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Publisher:
Search Press |
Release
Date: February 2003 |
ISBN:
1903975557 (Egyptian)
1903975549 (Mediaeval) |
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Format
Reviewed: Large Format Paperback |
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it at Amazon:
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Medieval UK
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an Excerpt |
Genre:
How-To Books / General Patterns |
Reviewed:
2003 |
Reviewer:
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewer
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Egyptian
Designs
Medieval Designs
By Polly
Pinder
Here
are two more entries in Search Press’s popular and useful
Design Source Book series. With these two very competitively priced
books (£4.95/$9.95), you can add a touch of Ancient Egypt
or the Middle Ages to any craft project. In both books, birds, plants
and people predominate and the designs are mainly quite large; I
have already earmarked a few for some summer clothes, which will
give you an idea of the size (fits onto A4). If you are planning
a project like a wall hanging, T-shirt, skirt, curtains, or mosaic
(use your imagination and supply the craft of your choice), then
here are some attractive designs. However, if you are into smaller
items such as greetings cards, painting on soaps or candles, jewelry,
etc. then you will have to do a bit of shrinking on your printer
or photocopier and then many of the designs will be too detailed.
I think that it depends on the project, whether or not you will
make maximum use of these books.
One boon, though, is that you are
free to use them for your personal use or sell the items you make
for charity but these are not public domain, so no commercial use
is permissible. School projects and displays on these periods would
be much enhanced, for example, as the designs are just the right
size and type. Plan your (largish) project and get stuck in!
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