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SALE!

I am selling this book at a reduced price because although it is new, it is very slightly imperfect because it has been on display in my shop - see condition below.

Title:
 
Cross Stitch Miniatures
 
Synopsis:
 
"Over 100 original designs on full-colour grids, including:
  • fun images for alphabets;
  • stylish monograms and motifs for napery;
  • cute nursery motifs;
  • cool teen motifs;
  • pocket Advent calendar motifs
  • Christmas designs 
  • easy motifs for children.
Finishing instructions with worked examples as well as gift ideas add further value to this versatile book.
 
Stunning colour photographs of all finished projects, with close-ups showing the effect of specific finishes and threads will guide and inspire you.
 
Patterns are smaller than 55 by 55 stitches and most can be completed in a jiffy."
 
Contents: 112 pages, see photos of contents & a selection of other pages:
  • Introduction
  • What You Need
  • Techniques & Tips

Designs/Projects:

  • Classical Crosses - 2 crosses to stitch & make into cards or bookmarks
  • Four Seasons - 4 small seasonal pictures
  • Oriental Motifs - 3 oriental symbols
  • Nursery Motifs - 5 motifs for baby including a tiny teddy & star fish
  • ABC - an A-Z of letters with a small picture beside each one including: apple for A, lion for L, house for H, fairy for F & train for T, etc
  • Cool Teen Motifs - 4 designs to make into suggested projects including a polka dot heart cushion
  • Fun Spirals - a colourful spiral motif
  • Romantic Roses - a red rose motif
  • Stylish Napery - ivy designs ideal for napkins & table mats
  • Monograms - an A-Z of monogram letters
  • Fruit for Jam - 5 motifs ideal for jam jar covers or your own project ideas including: cherries, strawberry & a honeycomb with a bee
  • Busy Little Fingers - 3 simple designs for children to stitch - a dog, a lorry & a clown
  • Christmas in Cross Stitch - 25 tiny Christmas designs each with a number & a motif including: an angel, candles, robin, poinsettia & more. The suggested project is a pocket advent calendar where each design is used on a pocket to insert treats into. 
  • Brilliant Butterfly - a beaded butterfly to stitch

The designs charted in colour & there are project ideas with instructions for each, or they can be used for your own project ideas. Designs are charted for DMC & Anchor threads. They are all below 50 stitches square & most use between 11 & 16 count aida.

Author: Fransie Snyman
 
Condition: New but slightly imperfect - cover has some rubbing & a little splitting at edges & corners. Pages OK. See photos. 
 
Publisher: Metz Press, 2006. ISBN is 1-919992-26-X.

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