Kategoria BISAC: Crafts & Hobbies >> Needlework - Needlepoint

The monogram is an attractive and popular way of personalizing your wardrobe or household linens: tablecloths, napkins, sheets, pillowcases, towels, handkerchiefs, blouses, shirts, dresses, sweaters, jackets, and other items.
This collection contains 350 unusual and striking monograms taken from a rare Viennese album printed at the turn of the century. All the monograms that can be composed with pairs of letters are here. The book also includes a number of crowns plus several large and small alphabets with numerals, both Roman and Arabic. All are charted for ready use in different forms...

Designed to eliminate the guess work out of getting the right size and leaves the best part for you...creating the design(s)
There are computer programs out there to do this, however there are some people who still like doing it the old fashioned way.
This is also geared for children, they find it very enjoyable because they get to color draw and then create a real life item from their art

All you need to make the patterns are your imagination, colored pencils or crayons (markers are not suggested as they might bleed through the paper), and knowledge of basic plastic...

Filled with photographs of adorable sparkly animals and easy-to-follow instructions, Sparkling Crochet is your guide to creating your very own super cute amigurumi characters. Inside, crafters of all levels will learn to make dogs, birds, bugs, bears, and more. Crochet a collection of tiny creatures or turn them into charms, brooches, and other accessories. Created with bright, glittery yarn, these lovable animals can be brought to life in a whole new way.

Slip into serenity through your stitches with this collection of 24 exquisite, meditative mandalas by Polka & Bloom's Carina Envoldsen-Harris.

With Carina's gentle guidance, learn to embroider 12 large and 12 small mandalas, using just 10 stitches. By following the delicate, repeating patterns in these stunning motifs, you can soothe your mind, slow down and treat yourself to much-needed me-time and tranquillity.

Each beautiful mandala is accompanied by simple stitch...