Teresa Wentzler pays tribute to the Year of the Dragon with a beautiful, Oriental-inspired cross stitch design. Features a turquoise and gold dragon surrounded by the Chinese symbols for happiness, longevity, virtue, and wisdom. Generous beading.

This collection of 25 canvaswork and beadwork projects for the home includes simple repeated patterns (suitable for beginners), beadwork and a range of samplers. The colourful and decorative patterns are inspired by traditional designs and have been adapted for a wide range of uses, from needle-cases to chair seats. The beadwork designs include a footstool and a waistcoat.

Needlework ... an obsession since the beginning of time. A passion for needlework Factoria VII tells the story of beautiful, sophisticated neddlework juxtaposed with a rustic, industrial cottage. Twelve extraordinary needlework projects. One texture-rich, stone and wood cottage. The passion continues as a new adventure awaits within ... Back cover.

American artist Joan Elliott has found inspiration in the colours and serenity of the Far East. Her wonderful designs have been skillfully adapted for cross stitching by American kit company Design Works Crafts. While some of the featured designs are already available as kits, many are exclusive to this book.

Teresa Wentzler fans will love this stunning cross stitch piece featuring images and icons of Egyptian gods and goddesses. This challenging but rewarding cross stitch project comes with full-size chart and color photography of the finished piece.

"Russell weaves his writing into pictures... He chops his text into geometric shapes, casts it in rainbow colors and visually assaultive fonts, and scratches it onto photographs. In the work contained here, in Pattern Book, he laces text into art nouveau wallpaper, dissolving his stories into a swooning screen of domestic pattern. At every turn, it seems, Russell throws some wrench into the cogs of literary consumption, slowing the reader down, jostling expectations, demanding attention-challenging the reader, in other words, to really want to be reading."-Holly Myers Pattern Book by Christopher Russell collects a number of images and texts, images woven through texts, and texts woven together through images. Kevin Killian, author of Impossible Princess (City Lights 2009), says, "I was born wanting a Christopher Russell to join me in this confusing world.... I wanted a boy with confused gaze, mortified as I am by the harsh and ugly crumples of life, but one who, with bold decisive strokes, could hack a pathway out if it. ... Russell's method, in which he dethrones language's hegemony over rival visual formations by distorting and exaggerating its recognizable, even homey, patterns borrows roots from many traditions. Medieval monks are said to have curried favor with abbots by carving Bible verses into the head of a pin. ... When language, or the image, is enervated, the work of art has room for other connotations to manifest. ... And in these beautiful pages we will see, and we will not see, things it will take us a hundred years to understand."

Crosstitching.

Teresa Wentzler's masterful creations never fail to evoke a sense of wonder and delight. But there's something special about this pair of designs--the beautiful birds and fantasy foliage are worked entirely in whole cross stitches and use very little backstitch. That means the rich shading will come to life on your fabric more quickly than Wentzler designs of comparable size. You'll soon see these exotic creatures proudly posing on pillows or in frames. Stitch count for each design is 160w x 160h. Some stitches use blended colors of floss. Each black-and-white chart is divided into four sections. Models worked over two threads on 28-count Zweigart® Cashel linen; finished size of each design 11.5 x 11.5. Teresa Wentzler's Brilliant Plumage (Leisure Arts #3936)

A collection of cross stitch designs, brought to you by one of the UK's talented cross stitch designers. It provides instructions and charts and photographs to create images.