1,001 Classic Motifs from Around the World and Through the Ages.
This book contains 1,000 motifs on 9 themes from around the world and through the ages. The designs are suitable for all the most popular crafts from stencilling, decoupage and stamping to embroidery, applique and knitting.
Drawn from a vast range of historical, cultural and international sources, there are motifs to suit your every need from classical friezes and Elizabethan sampler designs to exotic Chinese symbols. The acetate grids provided enable you to convert the motifs into knitting, counted-thread embroidery and needlepoint designs.
Presented in easy-reference chapters covering North and South America, Ancient Greece and Rome, Egypt and Africa, the Orient, the Mediterranean, Scandinavia, Britain, Northern Europe and South Asia.
