Retro Cross Stitch: 500 Patterns, French Charm for Your Stitchwork

Enter this deliciously vintage universe of 500 patterns and add a touch of nostalgia to your stitchwork. Recreate 1800s and 1900s fashion house designs and milliners' catalogues. Take your cross stitch on a bon voyage into the past with traveling motifs like trunk labels of exotic destinations and railroad advertising posters. Other sections of patterns feature tea and coffee motifs, and daily life in vintage terms. Many of the designs include multiple scenes and motifs, offering you hundreds of components to use in a myriad of ways. Throughout, be inspired by "mood boards" of completed motifs, along with photos of projects that will show off your creations in daily life. AUTHOR: Illustrator Veronique Enginger is the author of several other books of cross stitch patterns. Her designs often focus on helping the charm of our memories enrich our current-day lives. SELLING POINTS: . Offers traditional style presented with a charming contemporary simplicity - the perfect combo for today's crafter . 500 patterns, most also containing multiple scenes/motifs that offer components to use in your own designs . Throughout, be inspired by photos of projects to make and "mood boards" of completed motifs 155 colour images and patterns