The Dover Pocketbook Assortment ebook Cross Sew Flowers is a set of floral designs by Gerda Bengtosson, reflecting the handworks of the Danish embroidery custom. Haandarbejdets Fremme, identified elsewhere as Danish Design, was a motion begun in 1928 to protect and promote embroidery within the nation.
The ebook consists of 26 charts and a bit on supplies and fundamental directions. The patterns are proven in a shade chart on one web page and embrace a thread palette and part for notes on the other web page. The overall descriptions of colours are used, similar to boring blue inexperienced or earth shade, moderately than giving a DMC quantity or the code from a distinct thread firm. This does enable you extra wiggle room to make use of what you might have however it’s possible you’ll not essentially find yourself with the identical look the designer was going for.
That doesn’t actually matter, although, and there are not any photographs of the completed stitched designs, simply the charts, so it’s simple to go your individual means and select no matter colours you want. (There’s additionally house within the palette or within the notes part the place you could possibly write down the colours you utilize in case you wish to duplicate the design sooner or later.)
The charts are giant and have darkish strains each 10 stitches or rows doe ease in studying. They appear hand coloured, and so they solely use full stitches so they need to be comparatively simple to sew despite the fact that a few of them are large. It will have been good for the patterns to say roughly how large the completed design could be on totally different sizes of material so you understand what you’re stepping into with out having to do the maths your self.
The patterns present a wide range of flowers, from widespread crops like daisies and dandelions to snow gentian, plantain and Iceland poppy, to call a number of. Most designs have round 8-10 totally different colours.
I really feel like a whole lot of stitchers would wish to see stitched variations of initiatives earlier than they begin stitching, however in the event you’re OK with simply wanting on the chart to resolve what you wish to sew, this can be a good assortment of floral patterns to sew and a bare-bones ebook that permits you to give attention to the charts with out a whole lot of frills.
In regards to the ebook: 64 pages, paperback, 26 patterns. Revealed 2025 by Dover Publications. Instructed retail value $9.99.
