House & Garden Samplers
Depicting houses and gardens in needlework is a perennial interest among stitchers. The houses and gardens pictured in these canvaswork samplers are taken from the English countryside, but Jenkins gives instructions for designing charts of one's own home along with examples of architectural and garden components that may be used. The black-and-white charted designs are intended as a point of departure for stitchers designing their own samplers. Of particular interest in the full-color examples offered by the author is the clever use of a variety of canvaswork stitches to imitate brickwork, stone, and plants.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.