50 Cross Sew Quickies Animals and Associates – Cross-Sew
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Animals are a few of the hottest cross sew motifs on the market, and the Leisure Arts e-book 50 Cross Stitch Quickies: Animals and Associates by Plaid Bucilla includes a bunch of cute and small scale animal patterns good of all types of tasks.
All the sew counts are 35 by 35 or much less, in order that they’re fast to sew and excellent to make use of on playing cards, as tiny framed presents, and even on tea towels, napkins or different little tasks.
The patterns are organized by theme as follows.
- Animals of the sky: hummingbird, bee, goldfinch, ladybug, cardinal, robin, dragonfly, monarch butterfly, blue butterfly, bluebird
- Cattle: pony, chick, rooster, canine, goat, cow, cat, sheep, pig, bunny (in a spring floral hat!)
- Forest animals: squirrel, wolf, fox, doe, raccoon, bear, chipmunk, moose, owl, black bear
- Ocean animals: blue tang, dolphin, porpoise, clownfish, seahorse, crab, sea turtle, shark, octopus, whale tail
- Safari animals: chimp, lion, zebra, tiger, lemur, crocodile, elephant, giraffe, leopard, gorilla
The patterns use principally complete stitches, with some one-quarter and three-quarter stitches (study extra about partial stitches right here) and again stitching so as to add particulars. Some are simply the face of the animal whereas others present the entire physique.
The e-book is laid out so there are two patterns on every web page, with a photograph of the stitched challenge, the chart and key. Charts are in black and white apart from the again stitching.
The patterns are actually cute and although they’re small a few of them embody a variety of particulars. As an example the owl is simply 33 by 31 stitches however it makes use of 10 colours for instance totally different colours of feathers and the fowl’s eyes.
The booklet additionally consists of two pages of normal directions on the best way to learn charts, the place and the best way to begin and the best way to kind stitches. In the event you’re completely new to cross sew this could offer you sufficient info to get began.
This e-book is admittedly cute and has a pleasant number of animals to sew for individuals who like that specific animal, for a nursery or for different tasks.
In regards to the e-book: 32 pages, paperback, 50 patterns. Printed 201y by Leisure Arts. Instructed retail value $9.99
