Jane Austen Embroidery Hardcover – March 5, 2020

Looks great and delivery was good.

I enjoyed reading this book. I have not read any of Jane Austen's books but that will change. I've seen a movie or two based on her books. I enjoyed the history of the Lady's Magazine and what life was like for women in the 1770s-1840s. I also like the references to book characters in the text of this book, especially the book about the life of a pincushion. :)

Perfect . I have always stitched cross stitch and hardanger . This is something new.

When you go to the chapter for making the “ gold work bag” there is a paragraph that tells you to click the word ‘here’ for the pattern template. This takes you to the authors webpage. Scroll down to the two large embroidery floral prints and it will say “ downloads” . CLick that and many patterns that are printable will show up. It is easy to overlook this. These won’t appear as part of the digital download of the book but are very nice!

Very excited to dive into and explore.

I like how the book gives great advice and lots of patterns to follow. The patterns include the project and the embroidery to do on the projects.

This book is spectacular. It's a nice hardcover with the lettering pressed in. I often find this types of "pattern" books are just a list of projects, and inspo, which you can get for free on Pinterest. This book has a couple of sections that are full text (and historical Lino prints) with background information on the actual clothing, home goods, and embroidery patterns of the period. This book isn't a bunch of dumb projects "inspired" by Jane Austen, they're real patterns, with embroidery adapted from real fashion plates, with real historical significance. They have quotes from Jane Austen's book and make the projects things that she explicitly names in the book. I'm very pleasantly surprised by the depth of knowledge, cited sources, and aesthetic quality of this pattern book! Perfect for any Jane Austen lover (embroider-er or not), historical costumer, or embroidery artist.