Oriental Carpets in Miniature: Charted Designs for Needlepoint or What You Will
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
What an absolutely perfect craft Frank Cooper has come up with in these miniature needlepoint Persian, Caucasian, and Turkish carpets! They are simple, beautiful, unusual, and portable. The miniatures are typically between 6-9 inches in width and 10-16 inches in length, and though they are quite detailed, the stitches are not impossibly tiny. Cooper uses a #18 canvas (18 stitches per 2.5 cm), which allows these little jewels to work up surprisingly quickly. The instructions are plainly written; the charts are the book's only real drawback, as they must really be enlarged on a copier to be usable by the average needleworker. But the patterns are authentic, taken from rugs Cooper has studied closely in his travels, and the color photographs and the historical background he adds to each rug's description are alone worth the price of the book.
Midwest Book Review
Charted designs for needlepoint present color, miniature oriental carpet designs derived from tribal rugs from Turkey and Iran. Choose from over twenty different designs, reduced in scale to fit anything from small area rugs to dollhouse furnishings. Also appreciate the careful, authentic documentation which has gone into creating these miniatures.
Oriental Carpets in Miniature: Charted Designs for Needlepoint or What You Will
Oriental Carpets in Miniature: Charted Designs for Needlepoint or What You Will,Frank M. Cooper,Interweave Press,093402698X,Art Needlework,Canvas embroidery,Crafts & Hobbies,Crafts / Hobbies,Hobbies/Crafts,Miniature fiberwork,Miniatures,Needlework - Needlepoint,Patterns,Rugs,Rugs, Oriental
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