Pre-Owned Egyptian Design in Modern Stitchery (Hardcover) 0876903162 9780876903162

The treasures of Tutankhamun have inspired decorators and designers alike to create fabrics, furniture and jewelry, but this is the first book for the amateur needleworker to develop these designs at home - effectively and inexpensively. Characterized by straight lines, stunning repeat patterns, a simple pallette, the Egyptian paintings and artifacts reveal an extraordinary array of birds, animals, flowers, sealife, symbols, shapes and forms that lend themselves to today's decor.

Along with the modern adaptations of the designs are exciting new stitches and stitch variations developed especially for this book by Pauline Fischer, author of the best-selling Bargello Magic (with Anabel Lasker). Also new is the idea of using canvas as part of the design, incorporating it in such a way that large areas can be covered quickly and aesthetically.

Each of the twenty-eight designs is photographed in full color and is reproduced again full size in a brown and black photo-pattern. This new method for presenting needlework patterns provides the reader with a design partially worked to allow for tracing, counting mesh and threads, and even copying unfamiliar stitches directly from the book. Brief written instructions are given for each design, and each pattern has a key for the stitches used.

Among the motifs are the head of Nefertiti, the Sacred Cat, the Royal Leopard, the lotus, Sacred Scarab, ibex, and hieroglyph samplers. Included are recommendatgions for uses and an illustrated glossary of new stitches.