Vintage French Needlework: 300 Authentic Cross-Stitch Patterns--Flowers, Borders, and Alphabets from Antique Textiles -- Véronique Maillard, Hardcover Fashion & Grooming In this second edition

In this second edition

Author: Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou

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Vintage French Needlework: 300 Authentic Cross-Stitch Patterns--Flowers, Borders, and Alphabets from Antique Textiles -- Véronique Maillard, Hardcover Fashion & Grooming In this second editionSharing the result of her years combing dusty attics, archives, brocantes, and antique shops for vintage handstitched items and rare needlework manuals, embroidery expert Vronique Maillard here offers the patterns used by French women in the 1800s and early 1900s to prepare their dowry chests or to customize their household linens. This is a genuine goldmine for stitchers: letters and motifs in shapes, sizes, and styles that can be adapted to any