pillow, a pair of Twelve Days of Christmas wall hanging and a unique Advent calendar with a tiny daily gift - and many others.
The designs are all on a small scale, quick and simple to produce with the minimum of materials. All the major festivals throughout the calendar are catered for as are birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and many more - most of which can be personalised with names and dates to make them extra special.
Lavish use is made of colour charts to make the designs easy to stitch while colour photographs show the finished results. Full instructions are give on mounting the work into ready made or hand made card blanks, and on making envelopes to ensure that, no matter what size, your keepsake arrives in style.
The 128 page book and dust cover are in ' as new' condition.
First published in 1990.
